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From J. D. Hooker [2 June 1865]
Summary
JDH on the Lyell–Lubbock plagiarism controversy. His view of the true cause of Lubbock’s behaviour.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 June 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 24–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4849 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … it out to him ( letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 , in BL MSS …
- … A scientific libel: John Lubbock’s attack upon Sir Charles Lyell. Archives of Natural …
- … letters from Charles Lyell with copies of his correspondence with John Lubbock (see letter …
- … and n. 7). In June 1865, John Lubbock was 31 and Charles Lyell was 67. Hooker is probably …
- … Lyell 1863a , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] . Both Lubbock and Lyell appealed further to Hooker to help resolve their disagreement ( letter from John …
- … Charles Lyell’s The geological evidences of the antiquity of man. Archives of Natural History 13: 105–21. Hutchinson, Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, …
- … Lyell 1863a ) with Hooker, CD had praised the usefulness to science of compilers and compilations: ‘You know I value & rank high Compilers being one myself! ’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] ). See letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and enclosures. In the letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, …
To J. D. Hooker [17 June 1865]
Summary
Huxley’s capital, witty letter.
Charles Kingsley has written of his interest in "Climbing plants".
Health has been very bad.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [17 June 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 271 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4862 |
From J. D. Hooker [15 June 1865]
Summary
Impressed by Tylor’s book [see 4836].
Encloses admirable note from Huxley on Lyell–Lubbock affair.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 June 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 28; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 2: 131) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4855 |
To J. D. Hooker 1 June [1865]
Summary
Bad month of sickness. John Chapman’s ice bag on spine.
Does not quite agree with JDH about Lubbock’s plagiarism charges. Lyell’s memory must have failed him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 June [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 269, 269b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4846 |
From Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker [31 May 1865]
Summary
Emcloses copies of correspondence concerning his dispute with John Lubbock.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [31 May 1865] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/1/14 f.323); The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen. 113/3650–3, 3813–20, 3821–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4844F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … written to Lyell in March 1865 (letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, 13 March 1865; …
- … remain, dear Sir Charles, | Yours truly | John Lubbock w Sir C Lyell B t . 53 Harley St …
- … Lyell sent copies of the enclosed letters regarding his dispute with John Lubbock to CD and Thomas Henry Huxley as well as Hooker (letter from Charles Lyell …
- … Lyell claimed, in the note on page 11 of Lyell 1863c , that Lubbock had written his paper ( Lubbock 1861 ) after Lyell had completed his chapter on Danish shell-mounds; see n. 6, above. Lyell’s explanation of the discrepancy is given in the third enclosure (letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, …
- … Lubbock, John. 1865a. Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains, and the manners and customs of modern savages. London and Edinburgh: Williams & Norgate. Lyell, Charles. …
- … Lyell later informed Huxley that he showed the correspondence to George Busk (letter from Charles Lyell to T. H. Huxley, 5 June 1865, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives, Huxley papers , 6: 104). Lubbock consulted Busk and John …
To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1865]
Summary
Agrees with JDH on Lyell–Lubbock controversy except that Lubbock’s printed note does not seem to him insulting. Hopes JDH can heal the breach.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [4 June 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 270 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4852 |
From F. H. Hooker 6 September [1865]
Summary
They have left Kew to improve J. D. Hooker’s health.
| Author: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Sept [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 239–40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4890 |
From J. D. Hooker [26 September 1865]
Summary
On his reading: George Eliot,
T. F. Jamieson on Scottish glaciation.
Glad Lyell–Lubbock affair is over.
His grief over loss of father and child.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Sept 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 34–6a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4899 |
From F. H. Hooker 22 September [1865]
Summary
J. D. Hooker is recovering from his ill health.
| Author: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 237–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4898 |
Document type
| letter | (9) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Henslow, F. H. | (2) |
| Hooker, F. H. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| Henslow, F. H. | (2) |
| Hooker, F. H. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
