From Erasmus Alvey Darwin to Emma Darwin [before 3 February 1867?]
Summary
Will be glad to see her on 4th.
Thinks Hensleigh is getting better, very slowly.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Feb 1867?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B122–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5335 |
To William Turner 1 February [1867]
Summary
Thanks for information about rudimentary organs. Asks about rudimentary character of human hair and panniculus carnosus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | Edinburgh University Library, Centre for Research Collections (Dc.2.96/5 folio 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5386 |
From D. Appleton & Co. to Asa Gray 1 February 1867
Summary
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
| Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: A81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5387 |
From William Darwin Fox 1 February [1867]
Summary
Wants to know whether Variation is published and how the other book [CD’s proposed volume on variation in nature] is going.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5388 |
From Fritz Müller 2 February 1867
Summary
Thanks for CD’s letter inquiring about capsules produced by the Maxillaria with larger pods [see 5331]. Gives descriptions of Maxillaria and of the other Vandeae.
Describes Oncidium flexuosum.
Tells of botanical results of recent excursion to the German colony Theresopolis. Brought home fine collection of living orchids.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 109–11; DAR 70: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5389A |
From J. D. Hooker 4 February 1867
Summary
Has declined Presidency of BAAS.
Relation of insular and continental genera will always be difficult problem.
On Providence and the "continuity theory".
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 138–142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5390 |
From Lydia Ernestine Becker 6 February 1867
Summary
Thanks CD for Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31] and "Climbing plants" sent to Manchester Ladies’ Literary Society. Comments on Lythrum.
| Author: | Lydia Ernestine Becker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5391 |
To W. D. Fox 6 February [1867]
Summary
Has just sent MS of Variation off to printer. Is in darkness about its merits.
News of family and their health. Riding seems to help him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 147) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5392 |
To Fritz Müller 7 February [1867]
Summary
CD’s Variation is in printer’s hands.
Orchid self-sterility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 7 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5393 |
From William Henry Kinnaird Gibbons 7 February 1867
Summary
Asks CD whether he has given any thought to the phenomena of spiritualism.
| Author: | W. H. S Gibbons |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5394 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 February [1867]
Summary
On the Duke of Argyll and a review of his Reign of law.
Asa Gray’s theological view of variation. God’s role in formation of organisms; JDH’s view of Providence.
Insular and continental genera.
Owen on continuity and ideal types
and on bones of Mauritius deer.
On man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 10–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5395 |
From William Turner 8 February 1867
Summary
On muscles in man for moving skin, hair, ears, etc.
| Author: | William Turner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: B152–3c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5396 |
From J. V. Carus 11 February 1867
Summary
Sends CD an English translation of his preface to the revised German edition of Origin and asks his opinion of it.
Asks CD where he might get a specimen of Eozoon.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 55, 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5397 |
To William Turner 11 February [1867]
Summary
Thanks WT for information.
Will not include chapter on man in Variation but plans separate essay in future.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5398 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 February 1867
Summary
Relieved that CD approves his declining the Presidency of BAAS. The BAAS and the role of scientific men in it.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 143–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5399 |
From John Lubbock 12 February 1867
Summary
H. T. Stainton should be elected F.R.S.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5400 |
To William Benjamin Carpenter [13–16 February 1867]
Summary
Asks for specimen [of Eozoon] for J. V. Carus of Leipzig.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Date: | [13–16 Feb 1867] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby Parke Bernet, London (18 June 1979) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5402 |
To J. V. Carus 17 February [1867]
Summary
CD thinks JVC’s preface is fair to Bronn. Regrets JVC has not added notes of his own, but, having dropped Bronn’s appendix, it is perhaps best to leave the text without comment. Rejoices that the German public can now judge the Origin fairly.
Has written to W. B. Carpenter for a specimen of Eozoon to send to JVC.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 6–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5403 |
From Edward Blyth 19 February 1867
Summary
Encloses memorandum on Origin [1866]
discussing mimicry in mammals and birds,
abnormal habits shown by birds,
behaviour of cuckoos,
and analogies existing between mammals of the same geographical region.
Speculates on possible lines of development linking groups of mammals.
[CD’s notes on the verso of the letter are for his reply.]
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 209, 209/1 & 2, DAR 47: 190, 190a, DAR 80: B99–99a, DAR 205.11: 138, DAR 48: A75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5405 |
To Edward Blyth [18 February 1867]
Summary
Asks to meet EB for a walk in the Zoological Gardens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
| Date: | [18 Feb 1867] |
| Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5406 |
| letter | (39) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Blyth, Edward | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Barber, M. E. | (1) |
| Becker, L. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Blyth, Edward | (3) |
| Müller, Fritz | (2) |
| Turner, William | (2) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
| Blyth, Edward | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Müller, Fritz | (3) |
| Turner, William | (3) |
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Émile (8) Alice (2) Alison, R. E. …
- … (1) Allen, Thomas (2) Allman, G. J. …
- … (1) Appleton, C. E. C. B. (2) Appleton, T. G. …
- … (5) Austin, A. D. (2) Austin, C. F. …
- … (7) Axon, W. E. A. (2) Aylmer, I. E. …
- … (3) Baldwin, J. D. (2) Balfour, F. M. …
- … (1) Baranoff, W. (2) Barber, M. E. …
- … (1) Barnard, Anne (2) Barnes, K. S. …
- … (1) Barrois, J. H. (2) Bartlett, A. D. …
- … (1) Batalin, A. F. (2) Bate, C. S. …
- … (1) Bates, Frederick (2) Bates, H. W. …
- … (1) Baumhauer, E. H. von (2) Baxter, E. B. …
- … (3) Beale, L. S. (2) Beall, T. B. (1 …
- … B. (1) Beck, John (2) Becker, L. E. …
- … (3) Beger, Karl (2) Behrens, Frederick …
- … (1) Bell, Robert (b) (2) Bell, Thomas …
Darwin The Collector
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Look at nature more closely and create and record your own natural collections.
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- … Activities provide an introduction to Charles Darwin, how and why he collected so many specimens …
Detecting Darwin
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Who was Charles Darwin? What is he famous for? Why is he still important?
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- … Pupils act as Darwin detectives, exploring clues about Darwin’s life and work. No prior knowledge …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … Stoke’s Library 1 Cambridge. Library 2 Royal Coll of Surgeons [DAR *119 …
- … de l’Homme,” by Dr. Pierquin, published in Paris (in 2 vols.), so long ago as 1839 4 …
- … 1829]; read Letter to M. Therry [Broughton 1832]— a 2 d Edit preparing in 1841.— Lesson …
- … of habits of birds. Temminck Manuel D’ornithologie. 2 d Edit: Introduction on migration of …
- … Ker Porter’s Travels in Caucasus [R. K. Porter 1821–2] praised by Silliman poor Cyclop. of …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … edition published, 1872 1 st to 2 nd editions I have …
- … the voids caused by the action of His laws.” ( Origin 2d ed, p. 481). 2 nd …
- … to a letter to Asa Gray he had yet to start it on 28 January, but on 2 February 1860 he told …
- … “Origin” for the first time, for I am correcting for a 2 nd . French Edition; & upon my life, …
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
Language: Interview with Gregory Radick
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Darwin made a famous comment about parallels between changes in language and species change. Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University, talks about the importance of the development of language to Darwin, what…
Darwin And Evolution
Summary
What is evolution? What did Darwin discover and how did he come to his conclusions?
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- … Activities give an introduction to Charles Darwin and his theories of evolution. Specimens brought …
Darwin's Fantastical Voyage
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Learn about Darwin's adventures on his epic journey.
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- … These activities explore Darwin’s life changing voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Using letters home, …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … his wife sent birthday greetings and a photograph of their 2-year-old son named Darwin, who, they …
- … materialism”’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). As one of Darwin’s most ardent …
- … other than Darwin’s sister Caroline (who was around 2 years old at the time of Erasmus’s death). …
- … that plants were ‘mere machines’, reminding Francis on 2 June that he had long thought that …
- … for certain movements’ ( second letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] ). Sachs guarded …
- … for” &c are incessant’, Darwin joked on 2 July (first letter) . Much of the time, however, …
- … their ‘tremendous journey’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [2 August 1879] ). The journey proved more …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … to me. So the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] ). However, Hooker, at the …
- … idle when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not until 25 …
- … abstract of the paper was read before the Linnean Society on 2 February, and in April Darwin wrote …
- … 1867), and Darwin summarised them in Variation 2: 106–7, concluding, ‘it follows from Mr. Scott …
- … and professional seniority ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ); but Darwin’s feelings …
- … in healing this ugly breach’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ), Darwin seems to have …
- … of weather-forecasting ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and nn. 2 and 5), and he may …
Home learning: 7-11 years
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Do try this at home! Support your children’s learning by downloading our free and fun activities for those aged between 7-11 and 11-14 years, using Darwin’s letters.
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- … More Detecting Darwin activities 2 Learn about Darwin and the Beagle …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … in plants , pp. 112–13). He explained to Francis on 2 July : ‘I go on maundering about the …
- … tomorrow to Wurzburg,’ Darwin wrote to Thiselton-Dyer on 2 June , ‘& work by myself will be …
- … [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis about 2 feet long which goes round by clockwork …
- … animal instinct and intelligence. ‘Frank’s son, nearly 2 years old (& we think much of his …
- … more expertly. ‘I conclude that a child—just under 2 years is inferior in intellect to a monkey.’ …
- … & a baby in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More …
- … seems to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman …
- … was ‘deeply gratified’, remarking to Skertchly on 2 March : ‘It is the greatest possible …
- … that such checks had been in action during the last 2 or 3 centuries, or even for a shorter time in …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2 nd 3 rd and Appendix Volumes of …
- … many Kentledge pigs – and almost as heavy – limited the 2 nd to 700 pages of easily readable type …
- … for commanding under it an H.C. Cruizer [ vf.147v p.2 ] of considerably greater tonnage – and …
- … making a quick passage to the Southward. In the 2 nd that the expression “sailed from …
- … in singing ^of^ jovial sea songs even on Wednesdays *[2] [ f.158r p.23 ] instead of the …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … surrounding evolutionary theories. 2. The situation in France …
Interview with John Hedley Brooke
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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…
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- … Paul. It’s a very great pleasure. 2. Victorian spiritualism and the …
Interview with Randal Keynes
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Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…
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- … which came to my mind as I read his book. 2. Darwin's influences …
Interview with Emily Ballou
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Emily Ballou is a writer of novels and screenplays, and a prize-winning poet. Her book The Darwin Poems, which explores aspects of Darwin’s life and thoughts through the medium of poetry, was recently published by the University of Western Australia Press.…
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- … some of these poems today, and? 2. The idea of writing about Darwin …
Interview with Tim Lewens
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Dr Tim Lewens is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Organisms and artifacts (2004), which examines the language and arguments for design in biology and philosophy, and of…
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- … you for the flattering introduction. 2. The unusual role Darwin plays today …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
