To Louis Rérolle 2 August [1869]
Summary
Gives the definition of ‘distal’ and explains what ‘thrips’ are. Suggests that LR uses his descretion in his translation of Orchids about certain descriptive phrases such as ‘saddle-formed’, but suggests he use them each at least once.
Declines offer to look over LR’s translation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Louis Rérolle |
Date: | 2 Aug [1869] |
Classmark: | Aguttes (dealers) (20 February 2020, lot 240) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6848F |
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- … his family Aphidien; see Latreille [1802–5] , 12: 338–52. In 1836, Alexander Henry Haliday …
From Frederick Smith 26 August 1869
Author: | Frederick Smith |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 82: 1–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6871 |
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- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
From Max Schmidt 14 June 1869
Summary
Frankfurt Zoological Garden has only male mandrill. Does CD want description? Antwerp garden may have a pair.
Author: | Maximilian (Max) Schmidt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6781 |
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- … da er ganz jung zu uns kam, wohl jetzt 12 Jahre alt sein dürfte. Sollte Ihnen mit einer …
From M. A. Ruck to Francis Darwin [29 April – 27 May 1869]
Summary
Sends message to CD about development of horns in sheep.
Author: | Mary Anne Matthews; Mary Anne Ruck |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [29 Apr – 27 May 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 190, DAR 84.2: 211 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6760 |
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- … the house where the Darwins stayed from 12 June to 30 July 1869 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
To W. T. Preyer 29 March 1869
Summary
Congratulates WP on the success of his lectures.
Discusses the phrase "struggle for existence".
Sends a list of his papers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Thierry (William) Preyer |
Date: | 29 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 254–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6687 |
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- … it worth while to hunt these up. Your N o . 12 is probably a translation of one such …
From Thomas Russell to George Cupples 18 June 1869
Author: | Thomas Russell |
Addressee: | George Cupples |
Date: | 18 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: 56–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6786 |
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- … is done in the month of May; this year on the 12 th of May from 167 Ewes there survived …
From Edward Blyth 17 April 1869
Summary
Will attempt to provide CD with the information requested as soon as he can.
Gives references to some recent papers and articles which might interest CD.
Is currently reviewing Wallace’s new book [Malay Archipelago].
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Apr 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 224 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6699 |
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- … to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 and n. 12). No letter to Blyth has been found in which …
From William Aitchison to George Cupples 16 June 1869
Author: | William Aitchison |
Addressee: | George Cupples |
Date: | 16 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: A54–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6784 |
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- … absence from here should have left yours of the 12 th so long without an answer. — I am no …
To A. R. Wallace 22 March [1869]
Summary
Comments on Wallace’s Malay Archipelago.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 22 Mar [1869] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6677 |
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- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
From Edward Lacy Garbett to the Athenæum 29 June 1869
Summary
Calculations relating to the problem of the increase of elephants (see 6787).
Author: | Edward Lacy Garbett |
Addressee: | Athenæum |
Date: | 29 June 1869 |
Classmark: | Athenæum, 3 July 1869, pp. 18–19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6806F |
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- … century. 6 30 – 90 6 — — 18 60 - 180 6 12 — 54 90 - 270 3 30 21 162 120 - 360 — 54 67 486 …
From W. C. Tait 5 March 1869
Summary
Is forwarding potted specimens of Drosophyllum.
Will make inquiries about sheep.
Author: | William Chester Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 45 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6644 |
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- … are now in my possession and I am sending 12 by the “ Beta ” S.S leaving tomorrow morning. …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B73–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6561 |
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- … travels by January 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 January …
From John Scott 21 December 1869
Summary
Observations on expression and variation in Asian peoples: when colour of beard and hair differ, beard is always lighter. Differences in swimming strokes. Polydactylism.
Has just sent Hooker a paper on Sikkim tree-ferns [Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30 (1875): 1–44, read 1870].
Has had fever since the end of the rains.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Dec 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 85: A106–6a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7030 |
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- … CD discussed polydactylism in Variation 2: 12–17. The reference is to Joseph Dalton …
To T. H. Farrer 20 October [1869]
Summary
Comments on notes made by THF on Passiflora and Tacsonia. Suggests he examine more species. Recalls his own observations on P. princeps and Tacsonia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 20 Oct [1869] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6945 |
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- … die Bestäubungsverhältnisse an Blüthen. Botanische Zeitung 27: 473–81, 489–95, 505–12. …
From Harrison William Weir 23 March 1869
Summary
Proportion of sexes in pigeons, pigs, and pheasants.
Sexual preferences of females.
Author: | Harrison William Weir |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: C10, DAR 84.1: 118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6680 |
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- … which I purchased 2) there were no less than 12 males and only 1 female. Once at Halifax I …
To Albert Günther 21 September 1869
Summary
Sends a list of queries for AG.
Asks whether AG can supply specimens for illustrations [for Descent]. Hopes Mr Ford will do the drawings.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
Date: | 21 Sept 1869 |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library; DAR 82: B14–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6903 |
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- … reptiles in Descent (see Descent 2: 9–10, 12, 18–19, 22, 30, 33–4, 37). He made particular …
To J. D. Hooker 24 July [1869]
Summary
An article in North British Review by mathematician against Hooker and Huxley and for William Thomson [P. G. Tait, "Geological time", North Br. Rev. 50 (1869): 406–39]. Feels a conviction that world will be found older than reviewer makes it.
Article on "Design" [by J. B. Mozley] in Quarterly Review [127 (1869): 134–76].
Has JDH studied Drosophyllum?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 24 July [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 140–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6841 |
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- … of Drosera (see letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 ). CD refers to William …
From Alphonse de Candolle 28 September 1869
Summary
Reports on the differences of growth and development of plants of three species grown at Geneva from seed collected at different localities. Forwards seed for CD to plant and observe differences in development.
Carl Linsseer has published a memoir on the times of flowering, foliation, etc. of diverse species in different parts of Europe [Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 7th ser. 11 no. 7 (1868)] and concludes that the northern forms are more forward and that this is hereditary. AdeC’s experiments carried out on annuals, show only the effects of heredity; probably the direct action of physical conditions affects development, at least in perennial species.
Author: | Alphonse de Candolle |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Sept 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 32.i (EH 88206083) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6915 |
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- … letter in its original French, see pp. 410–12. Kharkov (now Kharkiv) is a city in eastern …
From Carl Vogt 26 October 1869
Summary
Would like to translate Descent into German, if Carus is not doing so.
Author: | Carl Vogt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Oct 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 180: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6956 |
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- … See Correspondence vol. 15, letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] . The references are to …
From J. D. Hooker 13 August 1869
Summary
Did not intend to imply that Hallett said variation stopped, but that it arrives at a point where further accumulation in direction sought is so slow as to result practically in fixity of type – but not absolute fixity.
Duke of Argyll has requested JDH to superintend publication of a flora of India. JDH thinks he [Argyll] is paying him off for his kick at natural theology.
Willy [Hooker] returning from New Zealand.
A unique character in Drosophyllum.
Sees no reason for CD to contribute to Ross and Faraday memorials.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 27–9, DAR 100: 156 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6862 |
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- … to J. D. Hooker, 7 August [1869] and n. 12. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 August [ …
Darwin, C. R. | (45) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Farrer, T. H. | (5) |
Müller, Fritz | (5) |
Wallace, A. R. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (80) |
Cupples, George | (5) |
Athenæum | (4) |
Tait, W. C. | (4) |
Carus, J. V. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (125) |
Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
Cupples, George | (7) |
Müller, Fritz | (7) |
Tait, W. C. | (7) |
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
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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- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …
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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Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…