From John Murray 29 July [1874]
Summary
Orchids is at last sold out. Settles account.
The Origin [6th ed.] is making good [sales] progress.
Expression is not selling.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.11: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9574 |
From G. H. Darwin 29 July 1874
Summary
After taking advice he has decided to write an explicit denial and short account of his essay and send it to the Quarterly Review.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9575 |
| letter | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … he is curious about Hooker’s thoughts. Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [11 …
'Like confessing a murder' audio play
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This speciallycommissioned BBC Radio drama is based entirely on Charles and Emma Darwin’s own words and correspondence. Behind the controversial public persona, Darwin was an affectionate family man, fully engaged – sometimes heartbreakingly so – in the…
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- … This specially commissioned BBC Radio drama is based entirely on Charles and Emma Darwin’s own …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans…
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- … No single set of letters was more important to Darwin than those exchanged with his closest friend …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his …
