To Hyacinth Hooker [18 November 1877]
Summary
Having a splendid time at awarding of LL.D.
Thanks for bananas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hyacinth Symonds; Hyacinth Jardine; Hyacinth Hooker |
| Date: | [18 Nov 1877] |
| Classmark: | Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11238 |
From Henry Jackson to Francis Darwin 18 November 1877
Summary
Nomenclature for kinds of heliotropism.
| Author: | Henry Jackson |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.11: 260 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11239 |
| letter | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Jackson, Henry | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Hooker, Hyacinth | (1) |
| Jardine, Hyacinth | (1) |
| Symonds, Hyacinth | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Hooker, Hyacinth | (1) |
| Jackson, Henry | (1) |
| Jardine, Hyacinth | (1) |
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…
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Climbing plants
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Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his need, owing to severe bouts of illness in himself and his family, for diversions away from his much harder book on…
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- … Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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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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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
