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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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  • … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website.  The full texts …
  • … Press . Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back …
  • … was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). He was also unsatisfied with his …
  • … me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June 1879] ). Even the prospect of a holiday in the Lake …
  • … ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26] July [1879] ). From July, Darwin had an additional …
  • … ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ). He may have been consoled to learn …
  • … pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 ). The year ended with the start of …
  • … or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and the …
  • … marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). Seventy years old …
  • … could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of Greiz College …
  • … with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). The botanist and schoolteacher …
  • … was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). Carus Sterne was the …
  • … ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). As one of Darwin’s most ardent admirers, …
  • … he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 ]). Meanwhile, Darwin began searching …
  • … my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). While searching for Seward …
  • … time Darwin came to investigate his grandfather’s life in 1879, however, not only was Erasmus Darwin …
  • … where, & the who—’ ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May [1879] ). On the Galton side of the …
  • … in every way’ ( letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). She suggested that Darwin contact their …
  • … with pride’ ( letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). It was from Reginald that …
  • … with each other’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 27 March 1879 ). Darwin’s aim was ‘to give some sort of …
  • … indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin welcomed Krause’s suggestion, but …
  • … He hates scientific men’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 ). From the start of his …
  • … to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members of Darwin’s …
  • … with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard Darwin, …
  • … life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little consolation that …
  • … his ‘tether’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July …
  • … of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At this time, his proper work was …
  • … mimicry) that Darwin said was quite new to him ( letter to Raphael Meldola, 6 June [1879] ). In …

Fritz Müller

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Fritz Müller, a German who spent most of his life in political exile in Brazil, described Darwin as his second father, and Darwin's son, Francis, wrote that, although they never met 'the correspondence with Müller, which continued to the close of…

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  • … his name; his early paper on the topic was translated by Raphael Meldola into English and published …