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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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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … (1) Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
- … (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John …
- … (2) Breitenbach, Wilhelm (11) Brent, B. P. …
- … (2) Bunbury, C. J. F. (11) Bunbury, F. J. …
- … (1) Caspary, Robert (11) Cassell Petter & …
- … (40) Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John …
- … (1) Crocker, C. W. (11) Crocq, Jean …
- … (1) Dobell, H. B. (11) Dobson, G. E. …
- … (7) Farrar, F. W. (11) Farrer, T. H. …
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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- … old man, who probably will not last much longer.’ Darwin’s biggest fear was not death, but that he …
- … for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s gloominess was compounded by the decline of …
- … intimations of his own heart disease in December, Darwin’s spirits improved towards the latter part …
- … Dispute with Butler In January, Darwin’s work on earthworms was interrupted by Samuel Butler …
- … and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. Krause countered …
- … Journal of Popular Science detailing his use of Butler’s work. Members of the Darwin family …
- … & call me & Krause liars’. Thomas Huxley’s advice was to ignore Butler, and …
- … was with Darwin, agreed. Unsure how to address Butler’s campaign, which was conducted largely in …
- … unintentionally made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, …
- … friends rallied round. Francis Balfour translated Krause’s account and published it in Nature …
- … memory that Darwin feared he had redirected Butler’s wrath upon himself. ‘Good Lord how he will …
- … petitioning for a pension for Wallace, but it was Darwin’s efforts that secured it (see …
- … of the ‘little scientific work’ he had done. Buckley’s delight was evident when she told Darwin on …
- … decided to print ‘500 more, making 2000’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January 1881 ). Unlike …
- … suggestions, and pointed out errors. Alphonse de Candolle’s approval of the technical terms used in …
- … although he was sending his printers ‘in 3 or 4 weeks the M.S. of a quite small book of little …
- … my time is worth nothing.’ The Cambridge botanist Sydney Vines also thought the material was …
- … him ( letter from C. E. Södling, 14 October 1881 ), while H. M. Wallis, who sent observations of …
- … in heaven’ when the portrait was finished ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 23 July 1881 ). ‘All my family …
- … Darwin’s confidence must have been boosted by this and by Vines’s opinion that Wiesner was not to be …
- … Britannica , telling the author, Arabella Buckley, on 11 July that he regretted that there …
- … entirely new will. Apart from providing for his family, on 11 September he instructed his …
- … and plants, Darwin told the director, Archibald Geikie, on 11 November , ‘This leads me to make …
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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- … early in 1863 marked something of a milestone in Darwin’s botanical work, since it greatly increased …
- … work, at Down House since the winter of 1855–6 (see CD’s Classed account book (Down House MS) and …
- … George Henry Turnbull, and he relied again on Turnbull’s hothouses in his experiments, begun in 1861 …
- … and even experiments on his behalf. Darwin’s decision to build a hothouse was thus obviously …
- … Horwood had assisted him in the use of his employer’s hothouses over the previous two years. In a …
- … According to John Claudius Loudon’s Encyclopedia of gardening (Loudon 1835), a copy of …
- … and £9 15s. 10d. for fittings purchased in July (see CD’s Classed account book and his Account book …
- … was completed, Darwin told Turnbull that without Horwood’s aid he would ‘never have had spirit to …
- … would ‘probably have made a mess of it’ (letter to G. H. Turnbull, [16? February 1863] ). …
- … sums’ that he imagined they would cost to buy. Hooker’s response was unequivocal: ‘You will give me …
- … gave his list of plants to Hooker when he visited Kew on 11 February (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] ). Darwin’s aesthetic appreciation of the tropical plants …
- … , he heard about the building of a hothouse at his father’s house in Shrewsbury, he commented: ‘how …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 21 February [1863] ). Darwin’s hothouse became an important focus for his …
- … [1869] , Calendar no. 6661). Darwin’s greenhouse complex, comprising these four distinct …
- … constructions, built inside the boundary wall of Darwin’s long kitchen garden, at the end nearest …
- … although the superstructure was replaced after Darwin’s death, and one section of the 1864 …
- … the greenhouse complex was an important site of Darwin’s research, complementing his study, in which …
- … to Francis Darwin, the first port of call on his father’s midday walk, when he would look ‘at any …
- … 1864] ). In view of the importance of Darwin’s hothouse plants in his experimental work, it …
- … had bought plants for his garden over many years. Darwin’s Classed account book gives an entry under …
- … been an additional sheet which is now missing, or Darwin’s ‘165’ may have referred to the number of …
- … Index Londinensis . List of plants from Cattell’s catalogue …
- … Mormodes auraticum 11 21 …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . § …
- … in pencil. CD misspelled Cyrtopodium punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. …
- … Alloplectis chrysanthum 11 Gesneraceæ …
- … 9. Onagrae. 10. Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum …
- … 82. Aeschynanthus. Species of the genus are tropical vines; CD mispelled ‘lianas’. 83. …
