To D. W. Thompson [before February 1882]
Summary
Is glad to hear that Hermann Müller approves of D’AWT’s translation of his work [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)]; he hopes a publisher may be found for a work of such high value.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson |
| Date: | [before Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10748 |
From W. E. Darwin [27 February 1882]
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 113) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13347F |
From T. G. Bonney to W. E. Darwin [before 2 February 1882]
Summary
Wishes to know veracity of a report of CD’s reactions on seeing certain slides of supposedly organic material from meteorites.
| Author: | Thomas George Bonney |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [before 2 Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 247 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13591 |
From Anthony Rich 1 February 1882
Summary
Has observed earthworms drawing pine needles into their burrows.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13653 |
To Raphael Meldola 2 February 1882
Summary
Regrets he can add no more to his preface for Weismann’s Studies. Offers donation to aid with publishing expenses.
Thinks RM’s preface is excellent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Essex Naturalists Field Club, Meldola papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654 |
From W. E. Darwin 2 February [1882]
Summary
Suggested T. G. Bonney contact CD to confirm story was apocryphal.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 108) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654F |
From Raphael Meldola 3 February 1882
Summary
Declines CD’s generous offer of assistance with publishing costs of Weismann’s Studies, but would welcome his help in getting elected to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13655 |
From F. W. Surman 3 February [1882]
Summary
FWS is applying for a position and wants a character reference.
| Author: | Frederic William Surman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13656 |
To G. S. Astley [after 3 February 1882]
Summary
Testifies to F. W. Surman’s good character and honesty.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gertrude Susan Astley; Gertrude Susan Nicholson |
| Date: | [after 3 Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 123v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13657 |
To J. D. Cooper 4 February 1882
Summary
Discusses plate for use in article ["Action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll-bodies", Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239–61].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Davis Cooper |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.615); DAR 28.2: B1a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13658 |
To Anthony Rich 4 February 1882
Summary
Exchanges news on health.
Thanks AR for his worm observations.
George Darwin’s work is attracting attention; he intends to try for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge. Adds other news of George and of CD’s sons Leonard and William.
CD has finished his microscopic work and has only to write up two papers for the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A44–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13659 |
From A. T. Rice 4 February 1882
Summary
The editor of North American Review asks CD to write an article in support of systematic observations of mental development in infants.
| Author: | Charles Allen Thorndike (Allen) (Thorndike) Rice |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13660 |
To Emil Holub 4 February 1882
Summary
Thanks EH for book on ornithology of South Africa and for his essays [Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas von Aug. von Holub und E. Pelzeln (1882)].
Will be pleased to see him when he comes to England.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emil Holub |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Národní Muzeum, Prague |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13661 |
To S. H. Vines 4 February 1882
Summary
CD will put together his notes on the action of carbonate of ammonia on roots in a few days. Asks SHV to send any information he may have, but not to answer if he has none. [See 13666.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sydney Howard Vines |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13661A |
To Raphael Meldola 5 February 1882
Summary
Agrees to propose RM for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13662 |
From T. G. Bonney 5 February 1882
Summary
Thanks for writing. Had disbelieved the story. He has seen Dr Hahn’s slides and it is clear that Hahn cannot distinguish between mineral and organic structures.
| Author: | Thomas George Bonney |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 246, 248 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13663 |
From Raphael Meldola 6 February 1882
Summary
Thanks for agreeing to propose him for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13664 |
From Henry Johnson 6 February 1882
Summary
Offers CD gift of slab with fossil annelid tracks.
Does CD know geologist who might give lecture in Dudley?
| Author: | Henry Johnson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 468 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13665 |
From S. H. Vines 6 February 1882
Summary
On aggregation of protoplasm in root cells.
Is preparing new edition of Sachs [Text-book of botany, morphological and physical, ed. S. H. Vines, 2d ed. (1882)].
| Author: | Sydney Howard Vines |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13666 |
From Joseph Hewett 6 February 1882
Summary
Can he improve his oat crop by growing home-grown and purchased cereals together?
| Author: | Joseph Hewett |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 195 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13667 |
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| Crick, W. D. | (2) |
| Dew-Smith, A. G. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (3) |
| Cooper, J. D. | (2) |
| Crick, W. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (70) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (5) |
| Crick, W. D. | (4) |
| Johnson, Henry (b) | (4) |
List of correspondents
Summary
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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- … Émile (8) Alice (2) Alison, R. E. …
- … (1) Allen, Thomas (2) Allman, G. J. …
- … (1) Appleton, C. E. C. B. (2) Appleton, T. G. …
- … (5) Austin, A. D. (2) Austin, C. F. …
- … (7) Axon, W. E. A. (2) Aylmer, I. E. …
- … (3) Baldwin, J. D. (2) Balfour, F. M. …
- … (1) Baranoff, W. (2) Barber, M. E. …
- … (1) Barnard, Anne (2) Barnes, K. S. …
- … (1) Barrois, J. H. (2) Bartlett, A. D. …
- … (1) Batalin, A. F. (2) Bate, C. S. …
- … (1) Bates, Frederick (2) Bates, H. W. …
- … (1) Baumhauer, E. H. von (2) Baxter, E. B. …
- … (3) Beale, L. S. (2) Beall, T. B. (1 …
- … B. (1) Beck, John (2) Becker, L. E. …
- … (3) Beger, Karl (2) Behrens, Frederick …
- … (1) Bell, Robert (b) (2) Bell, Thomas …
Darwin The Collector
Summary
Look at nature more closely and create and record your own natural collections.
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- … Activities provide an introduction to Charles Darwin, how and why he collected so many specimens …
Detecting Darwin
Summary
Who was Charles Darwin? What is he famous for? Why is he still important?
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- … Pupils act as Darwin detectives, exploring clues about Darwin’s life and work. No prior knowledge …
3.3 Maull and Polyblank photo 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction Despite the difficulties that arose in relation to Maull and Polyblank’s first photograph of Darwin, another one was produced, this time showing him in three-quarter view. It was evidently not taken at the same session as the…
4.22 Gegeef et al., 'Our National Church', 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction The second version of Our National Church. The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity was commissioned by the freethinker, radical and secularist George Jacob Holyoake. It was published by John Heywood of Manchester and London…
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- … Daniel Conway, Autobiography: Memories and Experiences , 2 vols (Boston and New York, 1904), vol. …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … Stoke’s Library 1 Cambridge. Library 2 Royal Coll of Surgeons [DAR *119 …
- … de l’Homme,” by Dr. Pierquin, published in Paris (in 2 vols.), so long ago as 1839 4 …
- … 1829]; read Letter to M. Therry [Broughton 1832]— a 2 d Edit preparing in 1841.— Lesson …
- … of habits of birds. Temminck Manuel D’ornithologie. 2 d Edit: Introduction on migration of …
- … Ker Porter’s Travels in Caucasus [R. K. Porter 1821–2] praised by Silliman poor Cyclop. of …
3.5 William Darwin, photo 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction Darwin’s son William, who had become a banker in Southampton, took the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. This half-length portrait was the first to show Darwin with a…
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- … there, which is in the Jane Gray autograph collection, vol. 2, Clark-Green, call no. gra00084. …
I never trusted Drosera: From E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875
Summary
Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional vocals and bass by Deen Manning). The satirical verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on insectivorous plants. They…
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- … Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional …
4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction In Reason Against Unreason, a cartoon published shortly before Darwin’s death, the American humorous magazine Puck had celebrated him as the embodiment of ‘Reason’. Now, a month after his death, an imaginative drawing in the…
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- … computer-readable date c.1882-04-21 to 1882-05-02 medium and material …
1.5 Samuel Laurence drawing 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction This chalk sketch of Darwin by Samuel Laurence is (as Francis Darwin surmised) likely to have been done in 1853, at the same sitting as the portrait in three-quarter view which is now at Down House. It is inscribed on the back…
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- … < Back to Introduction This chalk sketch of Darwin by Samuel Laurence is (as Francis …
4.41 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction In October 1881, Darwin was included in Linley Sambourne’s series of ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits’ of celebrities as No. 54. While the caption recurs to the old theme of Darwin’s views on human ancestry, the drawing contains a more…
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- … < Back to Introduction In October 1881, Darwin was included in Linley Sambourne’s …
That monstrous stain: To J. M. Herbert, 2 June 1833
Summary
Darwin did not consider himself to be a particularly good writer, but many of his letters contain not just a wealth of information, but also beautifully expressed descriptions and impressions that would be the envy of any essayist or novelist. Such is the…
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- … Darwin did not consider himself to be a particularly good writer, but many of his letters contain …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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…
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German poems presented to Darwin
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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
Summary
For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … edition published, 1872 1 st to 2 nd editions I have …
- … the voids caused by the action of His laws.” ( Origin 2d ed, p. 481). 2 nd …
- … to a letter to Asa Gray he had yet to start it on 28 January, but on 2 February 1860 he told …
- … “Origin” for the first time, for I am correcting for a 2 nd . French Edition; & upon my life, …
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
Language: Interview with Gregory Radick
Summary
Darwin made a famous comment about parallels between changes in language and species change. Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University, talks about the importance of the development of language to Darwin, what…
Darwin And Evolution
Summary
What is evolution? What did Darwin discover and how did he come to his conclusions?
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- … Activities give an introduction to Charles Darwin and his theories of evolution. Specimens brought …
Darwin's Fantastical Voyage
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Learn about Darwin's adventures on his epic journey.
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- … These activities explore Darwin’s life changing voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Using letters home, …
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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- … his wife sent birthday greetings and a photograph of their 2-year-old son named Darwin, who, they …
- … materialism”’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). As one of Darwin’s most ardent …
- … other than Darwin’s sister Caroline (who was around 2 years old at the time of Erasmus’s death). …
- … that plants were ‘mere machines’, reminding Francis on 2 June that he had long thought that …
- … for certain movements’ ( second letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] ). Sachs guarded …
- … for” &c are incessant’, Darwin joked on 2 July (first letter) . Much of the time, however, …
- … their ‘tremendous journey’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [2 August 1879] ). The journey proved more …
