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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,…
Matches: 10 hits
- … F. E. (17) Abernethy, J. W. (1) …
- … Acland, C. L. (1) Acland, H. W. (1) …
- … Aveling, E. B. (7) Axon, W. E. A. (2) …
- … Bacon, Booth (1) Badger, E. W. (3) …
- … Baillière, G.-G. (1) Baily, W. H. (1) …
- … H. H. (1) Baranoff, W. (2) Barber, M …
- … Joachim (1) Barrett, W. F. (1) …
- … Blore, E. W. (1) Blow, T. B. (1) …
- … A. W. (2) Buckland, F. T. (1) …
- … Clark, J. W. (b) (4) Clarke, Benjamin (3) …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
Matches: 18 hits
- … Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August 1849] Darwin thanks Mary Whitby …
- … and birds. Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868] Darwin …
- … Letter 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza …
- … buds and flowers. Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] …
- … in a tin box. Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] …
- … Himalaya and Tibet. Letter 4139 - Darwin, W. E. to Darwin, [4 May 1863] …
- … Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [2 September 1847] Darwin questions Mrs. …
- … detail. Family letter: Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E., [January 23rd 1887]: Emma …
- … of his garden. Letter 4233 - Tegetmeier, W. B. to Darwin, [29 June - 7 July 1863] …
- … and edited by “a lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March, 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) …
- … it. Letter 3896 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H, [before 25 February 1863] Darwin …
- … daughter, Henrietta. Letter 4010 - Huxley, T. H. to Darwin, [25 February 1863] …
- … over. Letter 8153 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin …
- … Letter 347 - Darwin to Whewell, W., [10 March 1837] Darwin seeks to decline the …
- … Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [2 September 1847] Darwin asks Mrs. Whitby …
- … at Darwin’s service. Letter 3298 - Darwin to Clarke, W. B., [25 October 1861] …
- … pretty garden ”. Letter 6066 - Weir, H. W. to Darwin, [28 March 1868] …
- … subjects. Letter 6081 - Darwin to Bowman, W., [2 April 1868] Darwin …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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…
Matches: 24 hits
- … the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library …
- … Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. Lawrence 1819] read Bory S t …
- … 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
- … des hommes & des Animaux by Isid. Geoffroy de S t Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire …
- … [Dampier 1697] Sportsman’s repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs …
- … Eastern Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] Buffon …
- … at analogia commentatia [Fries 1825] Clarkes Travels [Clarke 1810–23]. at most Index.—see …
- … Read M r Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of …
- … [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 1837–52].— I …
- … The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824] at Maer? W. F. …
- … in N. America [Kalm 1770–1]— much Nat. Hist Sir. W. Jardines. Naturalist Library. Vol 26 …
- … [Flourens 1839] (read) Index of Clarkes Travels [Clarke 1810–23].— one volume I tried …
- … tulip. Rose. Hyacinth. 6 s . a catalogue of vars. [T. Hogg 1820] Pat. Neil. Art. on …
- … Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] Lamb’s …
- … very poor Sir J 57 Browne’s Religio Medici [T. Browne 1643] Lyell’s Book III 5th …
- … References at end Mayo Pathology of Human mind [T. Mayo 1838] Evelyn’s Sylva [Evelyn …
- … VII. part III or p 433. N.B. I think the three first of Hort T. volumes possibly might be reread …
- … at end 23 d . Moores Life of Byron 6 volumes [T. Moore 1837].— poor.— —— T. Carlyles …
- … Table Talk [Coleridge 1835]. Campbell’s Poems [T. Campbell 1828]. Some of Shellys …
- … Arboretum be read [Loudon 1838] —— Lewis & Clarke [Lewis and Clark 1814]— skimmed half …
- … Bruce’s Travels & Appendix [Bruce 1790] (d[itt]o) Clarke’s Travels [Clarke 1810–23]. …
- … 1754]. Staunton’s China [Staunton 1797]; Lewis & Clarke [Lewis and Clark 1814] Boutcher …
- … 3d ser. 6: 142–214. *119: 21v.; 119: 18a Clarke, Edward Daniel. 1810–23. Travels in …
- … the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. By Captains Lewis and Clarke . London. [Other eds.] 119: 7a, …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 4 hits
- … . . . Hereford, 1774. (DAR 31.1: 207v.). Fitton, W. See King, P. P. Narrative of a survey …
- … 2 vols. London, 1827. (DAR 38.2: 867v.; ‘Geology’, by W. Fitton, Red notebook , p. 6e). * …
- … concerning a future state . . . by a country pastor [R. W.]. London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline …
- … 1831–6’, p. 30; Mitchell Library, Sydney, N. S. W.). Darwin Library–Down. Southey, Robert. …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … his son, William, his language was more blunt ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 February [1862] ): …
- … ‘good dashes of original reflexions’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 13 January [1862] ). He warmly …
- … & admirable papers I ever read in my life’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 20 November [1862] ). He …
- … and Emma ‘perplexed to death what to do’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, [2–3 August 1862] ). They …
- … analogous to the nervous matter of animals’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 20 [September 1862] ; letter …
- … have never passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). …
- … work would make his life ‘much happier’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 February [1862] ). Darwin …
- … with him, enthusiastically set to work ( see letter to W. E. Darwin, [2–3 August 1862] , and …
- … next edition of Origin . In January, William Branwhite Clarke sent new evidence from Australia, …
- … insects with Darwin’s hypothesis ( see letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 ), Darwin was …
