To ? [before 1 July 1868]
Summary
Sends a copy of George Bentham’s Anniversary address to the Linnean Society of London (Bentham 1868).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [before 1 July 1868] |
| Classmark: | Deutsches Museum Archive, Munich (Pamphlet HS-Nr. 04130) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6262F |
| letter | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Unidentified |
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,…
Matches: 16 hits
- … (1) Asher, G. M. (7) Ashley, Miss (1 …
- … (4) Aubertin, J. J. (7) Aussant-Carà, Paul …
- … (1) Aveling, E. B. (7) Axon, W. E. A. …
- … (16) Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John …
- … (36) Baxter, William (7) Baynes, H. M. …
- … (1) Blair, R. A. (7) Blair, R. H. (4 …
- … (3) Boott, Francis (7) Boott, Mary …
- … (1) Chambers, Robert (7) Chance, Frank …
- … (3) Clarke, R. T. (7) Clarke, T. W. …
- … (6) Darwin, V. H. (7) Darwin, Violetta …
- … (1) Dowie, Annie (7) Down Friendly Society …
- … (2) Farr, William (7) Farrar, F. W. …
- … (28) Fitzgerald, R. D. (7) Fitzmaurice, Edmond …
- … (2) Forel, Auguste (7) Forster, L. M. …
- … (3) Gordon, George (b) (7) Goschen, G. J. …
- … Linnean Society (1) Unidentified (204) …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter …
- … that had been discovered in a thornbush in Cumberland. An unidentified correspondent offered facts …
- … undergoing vaccination ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 April 1868] ). Francis was also drafted into …
- … desire to penetrate Truth’ ( letter from Ernest Faivre, 7 April 1868 ). Armand de Quatrefages, who …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 10 hits
- … (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin Library–CUL †. …
- … Library–Down. Cook, James. Voyages (editions unidentified; see also Hawkesworth, John). …
- … . . translated into English by Henrietta Maria Williams. 7 vols. London. 1814–29. (Vols. 1 and 2, …
- … dressé par M. de Krusenstern. St Petersburg, 1824–7. ( Narrative 2: 506). § Krusenstern, …
- … de. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 7 vols. Paris, 1815–22. (DAR 30.1: 45v.). …
- … 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). Darwin Library–CUL †. …
- … ‘C. Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). Darwin Library–CUL † (vols. 1 and …
- … parts. London, 1694. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). § New Testament …
- … Samuel. The history of Sir Charles Grandison . . . 7 vols. London, 1781. (Vols. 3–7 inscribed …
- … 2: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 32.1: 7). Darwin Library–CUL † (vol.2). …
Darwin’s observations on his children
Summary
Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
Matches: 6 hits
- … ‘Little Prince’ or ‘animalcule of a son’[7] —to such a degree that on occasion he refers to William …
- … I think he certainly has an undefined instinctive 7 fears— for instance when stripped naked— I …
- … when doing something disagreeable. say 50–60 days old 7 or 8 weeks old Continues occasionally …
- … Feb 3 rd . 5 weeks & 3 days. 7 lb – 10 4 wks 7 – 9½ …
- … Henrietta 17 days— 7 lb 3.oz[27] weight of clothes 1lb …
- … in Emma Darwin’s hand. [81] This sentence is in an unidentified child’s hand. …
