To Francis Galton 8 March [1881]
Summary
Discusses dead earthworms on surface of ground after rainfall.
Describes experiments involving sensitivity of earthworms to light and how it reflects on their intelligence.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1881] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/31) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13078 |
From Frank Norgate [8 March 1881]
Summary
Sends a number of facts for CD’s attention, including cases of water-beetles and newts in his aquarium having a foot caught by small bivalves. This might explain migration of bivalves.
| Author: | Frank Norgate |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [8 Mar 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3 (Letters): 284 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13079 |
From Anthony Rich 8 March 1881
Summary
Huxley has written to accept gift of Rich’s house.
Approves of Lord Derby’s politics.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13080 |
From J. W. Jeudwine 8 March [1881–2]
Summary
Requests a subscription for Shrewsbury School.
| Author: | John Wynne Jeudwine |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1881-2 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13081 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Jeudwine, J. W. | (1) |
| Norgate, Frank | (1) |
| Rich, Anthony | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Jeudwine, J. W. | (1) |
| Norgate, Frank | (1) |
| Rich, Anthony | (1) |
4.10 'Hornet' caricature of Darwin
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< Back to Introduction Caricatures of Darwin that depicted him as a semi-ape are numerous and well known, but they marked a specific historical moment. Most date from the period following the publication of Descent of Man in 1871-2, extending through…
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- … and bibliography The Hornet , 5:115 (22 March 1871), p. 308 and following plate. [James Duncan …
The Mount, Shrewsbury
Summary
Letters from home
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- … Darwin writes in preparation for the voyage, and his father and sisters write with news from home …
3.11 Edwards, in Illustrated London News
Summary
< Back to Introduction A photograph of Darwin by Ernest Edwards, showing him in three-quarter view to the left, must have been taken at the same session as the profile published in Men of Eminence in 1866. The baggy sleeve of Darwin’s coat looks…
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- … on p. 243. Harper’s Weekly , 15:745 (8 April 1871), p. 308, wood engraving with the same caption, …
