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Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'

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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…

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  • whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin
  • in London and at the end of the year their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842
  • of thinking about the significance of John Goulds and Richard Owens identifications of his bird
  • be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several notebooks with
  • had been spread by the publication by J. S. Henslow and Adam Sedgwick of excerpts from his letters, …
  • This explanation of anew Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referees report
  • by all the leading geologists of Englandamong them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the
  • of South America”, Darwin continued to defend his and Lyells theory that floating icerather than
  • of the  Beagle  voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent
  • … . The work comprises five partsFossil Mammalia , by Richard OwenMammalia , by G. R. …
  • C. Babington; the Chalcididae by Francis Walker; spiders by Adam White; infusoria by C. G. Ehrenberg
  • Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might
  • lists of Darwins plants (see D. M. Porter 1981). Charles Lyell In the extensive
  • correspondent, both scientifically and personally, was Charles Lyell. The letters Darwin and Lyell
  • material for her  Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart.,  Darwin informs her that
  • Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Foxknew, as he said to Henslow, …
  • In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now

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…

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  • … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he …
  • … arranged alphabetically, of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up …
  • … by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, …
  • … Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
  • … read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol …
  • … There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12  by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. …
  • … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
  • …  in muscles & bones of man & animals.— (Read) Buckland Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland …
  • … [Bell 1806]. Bucklands Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] Read half through Swedish …
  • … Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare:  King Richard II ;  King Henry IV ] …
  • … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
  • … 3 d . Series —— Bucklands Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] June 7 th …
  • … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
  • … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
  • …  Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th  William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
  • … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
  • … 1859]. (goodish) 1  The personal library of Charles Stokes from whom CD borrowed books …
  • … 7  Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
  • … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1854). Richard Owen gave the same paper at the …
  • … is confused; the citation given is actually that of Richard Owen’s paper on Dinornis  rather than …
  • … Erskine. 2 vols. London.  *119: 14 Babington, Charles Cardale. 1839.  Primitiæ floræ   …
  • … Eliot, George,  pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859.  Adam   Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
  • … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.]  119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850.  A discourse on …