To Mr Dorrell 11 August [1870]
Summary
He will not be ready to begin correcting proofs until 28 or 29 August.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mr. Dorrell |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | Jonathan Haile (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7299F |
To J. S. Henslow 11 November 1859
Summary
Sends the Origin to his "dear old master in natural history"; fears he will not approve of his pupil in this case. Asks for criticisms. If JSH is even in slight degree staggered on the immutability of species, CD is convinced that he will be more staggered on further reflection – this has been the process of his own mind.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2522 |
From G. M. Tracy 11 January 1877
Summary
Observations on and explanations of the scarcity of fruit and berries (especially holly berries) evident that year.
| Author: | George Murton Tracy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10779 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From G. M. Tracy 11 January 1877 …
- … DAR 178: 174 George Murton Tracy Edenbridge 11 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter was reprinted in full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7; a clipping of it is in …
- … Redlands | Edenbridge Kent Jan ry . 11 th . 1877 Sir Having observed in “The Times” of …
To John Lubbock 12 [August 1857]
Summary
Invites JL to dine and meet J. S. Henslow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 12 [Aug 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 19 (EH 88206468) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2396 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Elizabeth (Eliza) Wedgwood, Emma’s cousin, died one month later, on 11 September 1857. …
- … See the letter to Lubbock, 11 August [1857] , n. 1, for the basis of the date. It is …
- … n. 3, below). See the letter to Lubbock, 11 August [1857] . John Stevens Henslow was to …
- … 1857. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary on 11 August 1857: ‘I came to London to Eliza’. …
From Asa Gray 11 April 1863
Summary
The war is nearly finished, "rebeldom is ""gone up"" ".
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 132 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4081 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Ernst Haeckel 20 January [1866]
Summary
Sends copies of photographs of himself. Asks for photographs of German naturalists.
Comments on EH’s account of Protogenes primordialis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1866] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1-52/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4980 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Sir I thank you for your kind note of Jan. 11. You think much too highly of my work, but …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 . …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 15. CD refers to Heinrich Georg …
- … vol. 9, frontispiece, and letter to Asa Gray, 11 April [1861] and n. 19). Haeckel …
- … who admired him (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 ). Haeckel sent his own …
- … a photograph taken in October 1865 with his letter of 11 January 1866 . Fritz Müller sent …
- … of himself in 1865 (see letter to Fritz Müller, 11 January 1866 and n. 5). There is no …
- … 1866 (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and nn. 7–9). Haeckel 1866 , a two- …
- … into English. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and nn. 6 and 7. Protogenes …
- … Engelmann (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 4). For CD’s interest …
From James Caird 11 October 1880
Summary
Comments on the progress of Torbitt’s experiments.
| Author: | James Caird |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12753 |
Matches: 4 hits
From E. A. Darwin [11 October 1868]
Summary
J. J. Sylvester reports George’s fellowship "the most enviable position on earth".
Charles [Parker?] "appears to be ruined".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B62–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6219 |
Matches: 4 hits
To A. R. Wallace [12–17] March [1867]
Summary
Asks to be kept informed on gaudy caterpillars.
Problems of his work on man; scope and role of sexual selection.
Indulgence of interest in expression is simply a "hobby-horse". Will see whether he can get queries inserted in an Indian newspaper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [12–17] Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 ff. 80–83v) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5440 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … that Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood and Georgina Tollet were visiting from 11 to 21 March 1867. …
- … letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] . The end of the date range is …
- … below). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] . The other letter from Wallace …
- … and n. 15). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 4. CD often dictated …
- … See Browne and Messenger 2003. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 7. …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] ; Wallace had asked whether CD’s work on …
- … Correspondence vol. 12). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 2. …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] . CD made notes on human expression as …
- … 144, and Hartley 2001 . In his letter of 11 March [1867] , Wallace suggested that CD send …
- … newspapers. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 6. CD refers to …
To Japetus Steenstrup 11 September 1876
Summary
Thanks JS for three essays. Has read with great interest the essay on the basking shark ["Sur les appareils tamiseurs ou fanons branchiaux du Pélerin", Kjo|benhaven Oversigt (1873): 47–66]. The explanation that the comb-like structures are of the nature of teeth is a "most wonderful case".
Sends his photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup |
| Date: | 11 Sept 1876 |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to); Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana (VadSlg NL 202: 33: 27q) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10594 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Japetus Steenstrup 11 September 1876 …
- … NL 202: 33: 27q) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Sept 1876 Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) …
- … see this volume, Supplement, letter from Japetus Steenstrup, [after 11 September 1876] ). …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Sept 11 th . 1876 My dear Sir I must trouble you with …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Sept 11 th With M r . Darwin’s compliments & good …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February [1868]
Summary
Wants information on sex ratios in domestic animals. Can WBT help?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5859 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February [1868] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1868] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … Down Bromley Kent Feb. 11: My dear Sir I am going to ask you, as so often on other …
- … s letter to the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 11 February [1868]. Tegetmeier inserted a request …
- … research’. See letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 11 February [1868], and letter to F. T. …
From H. M. Butler 11 November 1872
Summary
Describes scratching his nose while asleep, which his father says he did "not infrequently".
| Author: | Henry Montagu Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A50–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8619 |
From Wilhelm Behrens 11 October 1878
Summary
Thanks for CD’s remarks on and agreement with his paper on history of pollination theories [see 11678].
Will shortly send his essay on the anatomy of nectaries in flowers [see 12300].
| Author: | Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11723 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Wilhelm Behrens 11 October 1878 …
- … 123 Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens Elberfeld 11 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung 62: 2–11, 17–27, 49–54, 81–90, 113–23, 145–53, 233–47, …
- … Elberfeld. Octbr 11 th . 1878. To D r . Charles Darwin Dear Sir, Having just returned from …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 11 August 1877
Summary
Thanks for plants.
Thanks R. I. Lynch for information about "bloom" on leaves.
WTT-D should not write to Mr Smith about plants near seashore.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 11 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 85–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11102 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 11 August 1877 …
- … 1873–81: ff. 85–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Aug 1877 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … the Chelsea branch of the firm (see letter to Veitch & Sons, [before 11 August 1877] ). …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Aug 11. 1877 My dear Dyer The plants have arrived in a …
To G. H. Darwin 11 [July 1878]
Summary
Rejoices that "Lagrange’s case does not seem very bad".
CD is working hard at dissecting Thalia. Has recovered some handiness with microscope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 11 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11601 |
Matches: 4 hits
From L. A. J. Quetelet 11 January 1871
Summary
Sends diploma of election to the Royal Belgian Academy.
| Author: | Lambert Adolphe Jacques (Adolphe) Quetelet; Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux-arts de Belgique |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 175: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7437 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From L. A. J. Quetelet 11 January 1871 …
- … des Lettres, et des Beaux-arts de Belgique Brussels 11 Jan 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … L. A. J. Quetelet, [15 December 1870 – 11 January 1871]. Only a draft of CD’s letter to …
- … Indicateur, N o 6804. 1 Annexe Bruxelles, le 11 Janvier 187 1 Monsieur et honoré Confrère, …
- … Indicator, N o 6804. Annexe Brussels, 11 January 187 1 Dear Sir and honoured Colleague, In …
From Francis Trevelyan Buckland [before 11 December 1864]
Summary
Salmon and trout increase in size with river.
Wishes to show CD fish hatchery near Hampton Court.
Quoted CD’s book on self-destruction within species in a salmon arbitration case.
| Author: | Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 Dec 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 358 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4363 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Francis Trevelyan Buckland [before 11 December 1864] …
- … Frank) Buckland London, Albany St, 37 [before 11 Dec 1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter, the letter to F. T. Buckland, 11 December [1864] , and the letter from F. …
- … Variation (see letter to F. T. Buckland, 11 December [1864] ). Buckland began studying …
- … 2, and the letter to F. T. Buckland, 11 December [1864] and n. 7. Buckland was engaged …
To E. H. Sieveking 11 December 1877
Summary
Would like the letters from grandfather [Erasmus Darwin] to J. A. H. Reimarus to be published.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Henry Sieveking |
| Date: | 11 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.528) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11275 |
To John Higgins 11 December [1847]
Summary
Discusses account. Glad that all is prosperous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1847] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1138 |
To G. J. Romanes 11 December [1878]
Summary
Sends copy of H. D. Lindemuth, "Vegetative Bastarderzeugung" [Landwirtsch. Jahrb. 7 (1878): 887–939].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.555) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11784 |
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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…
Matches: 16 hits
- … on the topic. Lyell also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published …
- … 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be surprisd [ sic ] to …
- … had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the same review Lubbock expressed …
- … he took exception to the wording of the note on p. 11 of C. Lyell 1863c, which implied that Lubbock …
- … The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his work, that my article on the …
- … of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with …
- … of the preface of C. Lyell 1863c and reworded the note on p. 11. Unlike the earlier …
- … Lyell revised both the preface and the note on page 11 of the third edition of Antiquity of man …
- … versions of the end of the preface and of the note on page 11 are included below. Preface, C …
- … as well as of the subsequent issues.” Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) …
- … made by him in company with Mr. Busk. Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) …
- … in Letters, 1863 , (introduction to Correspondence vol. 11, pp. xv–xvii). For a comparison of …
- … 1984, pp. 154–9. 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] …
- … Bartholomew 1973. 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March …
- … 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March …
- … (rough draft of letter from T. H. Huxley to Charles Lyell, 11 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 7 hits
- … German edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of …
- … & a few of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn …
- … letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition …
- … we shall immediately see)’. Page xiv, n., line 11, delete ‘in the years 1794–5’. …
- … substitute for ‘but then . . . kinds of flowers.’: 11 In just some of …
- … sentence also appears in Origin 4th ed., p. 20. 11. p. 56. This whole paragraph was …
- … in Origin 4th ed., p. 449. 47. p. 409–11. This passage also appears, with slight …
1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel
Summary
< Back to Introduction The earliest surviving portrayal of Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809, is this pastel or chalk drawing by Ellen Wallace Sharples. He is shown kneeling chivalrously before his sister Catherine (born in 1810), in the kind…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Art Journal , 16:1 (Spring–Summer 1995), pp. 3–11. Julius Bryant (ed.), English Heritage …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Matches: 8 hits
- … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
- … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
- … the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
- … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
- … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
- … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
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…
Matches: 7 hits
- … gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether …
- … on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
- … for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
- … see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
- … interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
- … from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 7 Sept 1872 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington. W., London, …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 11 hits
- … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
- … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
- … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
- … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
- … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
- … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
- … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
- … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
- … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
- … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
Matches: 4 hits
- … man in his most "primitive wildness" ( letter to Henslow, 11 April 1833 ). They …
- … Letter 204 : Darwin to Henslow, J. S., 11 April 1833 "The Fuegians are in a more …
- … 98). Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] "the …
- … Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] I suppose that you do not …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
Matches: 4 hits
- … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
- … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
- … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
- … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
Matches: 6 hits
- … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
- … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
- … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
- … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
- … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …
Charles Harrison Blackley
Summary
You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Matches: 5 hits
- … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
- … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
- … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
- … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 10 hits
- … in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably …
- … 1 OCTOBER 1846 7 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A …
- … 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 11 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 5 JUNE 1855 …
- … 22 NOVEMBER 1856 29 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 APRIL 1861 30 A GRAY TO C …
- … A GRAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1858 58 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 11 OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO …
- … HOOKER, 18 OCTOBER 1859 63 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 64 JD …
- … 13 NOVEMBER 1859 66 C DARWIN TO R OWEN, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 67 C DARWIN …
- … 17 FEBRUARY 1861 111 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 DECEMBER 1861 112 C DARWIN …
- … DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 MAY 1864 159 FROM A GRAY 11 JULY 1864 160 C DARWIN …
- … TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204 FROM A GRAY 11 DECEMBER 1874 205 TO A …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
- … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
- … two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
- … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
Darwin and Religion
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When Darwin published On the Origin of Species, was there a clear cut division between those who supported science and those who supported God? Find out how Darwin’s letters reveal a complex reaction from all sides and a desire from Darwin to keep his…
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- … Pupils explore the reaction to Darwin’s findings as evidenced through his letters. Activities …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
