From Hugh Falconer to Erasmus Alvey Darwin 3 January 1865
Summary
Encloses letter [missing] which he believes will clear up the part he played in Edward Sabine’s Presidential Address. Does not wish CD to think that he did not support the Origin.
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4737 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hugh Falconer to William Sharpey, 25 October …
- … Medal’. In his letter of 3 November 186[4] ( Correspondence vol. 12), Falconer wrote: ‘ …
- … written to CD in his letter of 2 December 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12) about the ‘small …
- … In the letter to William Sharpey, 25 October 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), Falconer …
- … letter from Edward Sabine to William Sharpey, 29 December 1864 , Royal Society, Misc. Mss. 19, no. 41). The address contained the remark that Origin had not been included among the grounds of the Copley award. A controversy arose over whether Sabine’s address had misrepresented the views of the Council (see Correspondence vol. 12, …
From William Waring 13 April 1874
Author: | William Waring |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Apr 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 90: 44–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9407 |
From Albert Günther 13 May 1868
Summary
Sends proofs of his fish paper.
Will observe modification of colour in fish.
Is studying the development of the axolotl.
Encloses notes in reply to CD’s queries on fishes.
Author: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 May 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 242a, DAR 82: B23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6170 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … For CD’s questions, see the letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] . See letter to Albert …
- … and Salarias are both current genera. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. …
- … 8. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. …
- … 9. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. 10. In Descent 2: 20, CD said that …
- … Günther refers to George Henry Ford . See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. …
- … 4. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. 5. Günther was the founding editor …
- … to Günther 1859–70 . See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. 6. CD cited the …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 7 February 1868
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Feb 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5848 |
To A. R. Wallace 26 February [1867]
Summary
ARW’s explanation of protective value of conspicuous coloration is ingenious.
CD still holds to sexual selection with respect to beauty in male butterflies.
Sexual selection and the races of man.
Expression of emotions is another subject he plans to include in his essay [Descent].
Asks ARW to suggest an observer in Malay Archipelago to whom he might send queries [on expression].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 26 Feb [1867] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 76) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5420 |
CD memorandum July 1857
Summary
Memorandum about £250 investment in Patent Siliceous Stone Company, owned by David Thomas Ansted and Frederick Ransome.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | unknown |
Date: | July 1857 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2115F |
From Daniel Oliver 27 November 1863
Summary
Discusses the contraction of hygroscopic bundles in seed-pods,
and a paper by Hugo von Mohl ["Über dimorphe Blüthen", Bot. Ztg. (1863): 309–15, 321–8] in which he discusses Oxalis and determines that Fumaria is a necessarily self-fertilising plant.
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Nov 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 173: 24 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4349 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 and 28 [October 1865]
Summary
Thinks Royal Society’s failure to honour W. J. Hooker may be due to small number of botanists on Council.
Interest in H. J. Carter’s papers in Annals and Magazine of Natural History on lower organisms.
On Wallace; anthropology.
H. H. Travers’ paper on Chatham Islands [J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 9 (1865): 135–44].
W. C. Wells’s paper of 1813 ["Essay on dew", Two Essays (1818)] anticipates discovery of natural selection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 and 28 Oct 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 277 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4921 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … excluded. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1864] …
- … Library–Down (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Patrick Matthew, 6 June 1864 and …
- … to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] , n. 12, and letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [or 28 September …
- … see Correspondence vol. 7, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1858] ). In Origin , …
- … History , see letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [or 28 September 1865] , n. 12. Most of CD’s …
- … 12 s. , one on 31 October 1865 and the other on 28 November 1865. Daniel Oliver informed CD that Hooker was expected to return to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on 26 October 1865; see letter …
To Daniel Oliver 18 March [1864]
Summary
Thanks for information on Tecoma.
Cannot believe DO’s statement about Catasetum; is sure C. tridentatum sets seeds in its native country.
CD erred on Acropera, but how is it naturally fertilised?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 18 Mar [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 59 (EH 88206042) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4430 |
To Fritz Müller 22 February [1867]
Summary
Observations on orchid self-sterility.
Wants information on characters that may have originated through sexual selection in lower animals.
Encloses queries on expression.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 22 Feb [1867] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5410 |
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- … 1863 ; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Daniel Oliver, 18 March [1864] , and ‘ …
- … vol. 11, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). He had …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1867 and nn. 17–19. CD had briefly discussed sexual selection in Origin , pp. 87–90, 197–200. He had also discussed sexual selection with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1864, with Charles Lyell in 1865, and with James Shaw in 1866 (see Correspondence vols. 12, …
From Charles Lyell 15 March 1863
Summary
Lyell has received compliments for letting readers draw own inferences [on species question]. Now feels he earlier did Lamarck injustice. [CD’s] substitution of variety-making power for volition [as in Lamarck] in some respects only a change of names.
Thinks Huxley taking on too many responsibilities.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Mar 1863 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 364–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4041 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … In his letter to Lyell of 12–13 March [1863] , CD offered suggestions regarding the text …
- … Malvern, Worcestershire (see letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] ). CD wrote a …
- … rule in 1863 ( EB ). See letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] . Lyell refers to …
- … Grove and Lamarck 1809 (see letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] and n. 9). On …
- … on progression, see the letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] ; see also n. 15, …
- … see also Appendix VII. See letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] , n. 9. In C. …
- … February 1863] and n. 6. See also letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] . T. H. …
- … 1863] ; Lyell refers to CD’s letters to him of 6 March [1863] and 12–13 March [1863]. The …
- … 1863] and n. 19, and letters to Charles Lyell , 6 March [1863] and 12–13 March [1863] ). …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] and n. 25). …
From T. H. Huxley 17 March 1869
Summary
Last letter was written to be passed on for Lushington’s edification. "(Standing on the points of my toes and my tail very stiff)." Is tiring of controversy as a waste of time. Begins to understand CD’s sufferings over Origin.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 318 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6665 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 February [1867]
Summary
On the Duke of Argyll and a review of his Reign of law.
Asa Gray’s theological view of variation. God’s role in formation of organisms; JDH’s view of Providence.
Insular and continental genera.
Owen on continuity and ideal types
and on bones of Mauritius deer.
On man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 Feb [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 10–13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5395 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 March [1867]
Summary
The date-palm seed case is important for Pangenesis.
Reports experiments on pollination of Ipomoea.
"Insular floras": A. Murray’s paper in Gardeners’ Chronicle is poor.
John Scott’s work on acclimatisation of plants.
The anomaly of the Azores flora on the migration theory.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Mar [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 13a–e |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5445 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … s ability (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Andrew Murray, 31 October 1864 , and …
- … Clarke 1866 and Clarke 1870 ; see letter from Benjamin Clarke, 12 March 1867 and nn. …
- … 1 and 2). See letter from Benjamin Clarke, 12 March 1867 . …
- … See enclosure to letter from Benjamin Clarke, 12 March 1867 . CD’s reply to Clarke’s …
From Benjamin Clarke 25 March 1867
Summary
Thanks for subscription.
Reports experiments with wheat.
Sends notes on producing varieties by pruning.
Author: | Benjamin Clarke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Mar 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 157, 159 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5460 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … EB 9th ed. ). In the enclosure to his letter of 12 March 1867 , Clarke had mentioned a …
- … not been found. In the enclosure to his letter of 12 March 1867 , Clarke described an elm …
- … Clarke enclosed in this letter or the letter of 12 March 1867 to any journal. Cannabis …
- … and zoology ( Clarke 1870 ; see letter from Benjamin Clarke, 12 March 1867 and n. 2). …
- … Clarke’s experiment, see the letter from Benjamin Clarke, 12 March 1867 . Clarke refers to …
- … a copy of Clarke 1866 (see letter from Benjamin Clarke, 12 March 1867 , n. 1). No review …
From H. B. Jones 10 February [1866]
Summary
Sends a diet for CD’s flatulence.
Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 77 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5003 |
From John Scott 15 November [1862]
Summary
Appreciates CD’s acknowledging his letter and his comments on Acropera. Will send CD the Acropera capsule which is now maturing.
Experimenting on vegetable parthenogenesis.
Structure of Acropera.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Nov [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3808 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … to Scott 1862a (see n. 7, below). Letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] . See …
- … Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] . James McNab was …
- … from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] . …
- … See letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] . Some indication of the contents of the …
- … 12 June 1862. There is an annotated copy of this paper in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See letter …
- … 12 th . I am pleased to see that the four suggestions &c. I ventured in elucidating the structure of Acropera have been considered worthy of your notice. I was afraid that, they—unaccompanied as they were by either specimens or drawings, and communicated by one of whom you had no knowledge—would ever remain unacknowledged. And I can assure you, Sir, I felt deeply ashamed at my presumption, on reflecting after the letter …
To E. W. Lane 23 June 1873
Summary
Thanks EWL for his book about hydropathy [Old medicine and new (1873)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Wickstead Lane |
Date: | 23 June 1873 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.429) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8946 |
To George Maw 13 January 1869
Summary
Thanks GM for offer of observations. Would be interested to know when the horns of merino rams first appear,
and has long wished for living specimens of Drosophyllum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Maw |
Date: | 13 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/14) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6552 |
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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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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…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
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< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
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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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
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…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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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…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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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…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'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…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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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…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …