From Max Steffen 12 February 1882
Summary
Seven German students drink to CD’s health on his 75th [sic] birthday.
| Author: | Maximilian Alexander (Max) Steffen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 253 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13678 |
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- … From Max Steffen 12 February 1882 …
- … Maximilian Alexander (Max) Steffen Halle an der Saale 12 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Halle a /Saale Febr. 12 th . 1882. Sir! On the 75 th . return of your birth-day seven …
- … In fact, CD turned 73 on 12 February 1882. Bockelmann was a student of natural sciences ( …
To ? 12 March 1882
Summary
Thanks for letter and promise to send pamphlet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13725 |
To T. H. Huxley 12 January 1882
Summary
Thanks for Science and culture [1881].
Refers to "Automatism" ["On the hypothesis that animals are automata"], wishing THH could review himself and answer himself and thus go on ad infinitum to the joy and instruction of the world.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 370) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13612 |
From William Ogle 12 April 1882
Summary
A friend once "caught" an oyster while fishing, which confirms CD’s note ["On the dispersal of freshwater bivalves", Collected papers 2: 276–8].
| Author: | William Ogle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13767 |
To Max Steffen 17 February 1882
Summary
CD thanks MS and his fellow German students for their kind birthday wishes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Maximilian Alexander (Max) Steffen |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Dr Gene Kritsky (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13691A |
To J. H. Gilbert 12 January 1882
Summary
Quantity of nitrogen in castings surprises CD.
Comments on papers: [J. B. Lawes and J. H. Gilbert, "Results of experiments on mixed herbage, pt 1", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 171 (1880): 289–416; Gilbert, Lawes and M. T. Masters, "pt 2: The botanical results", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 173 (1882): 1181–413].
Has never made sections to see how deep worms burrow – five or six feet is probable. Wishes the problem had arisen when he made his observations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13616 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 January 1882
Summary
B. D. Jackson’s plan for new Steudel Nomenclator approved. JDH asks for CD’s cheque.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13613 |
From F. B. Sanborn 12 January 1882
Summary
Sends CD some of the [American Social Science] Association’s publications; asks if they may enrol him as a corresponding member. They have printed CD’s letter to Mrs Talbot
and also his paper from Mind (1877) ["Biographical sketch of an infant"].
| Author: | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13615 |
From James Niven to Francis Darwin 12 March 1882
Summary
Sends [for CD’s possible use] his observations on spines of fir used by worms to block burrows.
| Author: | James Niven |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 64.2: 101–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13726 |
From T. L. Brunton 12 February 1882
Summary
Writes regarding the form which the proposed Science Defence Association should take and encloses a draft of proposed resolutions.
| Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 348–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13679 |
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- … From T. L. Brunton 12 February 1882 …
- … Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet London, Welbeck St, 50 12 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Welbeck Street, | Cavendish Square. W. Feby 12 th . 1882 Dear M r . Darwin For a long time …
- … Brunton’s daughter, Elsie , was born on 12 August 1881 (Baptism register of St Thomas’s, …
From Leslie Stephen 12 January 1882
Summary
Discusses a lectureship at Aberdeen
and a recent visit to Down.
| Author: | Leslie Stephen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 256 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13614 |
DCP-LETT-941
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John William Lubbock, 3d baronet |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-941 |
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- … DAR 210.10: 12 Charles Robert Darwin unstated John William Lubbock, 3d baronet Darwin, C. …
From Francis Darwin to Raphael Meldola 12 January 1882
Summary
CD happy to lend Weismann’s pamphlet to RM.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13611 |
From Hugo Schneider 13 February 1882
Summary
Birthday congratulations.
| Author: | Hugo Schneider |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13684 |
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- … CD’s birthday was 12 February; he was 73 in 1882. …
To Symington Grieve 22 March 1882
Summary
Subject of SG’s essay would be well worth pursuing. CD has long known that stones were transported by floating Fuci, but not that they were dragged along the sea-bottom.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Symington Grieve |
| Date: | 22 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | Scotsman, 18 January 1929, p. 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13733 |
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- … Scotsman , 18 January 1929, p. 12 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Mar 1882 Symington Grieve …
From C. V. Naudin 15 April 1882
Summary
Sends more Trifolium resupinatum.
In France as in England there is indignation at the insults Decaisne suffered in the last years of his life.
Charles Martins has lost his Professorship at Montpellier.
| Author: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13768 |
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- … DAR 172: 12 Charles Victor Naudin Villa Thuret, Antibes 15 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
To T. L. Brunton 14 February 1882
Summary
Agrees with TLB’s views regarding the constitution of the proposed Science Defence Association.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 353–353/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13687 |
To Lawson Tait 13 February 1882
Summary
Thanks for the birthday greetings.
"I feel a very old man and my course is nearly run."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13682 |
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- … Lawson and Sybil Anne Tait has not been found. CD’s birthday was 12 February; he was 73. …
To John Lubbock 2 March 1882
Summary
Letter of introduction for Romilly Allen.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 12 (EH 88205937) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13713 |
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- … DAR 261.7: 12 (EH 88205937) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Mar 1882 John Lubbock, 4th …
To Margaret Hadley 6 April [1882]
Summary
Sends his birth date.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Margaret Hadley |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 368 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13761 |
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- … Ap. 6 th I am sorry that I omitted to answer your query. — Feb. 12 th 1809 C. Darwin …
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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
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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- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
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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- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
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: 11 hits
- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< 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, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
Summary
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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- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
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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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…
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- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
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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- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …
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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- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …
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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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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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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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 in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
