To Hermann Müller 12 February [1879]
Summary
Has just heard that HM has been treated shamefully by his Government. What has happened?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 440 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11876 |
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- … To Hermann Müller 12 February [1879] …
- … DAR 146: 440 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Feb [1879] Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) …
- … this letter and the letter to Arnold Dodel-Port, 12 February 1879 . The letter from Arnold …
- … has not been found, but see the letter to Arnold Dodel-Port, 12 February 1879 and n. 3. …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent Feb: 12. My dear Sir I have just heard from D r . Dodel Port of …
To Hermann Müller 7 August 1876
Summary
Comments on Fritz Müller’s article on Hedychium.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 437 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10572 |
From Hermann Müller 12 February 1879
Summary
Seventieth birthday greetings.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 312 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11878 |
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- … From Hermann Müller 12 February 1879 …
- … 312 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 12 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD’s 70th birthday was on 12 February 1879. There is no article by Müller in any Linnean …
- … Lippstadt Febr 12, 1879 My dear Sir I cannot pass this day in which you accomplish the 70 …
To Hermann Müller 5 May 1873
Summary
Comments on HM’s book [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)]. Particularly glad to read historical sketch and discussion of work of C. K. Sprengel.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Date: | 5 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 434 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8901 |
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- … Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 610–12). Norman Lockyer was the editor of Nature , …
To Hermann Müller 16 August [1867]
Summary
Made aware by Asa Gray of error with respect to Cypripedium. Does not doubt it is self-fertilised.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Date: | 16 Aug [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 429; Krause 1884, p. 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5608 |
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- … him of this fact in his paper on Westphalian orchids ( H. Müller 1868 , p. 12). …
From Hermann Müller 12 November 1869
Summary
Would like Frederick Smith of the British Museum to determine whether or not some unidentified Westphalian bees are new species.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 295 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6984 |
From Hermann Müller 12 May 1873
Summary
Thanks for CD’s praise of his book [see 8901].
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 300 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8909 |
To Hermann Müller [before 5 May 1872]
Summary
Comments on HM’s paper ["Anwendung der Darwin’schen Lehre auf Bienen", Verh. Naturhist. Ver. preuss. Rheinland 29 (1872): 1–96];
sexual selection in bees.
Encloses account on habits of Bombus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Date: | [before 5 May 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 433; DAR 194: 1; Krause ed. 1885–6, 2: 84–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8312 |
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- … Society of London n.s. 1: 86–92, 109–12, 116–18. Weismann, August. 1872. Ueber den …
From Hermann Müller 7 August 1875
Summary
Thanks for Insectivorous plants.
Believes Lepidoptera are of greater importance as fertilisers in alpine regions than in lowlands.
The famous stone pits of Ohningen are for sale.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10110 |
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- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
- … 10 December 1874, pp. 110–12, and 31 December 1874, pp. 169–71. The subnival region is the …
- … pp. 44–6; 1 January 1874, pp. 164–6; 18 June 1874, pp. 129–30; 12 November 1874, pp. 32–3; …
- … 10 December 1874, pp. 110–12; 31 December 1874, pp. 169–71; 20 May 1875, pp. 50– …
- … 1875, pp. 190–1; 13 January 1876, pp. 210–12; 10 February 1876, pp. 289–92; 22 June 1876, …
- … articles on alpine flowers (parts 7–9) appeared in issues for 12 November 1874, pp. 32–3, …
From Hermann Müller 6 December 1876
Summary
Thanks for Cross and self-fertilisation.
Fritz Müller has been appointed "Naturalista Viajante" of the Rio de Janeiro Museum, which will help his income greatly.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 308 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10702 |
From Hermann Müller 8 March 1870
Summary
HM intends studying bees to find evidence supporting CD’s theories. His work has shown him there are problems in separating species from varieties, and has also revealed many surprising instances of variation in habits.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 296 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7130 |
From Hermann Müller 14 February 1879
Summary
HM’s teaching methods and his ideas are under attack in Germany along with the works of Ernst Krause.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 313 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11883 |
From Hermann Müller 5 May 1872
Summary
Thanks CD for MS on the routes of male bees.
His "Fertilisation of flowers" is complete [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)].
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 298 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8313 |
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- … There is an annotated copy in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 610–12). …
From Hermann Müller 25 August 1873
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Fritz Müller is now working on the Brazilian honey-bees (Melipona and Trigona).
HM thanks CD for fertilisation references.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 302 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9028 |
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- … see ibid. , pp. 21–3). In his letter of 12 May 1873 , Müller had asked CD to keep him …
From Hermann Müller 15 February 1874
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Feels CD’s and Fritz Müller’s judgments on his "Anwendung" essay [see 8313] are of highest value. Mentions some of FM’s comments.
Looks forward to second English edition of Descent.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9293 |
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- … F. Müller 1864 , Dallas trans. 1869) on 12 February 1874; the letter has not been found, …
From Hermann Müller [after 23 February 1868]
Summary
HM is certain his brother Fritz would like to see Für Darwin translated into English by Dallas. He will make arrangements with the German publisher.
Two friends are writing Darwinian works: Adolf Speyer on phylogeny of Lepidoptera
and August Röse on genealogy of mosses.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 23 Feb 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 292 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5920 |
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- … Geographie von Dr. A. Petermann (1868): 409–12. Speyer, Adolf. 1869. Zur Genealogie der …
From Hermann Müller 25 September 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for his efforts to get HM’s book, Die Befruchtung der Blumen [1873], translated into English. [See Fertilisation of flowers, translated by D’Arcy W. Thompson, preface by C. Darwin (1883).]
Will soon return to his observations on insects in general and bees in particular.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 311 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11710 |
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- … My this year excursion, from August 14 to Sept. 12 has had but very poor results. I have …
From Hermann Müller 27 April 1880
Summary
Fritz Müller’s daughter has committed suicide.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 314 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12592 |
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- … get a teaching position in Berlin, and on 12 June 1879, died in a fall from the window of …
From Hermann Müller 9 October 1871
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Is preparing a work on fertilisation of flowers, and wants to add a list of works containing observations on cross-fertilisation of plants. Asks CD for any references he may have.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 297 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7997 |
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- … Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 610–12). Müller refers to Christian Konrad Sprengel , …
From Hermann Müller 1 April [1867]
Summary
Thanks for "Climbing plants" offprint and for references on fertilisation of flowers.
Considering the bounty of work already done, he is looking for something original to do.
Subularia does not grow in Westphalia.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 289 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5481 |
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- … me. ’ See also Forms of flowers , pp. 311–12. The letter in which CD made this enquiry …
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| Müller, Hermann | (18) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Müller, Hermann | (5) |
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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- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
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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- … 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
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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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- … 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
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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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- … (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
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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, 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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- … 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?
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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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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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- … 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
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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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- … 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…
