To the Geological Society of London 12 March [1843]
Summary
Asks how many copies of Proceedings are commonly sold.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | 12 Mar [1843] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/354) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-663 |
To Edward Holland [after 12 July 1843]
Summary
Discusses fossil bones found in Australia by Mr Isaac. Suggests they be sent to Richard Owen.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Holland |
Date: | [after 12 July 1843] |
Classmark: | John L. McDonald (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-970 |
To Josiah Wedgwood III [12–24] October 1843
Summary
Note of hand, signed by CD, for £260 13s 6d.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Josiah Wedgwood, III |
Date: | [12–24] Oct 1843 |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 833) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-703 |
To J. D. Hooker [12 December 1843]
Summary
Thanks JDH for short sketch of botanical geography of Southern Hemisphere. Comments on his own S. American collections and observations; notes other Galapagos collections.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [12 Dec 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-722 |
To William Jackson Hooker 12 March [1843]
Summary
Asks WJH to thank his son [J. D. Hooker, away on Antarctic survey] for his note. Has also read a letter JDH wrote to Lyell. Hopes JDH will publish a journal. If he publishes an Antarctic flora, CD will place his collection of South American alpine plants at his disposal.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
Date: | 12 Mar [1843] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence: S. American letters 1838–44, 69: 40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-664 |
To Emma Darwin [12–24 October 1843]
Summary
News of the Shrewsbury family. He cannot get his father to sympathise with the numbness in his finger ends or his fears of "ruin and extravagance".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [12–24 Oct 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-704 |
From J. D. Hooker [12 December 1843 – 11 January 1844]
Summary
Henslow has sent him CD’s Galapagos plants along with Macrae’s. JDH impressed by the island endemism, which "overturns all our preconceived notions" on centres of radiation. Describes the extent, and the sharp demarcation at longitude 60° W, of the American and European Northern Hemisphere floras. CD’s plants among those he is using to do Antarctic flora. Drimys winteri shows a graded series of states down the length of the South American continent.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [12 Dec 1843 – 11 Jan 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 206–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-723 |
From G. R. Waterhouse [c. 2 August 1843]
Summary
Discusses classification of animals. Degree of affinity different for different taxonomic groups. Discusses affinity of Ornithorhynchus or Echidna to reptiles.
Brain of whale is highly developed; on differences among brains of Quadrumana.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 2 Aug 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-686 |
To J. S. Henslow [14 October 1843]
Summary
CD has written to W. Kemp to ascertain what precautions he took in sowing his seeds. "It will be rather flat if you … pronounce the Atriplex to be merely a variety". Suggests sending plants to C. C. Babington.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [14 Oct 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: A11–12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-705 |
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- … DAR 93: A11–12 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [14 Oct 1843] John Stevens Henslow …
To Ernst Dieffenbach 19 July [1843]
Summary
Says Colburn will allow German publisher to use copperplate and woodcuts [for Journal of researches]. Has been delayed in corrections owing to death of a relative [Josiah Wedgwood II].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
Date: | 19 July [1843] |
Classmark: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Gratz collection, case 12, box 7) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-682 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … of Pennsylvania (Gratz collection, case 12, box 7) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 July [ …
To S. P. Woodward [14 January 1843]
Summary
Asks SPW to have obsidian specimens and book [Dieudonné de Gratet de Dolomieu, Voyage aux îles de Lipari (1783)] ready when he comes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward; Geological Society of London |
Date: | [14 Jan 1843] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-652 |
To G. R. Waterhouse [3 or 17 December 1843]
Summary
Comments on GRW’s paper [Rep. BAAS (1843): 65–7; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 (1843): 399–412]. CD says by "link" between any two groups he never understood a half-way link, merely one in a long series. Observes that one cannot have a simple species intermediate between two great families. Criticises GRW’s use of circles to represent groups, which leads to thinking that groups are of equal value.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Date: | [3 or 17] Dec 1843 |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A 3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-718 |
From William Kemp 4 December 1843
Summary
Describes circumstances surrounding discovery of seed in sand-pit. Encloses certificates testifying to the good character of the men involved.
Author: | William Kemp |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Dec 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 50: A19–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-720 |
From B. J. Sulivan [10 May 1843]
Summary
Describes siege [of Montevideo].
Reports on appearance and habits of horses and cattle of Falkland Islands; wild rabbits and pigs. Geology of the Falklands, especially of West Island. Discusses supposed discovery of coal. Has sent fossil specimens to CD.
Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [10 May 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 26–7, 39: 66–7, 46.1: 70–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-675 |
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- … See Correspondence vol. 3, letter from B. J. Sulivan, 13 January – 12 February 1845 . …
- … 2 (1846): 267–74. [ Collected papers 1: 203–12. ] Journal of researches : Journal of …
- … South shore of Pebble Sound (which is about 12 or 15 miles wide full of low Islands) and …
- … where it is very regular forming peaks from 12 to 1600 feet high but as gets to the middle …
To John Edward Davis 15 September [1843]
Summary
Thanks him for specimens collected.
Comments on JED’s voyage [on H.M.S. Terror, 1839–43].
Mentions activities of old Beagle crew.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Edward Davis |
Date: | 15 Sept [1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 374 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-695 |
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- … 1: xix). See letter to W. J. Hooker, 12 March [1843] . Literary Gazette (9 September …
To ? 7 August [1843–68?]
Summary
Declines invitation to ride because he is "so very subject to headache".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 7 Aug [1843-68] |
Classmark: | Daniel V. Grossman (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 and n. 12). The letter may have been written to Robert …
To William Kemp [14 October 1843]
Summary
J. S. Henslow expresses his doubts about WK’s seeds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Kemp |
Date: | [14 Oct 1843] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/16a) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-705F |
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- … Saturday before 15 October was 14 October. On 12 October 1843 CD went to Shrewsbury for …
To ? 1 March [1843–82]
Summary
Regrets not having a duplicate of one of his books to give away. "You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 1 Mar [1843-82] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (12 November 1963) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13865 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Sotheby’s (dealers) (12 November 1963) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Mar 1843 1 Mar 1844 1 …
To J. D. Hooker [13 or 20 November 1843]
Summary
Congratulations on JDH’s safe return.
Henslow has sent CD’s S. American plants to JDH for examination.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [13 or 20] Nov 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-714 |
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- … Lyell Sr , see letter to W. J. Hooker, 12 March [1843] . He may also have read some …
From William Kemp 10 November 1843
Author: | William Kemp |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Nov 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 50: A17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-713 |
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- … with the garden climber, mine was about 12 inches long, having 5 small branches, whereas …
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Kemp, William | (2) |
Waterhouse, G. R. | (2) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Davis, J. E. | (1) |
Dieffenbach, Ernst | (1) |
Geological Society of London | (2) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Holland, Edward | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Hooker, W. J. | (1) |
Kemp, William | (1) |
Unidentified | (2) |
Waterhouse, G. R. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Wedgwood, Josiah, III | (1) |
Woodward, S. P. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Kemp, William | (3) |
Waterhouse, G. R. | (3) |
Geological Society of London | (2) |
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
Summary
‘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…