From J. D. Hooker 2 December 1864
Summary
Recounts row at the Royal Society over exclusion of mention of Origin from Sabine’s address awarding Copley Medal to CD.
Encloses two letters to JDH from James Hector in New Zealand.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 260–1; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ correspondence 174: 429–31 & 433–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4692 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … acknowledged in J. D. Hooker 1864–7 , 1: 12**. Haast had corresponded with CD in 1862 …
- … and near Auckland I have seen them with stems 12 ft. high. All those I saw in the Nelson …
- … on 16 June 1864. It was published in the 12 December 1864 issue of the Journal. Hooker had …
- … acknowledged in J. D. Hooker 1864–7 , 1: 12. Cordyline indivisa is described in J. D. …
- … Kew (see J. D. Hooker 1864–7 , 1: 12**). Julius von Haast . Hooker had given Hector a …
- … Ramsay and others, see Oldroyd 1973 , pp. 10–12. Haast’s theories are also discussed in …
To J. D. Hooker 4 December [1864]
Summary
CD pleased with Huxley for defending him against Sabine. Also pleased with much of Sabine’s address. Is sure JDH wrote the botanical part.
Suggests James Hector observe which insects visit endemic New Zealand plants
and JDH examine distribution of white vs coloured corollas in New Zealand.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 255a–c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4697 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 and n. 12. CD refers to James Hector . See enclosures to …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 and n. 12. CD had a long-standing interest in the …
- … Correspondence vol. 7, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1858] , and letter from J. …
- … Journal of researches , pp. 98–104, 208–12). In his History of British fossil mammals and …
From J. D. Hooker [6 December 1864]
Summary
Sabine’s address, printed in the Reader [4 (1864): 708–9], is good on the whole. Sends Huxley’s account of the row.
Praises John Ruskin’s eloquent reply to Jukes.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 Dec 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 262–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4708 |
From John Lubbock 20 December 1864
Summary
Vexed at the address of the President of the Royal Society [on award of Copley medal to CD].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4719 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Sabine’s address, see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV. See letter to John Lubbock, …
From Leo Lesquereux 14 December 1864
Summary
Fossil flora of the Carboniferous. Variation of forms found in coal analogous to succession of forms in peat-bogs.
| Author: | Leo Lesquereux |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR Pamphlet Collection–CUL (bound with G256) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4715 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Scotia (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 22 May [1860] and n. 12). …
- … Hooker, [1 May 1847] , [6 May 1847] , and [12 May 1847] ). CD alluded to the subject again …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 (1865): 12–55. Müller, Johann Karl August. 1849–51. …
- … bed of coal of the higher measures (Coal N o 12) there had been found a species related by …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 December [1864]
Summary
CD working on Variation; he will soon want corrected fowl MS [Variation, ch. 7].
WBT’s breeding experiments produced no sterility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4720 |
From C. V. Naudin 6 December 1864
Summary
Congratulates CD on the Copley Medal.
Directs CD to his short memoir on crossing ["De l’hybridité", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 59 (1864): 837–45].
| Author: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4703 |
From T. H. Huxley to J. D. Hooker 3 December 1864
Summary
His suspicions regarding [Edward] Sabine’s treatment of CD were justified by the Anniversary Address. THH, [George] Busk, and [Hugh] Falconer insisted on a more accurate account of the grounds on which the Copley Medal was awarded to CD.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 2: 129–30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4691F |
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- … For a comparison of the different versions, see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV. …
To B. D. Walsh 4 December [1864]
Summary
Discusses Agassiz’s misrepresentations of his views and J. D. Dana’s "wild notions".
The reception is friendlier from younger scientists in France, and many of the best men in Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Walsh) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4695 |
To C. V. Naudin 8 December [1864]
Summary
Thanks CVN for reference to the Comptes Rendus [Académie Française].
Mentions CVN’s work on Cucurbitaceae and notes that he (CD) has quoted extensively from it in Variation.
Hopes to send paper on Lythrum [Collected papers 2: 106–31] soon.
Mentions exchange of photographs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Date: | 8 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.303) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4707 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … salicaria ’ . The paper was published on 12 December 1864 ( General index to the Journal …
From Asa Gray 5 December 1864
Summary
Congratulates CD on the Copley Medal.
Is making inquiries on the habits of American cuckoos and sends a letter from Henry Bryant on that subject.
Discusses the Civil War.
Encloses letter from W. H. Leggett containing observations on Amphicarpaea.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A87; DAR 165: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4699 |
To Daniel Oliver 15 December [1864]
Summary
Requests addresses of J. E. Planchon, W. F. Hofmeister and M. J. Schleiden so he can send them copies of Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 62 (EH 88206045) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4716 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … salicaria ’ (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). The reference is to ‘Three forms …
From George Gabriel Stokes to T. H. Huxley 5 December 1864
Summary
Sabine’s Royal Society address [awarding the Copley Medal to CD], in referring to the Origin, did not contain the words "expressly excluded". The actual words were "expressly omitted from the grounds of our award". This was not meant to place the Origin on a sort of index expurgatorium, but was a simple statement of fact.
| Author: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 72–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4700 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … the meeting (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV). Neither the original manuscript …
From John Struthers 31 December 1864
Summary
Sends CD part two of his anatomical papers [Anatomical and physiological observations (1863) [part 1 (1854)]]; thinks CD may be interested in the paper dealing with variation in numbers of digits in man. Draws CD’s attention to another variation: the occurrence of a supra-condyloid process in the human arm.
| Author: | John Struthers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 267 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4725 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 8 & 9, and the hoofs in Figs: 10. 11. 12). Also in his compendium of Comparative Anatomy ( …
To J. D. Hooker 10 December [1864]
Summary
Has found incipient stages of adhesive discs in Hanburia tendrils.
Huxley was probably right to have challenged Sabine, but the poor old man is sick.
CD remembers the old Disraeli novel [Tancred (1847)] that sneers at transmutation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 256 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4712 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1864] and n. 12). In Disraeli’s Tancred ( Disraeli 1847 , 1: …
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| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Naudin, C. V. | (1) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
| Naudin, C. V. | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
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
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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…
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
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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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … 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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … 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…
