From Emma Wuttke 1 October 1873
Summary
Sends tracing of ancient Egyptian illustration of dogs and cattle.
| Author: | Emma Wuttke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 189 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9083 |
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- … ausgeführten wissenschaftlichen Expedition. 12 vols. Berlin: Nicolaische Buchhandlung. …
To Marian Evans 30 March [1873]
Summary
Asks whether the Litchfields may call on her. "My wife complains that she has been very badly treated and that I ought to have asked permission for her to call on you with me when we next come to London: but I tell her that I still have some shreds of modesty."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Marian (Mary Anne) (George Eliot) Evans; Marian (Mary Anne) (George Eliot) Lewes; Marian (Mary Anne) (George Eliot) Cross |
| Date: | 30 Mar [1873] |
| Classmark: | University of Redlands, Armacost Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8831 |
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- … vol. 16, letters from G. H. Lewes, 12 November 1868 and [17 November 1868] , and …
From W. S. Wade 23 October 1873
Summary
Further details on inheritance of an eyelid abnormality.
| Author: | William Swift Wade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9109 |
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- … should have answered your letter of Sept r 12 before now, but have deferred doing so until …
To T. H. Farrer 1 December [1873]
Summary
Suggests a reference to Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1 Dec 1873, p. 497, when THF takes up Coronilla.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/17a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9166 |
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- … and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 12 (1873): 497–8. In the Annals , Meehan’s …
From J. D. Hooker 20 October 1873
Summary
Describes work on Nepenthes – more difficult than Drosera.
Has written to Dublin for a Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 171–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9102 |
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- … fluid in the ascidia of Nepenthes . [Read 12 July 1849. ] Transactions and Proceedings of …
From J. T. Moggridge 22 July 1873
Summary
He will repeat the experiments in which CD found that formic acid vapour killed seeds [see 8866]. John Lindley describes effects of other acids on germination.
He has tabulated the large amount of variation in English Ophrys apifera.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 219 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8984 |
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- … orchid; Moggridge 1869 ) with his letter of 12 July 1873 . Ophrys apifera and O. apifera …
From S. W. Moore 3 October 1873
Summary
Sends formula for pure pepsin for experiments on digestion of Drosera, and information on legumin. Will send chlorophyll soon.
| Author: | Samuel William Moore |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 41–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9086 |
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- … with cross in margin blue crayon 3.3 . 2] ‘12 minims of’ added pencil 3.3 pepsine of …
From Hermann Müller 25 August 1873
Summary
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 …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 13 September [1873]
Summary
Thanks JSBS for telegraphing his results, which seem very remarkable; feels he should now try Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 13 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9055 |
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- … found, but he recorded in his diary for 12 September 1873, ‘Work at Electrical phenomena …
From Robert Smith 24 February 1873
Summary
Asks for references to works on CD’s views for a paper he is preparing.
| Author: | Robert Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8784 |
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- … Darwinism’, was read at the meeting of 12 March 1873, and an abstract was published in the …
To Federico Delpino 1 May 1873
Summary
Asks whether, in Italy, varieties of Lathyrus odoratus, Pisum sativum, and Phaseolus multiflorus must be grown separately to come true.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Federico Delpino |
| Date: | 1 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | Anna Barone (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8892 |
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- … Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 610–12). The contemporary copy was made by Delpino. …
To J. D. Hooker 27 January [1873]
Summary
Drosophyllum arrived; none of his observations turned out as he expected, but nevertheless he understands its habits better than he did. The secreting hairs that he observed may be explained as a mere chemical reaction.
Comments on various articles he has read.
Asks for Thiselton-Dyer’s notes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 27 Jan [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 253–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8185 |
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- … and n. 3, and letters from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and [13 or 20 January 1873] . …
To Charles Lyell [9 November 1873 or 26 April or 6 December 1874]
Summary
Arranges a visit to CL.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [9 Nov] 1873 or [26 Apr or 6 Dec] 1874 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8715 |
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- … and then from 21 to 29 April 1874 and 3 to 12 December 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) …
To Frederick Allen’s agent [October 1873]
Summary
Has heard that Mr Allen wishes to let his house and thinks it probable that it would suit his son [Francis]. Asks whether he may have refusal of it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Agent for Mr Allen |
| Date: | [Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 157–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9079 |
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- … w d let for 30/ a yr and 2 cottages at £12 (for both) so it w d be more than £40 off it. …
From T. H. Huxley [13 November 1873]
Summary
Arrangements for meeting in London.
Glad CD has heard about Dohrn’s affairs.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Nov 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 331 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9183 |
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- … how it is possible for us to meet at 9. At 12. there is a Meeting of the Royal Commission …
From László Dapsy 1 June 1873
Summary
The Natural Philosophical Society [Academy of Sciences] will publish his translation of Origin in August, before Descent.
A distinguished member of the Hungarian Parliament attacked CD’s theory. LD answered, and a controversy ensued.
LD has noted many signs of public support for CD.
| Author: | Laszlo Dapsy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8931 |
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- … vol. 19, letter from László Dapsy, 12 June 1871 ). He published a translation of the last …
From Edward Frankland 10 October 1873
Summary
The results of EF’s tests for acids in the secretion of Drosera are largely negative [see Insectivorous plants, p. 88].
| Author: | Edward Frankland |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 44–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9094 |
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- … of Drosera (see letter to Edward Frankland, 12 July 1873 ). He had sent Frankland the …
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 , …
From J. D. Hooker 30 June 1873
Summary
Leaves Wednesday with Huxley for holiday.
Family news.
He too thinks well of Bentham’s address.
Asa Gray elected Foreign F.R.S.
G. J. Allman is being proposed for Royal Medal by JDH and Huxley.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 157–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8958 |
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- … to Richard Strachey . See also letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 7. …
From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873]
Summary
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9009F |
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- … various substances (see letter to Mary Treat, 12 August 1873 ). ‘Jim’ was a nickname for …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (39) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (4) |
| Müller, Hermann | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (66) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (5) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (105) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (16) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (6) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (6) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (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
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…
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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
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…
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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…
