To J. S. Henslow 22 January [1856]
Summary
Alphonse de Candolle’s Géographie botanique [raisonnée (1855)] strikes him as a wonderful, admirable work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A108–A109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1823 |
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From E. A. Darwin 5 [March 1823]
Summary
More suggestions for the laboratory, including some experiments.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [Mar 1823] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5 |
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- … From E. A. Darwin 5 [March 1823] …
- … DAR 204: 5 Erasmus Alvey Darwin [Cambridge] 5 [Mar 1823] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of chemistry. London. Ure, Andrew. 1823. A dictionary of chemistry 2d ed. , with …
- … 1822. He began his lectures after the division of Lent Term, 15 February 1823 ( Cambridge …
- … University calendar , 1823, p. 38). See Winstanley 1940 , pp. 32–41, for a discussion of …
- … copy of the second edition of this work (1823) is preserved in the Manuscripts Department, …
- … Library–Botany School). The copy of Ure 1823 is unannotated except for a note, dated …
From Emily Catherine Darwin [c. June 1823]
Summary
Writes, while visiting the Wedgwoods at Maer and Parkfields, to thank CD for his "entertaining letter".
She misses him and the laboratory.
Asks "how Mineralogy, Botany, Chemistry and Entomology go on".
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. June 1823] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7 |
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- … From Emily Catherine Darwin [ c. June 1823] …
- … Darwin/Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton [Maer] [ c . June 1823] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to the Cambridge tour, which was planned for early July 1823 (see letter from E. …
- … A. Darwin, 18 May 1823 ), and to Kitty …
- … Wedgwood , who died in 1823. Maer Hall, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, home of …
- … her death in 1815; Kitty died there in 1823; Sarah Elizabeth moved in 1827 to Camp Hill, a …
From E. A. Darwin 18 May 1823
Summary
Discusses plans for CD to visit Cambridge.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 May 1823 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6 |
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- … From E. A. Darwin 18 May 1823 …
- … DAR 204: 6 Erasmus Alvey Darwin [Cambridge] 18 May 1823 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Donn, James. 1823. Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an accented catalogue of …
- … Cambridge] May 18 th . A.D. 1823 Dear Bobby. If you come at y e time you propose To Wit y …
- … of the foxglove into the pharmacopoeia. Donn 1823 . A copy of this edition is preserved in …
From Jules Joseph Fleury 23 July 1869
Summary
Wants to know whether CD is related to Edward Darwin, who married a French woman in 1823.
| Author: | Jules Joseph Fleury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 136 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6840 |
From W. D. Fox to G. H. Darwin 21 April [1879]
Summary
Has no letters or papers [of Erasmus Darwin].
Suggests CD cite some of Erasmus Darwin’s poems to answer the charge of atheism [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 44].
Recounts a story of a remarkable cure by Dr Darwin, showing his sagacity and daring.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Apr [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 177–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12006 |
From Catherine & Caroline Darwin 11 April [1826]
Summary
Family and Shrewsbury news. Visits of relatives and friends.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Apr [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-31 |
To Charles Lyell [1847 or 1848]
Summary
Replies to note from CL asking about views of glaciers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [1847 or 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 329 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13825F |
From Caroline Darwin [27 February 1826]
Summary
Theatre at Shrewsbury.
Spark’s death.
Harry [Henry Allen] Wedgwood will make the circuit for the first time at the forthcoming assizes.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-24 |
From J. G. Malcolmson 7 October 1839
Summary
Sends notes on soundings made on coral banks in the China Sea.
His recent geological observations.
Finds a difficulty with CD’s erratic block theory.
| Author: | John Grant Malcolmson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 39: 12–14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-535 |
To Charles Lyell 23 [October 1861]
Summary
Comments especially on the "intermediate shelf" problem of Glen Roy; views of Jamieson and Milne. CD "cannot help a sneaking hope that the sea might have formed the horizontal shelves".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 23 [Oct 1861] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.269) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3295 |
From E. S. Galton 25 March 1879
Summary
Notes and a copy of a letter written by ESG to John Dowson of Whitby. Expresses her opinion of the biographies of Erasmus Darwin written by Mrs Schimmelpenninck and Anna Seward.
| Author: | Emma Sophia Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11954 |
To Susan Darwin 29 January [1826]
Summary
Sends thanks to all for their letters.
News of dining and theatre at Edinburgh.
CD will learn to stuff birds from "a blackamoor".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A3–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-22 |
To Leonard Horner [17 August – 7 September 1846]
Summary
Discusses proposed survey of Glen Roy. Mentions Glen Roy theories of Agassiz and William Buckland. Includes a memorandum calling for a careful survey of the parallel roads of Glen Roy. Mentions M. A. Bravais ["On the lines of ancient level of the sea in Finmark", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 1 (1845): 534].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Horner |
| Date: | [17 Aug – 7 Sept 1846] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.53); DAR 145: 136–7 (enclosure) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-993 |
To Maxwell Tylden Masters 6 April [1863]
Summary
Comments on MTM’s article ["On the existence of two forms of peloria", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 258–62]. Cites interesting case of peloric flower.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Catherine Barnes (dealer) (January 2002) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4076 |
From Mary Congreve 27 October [1821]
Summary
Writes about London plays; wishes CD had been of the party.
| Author: | Mary Congreve |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1821] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1 |
To David Milne 20 [September 1847]
Summary
Comments on paper by DM ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber", (1847) Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418]. "I am not in the least convinced about the Barriers … [but] I am very much staggered in favour of the ice-lake theory of Agassiz & [William] Buckland." Will "send a letter to the Scotsman, in which I give briefly my present impression".
Cites facts mentioned in South America possibly of use to DM.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Milne Home |
| Date: | 20 [Sept 1847] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.3813) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1120 |
From Catherine & Susan Darwin 4 December [1825]
Summary
Family news.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-18 |
From J. S. Henslow 22 July 1834
Summary
CD’s cargo is safe; the fossils have been sent to William Clift.
JSH asks for dried plants (those sent were all of greatest interest).
Sends news of Cambridge and mutual friends.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1834 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 125 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-249 |
From W. R. S. Ralston 18 October 1881
Summary
CD will be figured tomorrow in Punch. The artist, Linley Sambourne, expresses his deep respect.
| Author: | William Ralston Shedden-Ralston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13415 |
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- … before the date on the issue. The proof copy sent by Linley Sambourne is in DAR 251: 1823. …
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Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … Provenance: DAR 271.1: 5 Notes 1 Franklin 1823. 8 Vo: octavo. 2 …
- … bound with Abernethy 1819a, Abernethy 1819b and Abernethy 1823. The volume has ‘Erasmus Darwin’ on …
- … 1819a; CD perhaps refers to Abernethy 1819b and Abernethy 1823 (see n. 3). 10 White 1826. …
- … used in Lister 1826 for younger sons. 17 Henry 1823. Volume 2 is in the Darwin Library–CUL …
- … Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Abernethy, John. 1823. Introductory lectures, exhibiting some …
- … of a residence and travels in Colombia, during the years 1823 and 1824 . 2 vols. London: H. Colburn …
- … of Natural History 33: 202–13. Franklin, John. 1823. Narrative of a journey to the shores …
- … 21, and 22 . London: John Murray. Henry, William. 1823. The elements of experimental …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … has various coloured maps by Copenhagen Botanists [?Schouw 1823] of range of plants. 13 …
- … Flanders & Holland in 1817 [Neill, Hay, and Macdonald 1823] These three last books quoted in …
- … Geneva— Mem. de la Soc. Genev. Tom II p. 29 [L. A. Necker 1823] read Lindleys Horticulture …
- … 15 th ) 13 th . Minor poems of Milton [Milton 1823] & first 2 d 71 vol of …
- … Tour by Deput. Caledon. Soc [Neill, Hay, and Macdonald] 1823] Ref at end Godwins answer to …
- … 20 Franklins Narrative 1 st Expedition [Franklin 1823] Oct 4 Drinkwater Siege of Gibraltar …
- … 12 th Necker. Mem. les Oiseaux de Geneve [L. A. Necker 1823] —— Owen on pearly Nautilus [R …
- … [Sévigné 1801] Quentin Durward [W. Scott] 1823]. Veronica [Zschokke 1845b]. G. Gurney [Hook] …
- … Physique, de Chimie, et de l’Histoire Naturelle (1794–1823). 71 CD wrote “1 st ” …
- … Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 . 7 vols. Paris. …
- … London. [Other eds.] *119: 13v. Franklin, John. 1823. Narrative of a journey to the …
- … ——. 1830. Neue Reise um die Welt, in den Jahren 1823 . . . 1826 . 2 vols. Weimar. 119: 3a …
- … . Paris. [Darwin Library.] 128: 4 Milton, John. 1823. The minor poems of John Milton . …
- … *119: 5v.; 119: 13b Necker, Louis Albert. 1823. Mémoire sur les oiseaux des environs de …
- … [Neill, Patrick, Hay, John, and Macdonald, James]. 1823. Journal of a horticultural tour through …
- … *128: 179; 128: 8 Schouw, Joakim Frederik. 1823. Pflanzengeographische Atlas zur …
- … London. [Other eds.] 119: 12b [——]. 1823. Quentin Durward . 3 vols. London. [Other …
- … Lamétherie and H. M. Ducrotay de Blainville. Paris. 1794–1823. *119: 13v.; 119: 10a …
- … la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris . Paris. 1823–34. 119: 19a Mémoires de l …
- … Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture of New York . New York. 1823–6. 119: 19a; *128: 167 …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
Alfred Russel Wallace
Summary
Wallace was a leading Victorian naturalist, with wide-ranging interests from biogeography and evolutionary theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, and attended a grammar school in Hertford. At the…
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- … theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, …
George Peacock
Summary
George Peacock was born 9 April 1791 in Denton near Darlington in Yorkshire. He was the son of a clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Peacock, curate of Denton for 50 years and school master. George was educated at Sedbergh School, Cumbria and Richmond School in…
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- … went on to become a fellow and then tutor of the college in 1823. During his time at Cambridge he …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
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- … parasitism, mutualism, aposematism or exaptation?’, pp. 182–3. See the paper One of the …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
