To George Robert Waterhouse 8 September [1852]
Summary
Knows no one in Buenos Aires. Suggests sites in South America where Auguste Bravard can find fossils.
Ray Society has delayed distribution [of Living Cirripedia (1851)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1852] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1487 |
To W. D. Fox 7 March [1852]
Summary
Congratulates and "condoles" with WDF on a tenth child.
On education, he has not had courage to break away from "the old stereotyped stupid classical education"; has sent William to Rugby.
The first Ray Society volume [Living Cirripedia] is finished.
Has joined in a society to prosecute violators of the act against use of children in climbing chimneys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1852] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1476 |
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- … vol. 1, letters to W. D. Fox, May 1832 , [7–11] March 1835 , and 15 February 1836 ; and …
To ? 31 December [1852–3]
Summary
Responds to correspondent’s request for information about shells from the Coquimbo beds in Chile. Difficulty in deciding on age of deposits and species. Notes views of Alcide d’Orbigny.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 31 Dec [1852-3] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13872 |
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- … of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
To William Parsons, earl of Rosse, Chairman of the Committee of Papers, Royal Society 16 March [1852]
Summary
Referee’s report on paper by Daniel Sharpe ["On foliation and cleavage", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 142 (1852): 445–62].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Parsons, 3d earl of Rosse, Lord Rosse, Lord Oxmantown; Royal Society of London |
| Date: | 16 Mar [1852] |
| Classmark: | The Royal Society (RR2: 226) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-840 |
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- … of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
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| Unidentified | (1) |
| Waterhouse, G. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Parsons, William | (1) |
| Royal Society of London | (1) |
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Be envious of ripe oranges: To W. D. Fox, May 1832
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Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on the Beagle voyage to his cousin.
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- … Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over 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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- … vol. 1, letter to Catherine Darwin, May–June [1832] ). Years later, the great hothouses at …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … often went ashore for coastal walks with Earle in April-May 1832, and Leonard Bell has suggested …
- … Earle had to resign his post and leave the ship in late 1832 or 1833 due to illness, and he …
- … (attributed) date of creation probably Sept. 1832 computer-readable date c …
- … p. 16, and ‘Iconography’, p. 133, with assumed date of 1832. …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … 158 - Darwin to Darwin, R. W., [8 & 26 February & 1 March 1832] Darwin writes to …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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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- … hommes & des Animaux by Isid. Geoffroy de S t Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] …
- … on Sensitive Plants in his Physiology [A. P. de Candolle 1832] Col. le Couteur has written on …
- … [W. F. Edwards 1829]; read Letter to M. Therry [Broughton 1832]— a 2 d Edit preparing in 1841.— …
- … Hilaire, 3 vols. 8vo. et atlas de 20 planches. ibid, 1832–36. £1 7 s . 25 [I. Geoffroy Saint …
- … animale, par A. Dugés, 4to. avec 6 planches, ibid, 1832. 6 s . [Dugés 1832] Azara Voyages …
- … America [Robertson 1777] Zorab the Hostage [Morier] 1832] La Vaillant. Travels …
- … 1797] Wellington’s General Orders [Wellesley 1832] Sir. W. Nott’s Life [W. Nott 1854]. …
- … Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 1832–7] & of Australia [Gould 1848]; …
- … vol March 16 Gardner’s Music of nature [Gardiner 1832] Life of Haydn & Mozart …
- … Ap 5 D r Edwards on Influence of causes [W. F. Edwards 1832]— well skimmed 25 Lockhart’s …
- … Dec 1 st . Jesse Gleanings [Jesse 1832–5] (3 d series) full of ill-attested stories. 25 …
- … G. St. Hilaire Anomalies 3. vols. [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] Wilkes [Wilkes 1845]. …
- … Necker 1823] —— Owen on pearly Nautilus [R. Owen 1832].— —— 20 th Temminck. Hist. …
- … 2 d vol. —— Jesses Gleanings [Jesse 1832–5] 3 d . Series —— Bucklands Bridgewater …
- … [Stephen 1853] Warrens Diary of a Physician [Warren 1832–8] De Quincy Opium Eater [De …
- … l’espèce [Naudin 1852].— Bib. Universelle. March 1832. paper on cultivation of Dahlias [Anon. …
- … Nott and Gliddon 1854] Roselini Monumenta [?Rosellini 1832–44]. Lipsius Denkmaller [Lepsius …
- … Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ]. Vol. I. (1832) 2. 3. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. (1843) …
- … 1822] (very poor) —— Diary of a Physician [Warren 1832–8]. (detestable) Nov. 27 th . …
- … . Ulm. [Darwin Library.] 128: 20 Anon. 1832. Catalogue contenant un choix des plus beaux …
- … pts. London. 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of …
- … of plants . Edinburgh. *119: 1v. ——. 1832. Physiologie végétale; ou, exposition des …
- … 4 in Darwin Library.] 119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832. Memoir sur la conformité organique …
- … voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 1833, 1834 . London. 119: 3a …
- … l’histoire . Paris. *119: 8v.; 119: 20a ——. 1832. On the influence of physical agents …
- … [Darwin Library.] 128: 11 Gardiner, William. 1832. The music of nature; or, an …
- … . 17 vols. Paris. 1822–31. *119: 14v. ——. 1832–7. Histoire générale et particulière …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … of the east and west coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835, with an …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 1832 Philadelphia edition ††. Bible …
- … in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin Library–CUL †. ‡ Bory de …
- … of Science. Report of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. …
- … months’ residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 …
- … formed . . . 1826–30. Zoological Journal 5 (1832–4). (Inscribed ‘Charles Darwin Esq from the …
- … America. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1 (1832): 155–175. (DAR 32.1: 120v.). …
- … vol. 1 (1830), ‘Given me by Capt. F.R C. Darwin’; vol.2 (1832), ‘Charles Darwin M: Video. Novem r …
- … London, 1825. (Inscription: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 33: 160). Darwin Library …
- … diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). * Molina, Juan Ignacio. …
- … London, 1824. (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 32.1: 7). Darwin …
- … The sacred history of the world . . . Vol. 1. London, 1832. (DAR 30.1: 2v.; letter to J. M. …
- … 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Letter to Catherine Darwin, 5 July [1832]). Linnaeus, (Carl von Linné). …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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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. …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … your trouble’ ( letter from C. L. Hughes, 2 November 1832 ). Darwin made the journey on horseback …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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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.…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 182 — Darwin, E. A. to Darwin, C. R., 18 Aug [1832] Darwin’s brother Erasmus A. Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
Elleparu (York Minster)
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Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He was captured by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 after one the small boats used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del Fuego…
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- … Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He …
Mary Everest Boole
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Mary Everest was born in 1832 in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, daughter of Reverend Thomas Everest. Her uncle was George Everest, Surveyor General of India, after whom Mount Everest is named. Her family moved to France seeking to improve her father’s ill…
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- … Mary Everest was born in 1832 in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, daughter of Reverend Thomas Everest. Her …
South America
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The Beagle arrives in South America
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- … The Beagle arrives in South America …
Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … and crew copied from the ship’s watch-bill on 24 July 1832 ( ‘Beagle’ diary p. 81); and he …
Tierra del Fuego
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The Beagle reaches Tierra del Fuego
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- … The Beagle reaches Tierra del Fuego …
