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From J. D. Hooker   26 November 1850

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Falconer’s misbehaviour.

Geology of Khashia [Khasi] mountains. Speculations on mountain building and origin of Himalayas.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Nov 1850
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (India letters 1847–51: 314–15 JDH/1/10)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1371

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  • … Jackson Hooker. London. McClelland, John. 1835. Fossil shells found in the Kasya Hills. …
  • … 1854 , 2: 323). Described in McClelland 1835 . Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh. Hooker did not …
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Darwin’s earthquakes

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Darwin experienced his first earthquake in 1834, but it was a few months later that he was really confronted with their power. Travelling north along the coast of Chile, Darwin and Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, were confronted with a series of…

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  • … that they were perfectly placed to study. On 19 January 1835 they witnessed the volcanic eruption of …
  • … of desolation. Letter to W. D. Fox, [7-11] March 1835 It was not just the …
  • … of ideas. Letter to J. S. Henslow, 18 April 1835 From his personal …

Darwin & coral reefs

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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…

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  • … elevation of the Chilean coast, makes clear that by April 1835, when he was still at Valparaiso, …
  • … suggests that he was writing before the late summer of 1835, for about that time he adopted …
  • … Darwin had begun reading about ‘the South Sea’ in May 1835. The  Beagle  library  was well …
  • … no. 1.17, written shortly after a visit to Lima in August 1835: ‘Corall rapidly growing in Low …
  • … of both annular and barrier reefs. This was in November 1835 at Tahiti and the neighbouring reef of …
  • … draft of his theory in a memorandum headed ‘Coral islands 1835.’ It is the first account of the …
  • … was matched by the sinking of Pacific islands:  25 June 1835 . Darwin confides to his …

Darwin and barnacles

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In a letter to Henslow in March 1835 Darwin remarked that he had done ‘very little’ in zoology; the ‘only two novelties’ he added, almost as an afterthought, were a new mollusc and a ‘genus in the family Balanidæ’ – a barnacle – but it was an oddity. Who,…

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  • … In a letter to Henslow in March 1835 Darwin remarked that he had done ‘very little’ in zoology; …

Titus Coan

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In 1874, when Darwin was preparing the second edition of Descent of Man, he received letters from all over the world in reply to his queries about human behaviour; one in particular would have stirred up unexpected memories of his own time among the native…

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  • … were published in the Missionary Herald in 1834 and 1835 , and a complete transcript of Coan’s …
  • … he and his wife had been running a mission station since 1835, his next posting after his return …

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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  • … Entomological Magazine.—? paper on Geograph. range [Anon. 1835] read Study Buffon on varieties of …
  • … laws about sexes relative to the age of marriage [Quetelet 1835] Brown at end of Flinders [R. Brown …
  • … 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d’Hist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read Marcel de Serres …
  • … C. Watson on Geog. distrib: of Brit: plants [H. C. Watson 1835] read Hume’s Essay on Human …
  • … & Medic. researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc …
  • … Birds. 10 s  6 d . translated by Rennie [Bechstein 1835] Some facts on cross-bred animals, M r …
  • … Pœppig Travels in S. America. German [Pöppig 1835–6].— Zoologie Generale. Iside. St Hilaire …
  • … 1815]— Colon Library Hogarth Hist of Music [Hogarth 1835] Wilkinson Ægyptian [J. G. …
  • … 1833]: Suite— Decandolle on Botany [A. de Candolle 1835]: Lacordaire Introduction Entomologique …
  • … ) on Dogs [C. H. Smith 1839–40] /on Ruminants [Jardine ed. 1835–6]// on Horses [C. H. Smith 1841]// …
  • … Hilaire Progress de un Naturalist [E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1835] (Gerard [Gérard 1844]) …
  • … (Perry can give me order) Virey Philosoph [Virey 1835]. Forbes thinks worth reading Royal Soc …
  • … kind [Jardine 1834b]. 9. Columbidæ (Pigeons.) [Selby 1835] 11. Ruminating Animals …
  • … l’etude Botanique (Suite a Buffon) [A. de Candolle 1835] has many Geographical aphorisms & …
  • … Trials [Feuerbach 1846] Godwins Work & Life [Godwin 1835] Brookes last Journal by …
  • … 1849–57] Tocquevilles Democracy [Tocqueville 1835–40] Fellow’s Lycia (1 st  Travels) …
  • … de Beaumont 1830–8] & C Prevost on l’Ile Julie [Prévost 1835]. 1838 Oct 2 …
  • … and 1830]— skimmed well Lutke’s voyage [Lütke 1835–6]— carefully read Reynold’s …
  • … May 18 Stanley Familiar Hist. of Birds [E. Stanley 1835] Mackintosh’s Ethical Philosophy …
  • … 25. Owen & Botelers Africa [W. F. Owen 1833 and Boteler 1835] well skimmed Gleanings of …
  • … 1757] Swainson Geograph. Distrib of Animals [Swainson 1835] I see Swainsons Book has notes at …
  • … 1774] nothing Coleridges Table Talk [Coleridge 1835]. Campbell’s Poems [T. Campbell …
  • … Simple Story. Sir. J. Mackintosh life [Mackintosh 1835]. reread Priestley Life & …
  • … [T. Moore 1825] & Liebers remains of Niebuhr [Lieber 1835]. 8 Paley’s Evidence. of Christ …
  • … & Morning [Bulwer-Lytton] 1841]; Rienzi [Bulwer-Lytton] 1835]: Barnaby Rudge [Dickens 1841] …
  • … —— 15 th . Harlans Med & Phys. Researches [Harlan 1835] abstracted. Smith Moral …
  • … 1844] Pœppig Reisen [Pöppig 1835–6]— } skimmed.— …
  • … poor.— —— Visey Philosoph. d’Hist Nat. [Virey 1835] } Alder & Hancock. Nudibran …
  • … (nothing) 21. Van Mons Arbres Fruitiers 2. Vols [Mons 1835–6] July 7 th  N. C. …

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…

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  • … to think about—’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). Darwin’s doubts about orthodox …

Science, Work and Manliness

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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …

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  • … Letter 282 - Darwin to Fox, W. D., [9 - 12 August 1835] Darwin discusses with Fox his …

Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia

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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…

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  • … he collected during the Beagle voyage.    In 1835, in the Chonos Archipelago off the …
  • … (DAR 31.2: 307). This observation was notable, for in 1835 the presence of larval stages of …

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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  • … but his theory of coral reef formation, first conceived in 1835, had soon demonstrated that he was …
  • … 13 October 1834 , and letter from R. E. Alison, 25 June 1835 ). Henry Holland did not …

Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications

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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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  • … by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1 December 1835.  [ Shorter publications , pp.  2-15.  F1. …
  • … coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835, with an account of a transverse …

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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  • … wall in Valparaiso, where he had witnessed an earthquake in 1835 ( letter from R. E. Alison, [March …

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. …

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  • … 42 Broek in Waterland 13 july 1835 Didam 11 august 1882   …
  • … Clerk   Kimswerd 8 june 1835 Odoorn 7 july 1917 …
  • … Teacher    Amsterdam 21 oktober 1835 Veenendaal 25 february …
  • … Society.   Java 16 november 1835 Den Haag 6 November 1911 …

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.…

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  • … 42 Broek in Waterland 13 July 1835 Didam 11 August 1882   …
  • … Clerk   Kimswerd 8 June 1835 Odoorn 7 July 1917 …
  • … Teacher    Amsterdam 21 October 1835 Veenendaal 25 February …
  • … Society.   Java 16 November 1835 Den Haag 6 November 1911 …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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  • … 272 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, J. S., [10–13] Mar 1835 Darwin tells Henslow the termination …

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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  • … Claudius Loudon’s  Encyclopedia of gardening  (Loudon 1835), a copy of which Darwin signed in 1841 …

'An Appeal' against animal cruelty

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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…

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  • … of systematic campaigning, legislation was passed in 1822, 1835, and 1849 (see nn. 1 and 5, below) …
  • … relating to the cruel and improper treatment of animals, 1835 ( Statutes, public and general , 5 …

Conrad Martens

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Conrad Martens was born in London, the son of an Austrian diplomat. He studied landscape painting under the watercolourist Copley Fielding (1789–1855), who also briefly taught Ruskin. In 1833 he was on board the Hyacinth, headed for India, but en route in…

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  • … Zealand, and continued to Australia, arriving there in April 1835. In Sydney he was befriended by …

Tahiti

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The Beagle arrives in Tahiti

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  • … The Beagle arrives in Tahiti …

George Robert Waterhouse

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George Waterhouse was born on 6 March 1810 in Somers Town, North London. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and an amateur lepidopterist. George was educated from 1821-24 at Koekelberg near Brussels. On his return he worked for a time as an apprentice to…

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  • … as a curator at the Royal Institution at Liverpool in 1835, he returned to London the following year …

San Carlos de Ancud, Chiloé

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Description of an eathquake

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  • … sends a detailed report of an earthquake in February 1835 and subsequent volcanic activity until …
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