To Charles Lyell [14] September [1838]
Summary
Comments on an article in Edinburgh Review [by David Brewster, 67 (1838): 271–308] on Comte’s Philosophie positive.
Discusses falsity of Élie de Beaumont’s views of contemporaneous parallel lines of elevation and subsidence.
Owen’s views of relationship of reptiles to birds.
On "question of species" CD has filled notebook after notebook with facts, "which begin to group themselves clearly under sub-laws".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [14] Sept [1838] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-428 |
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- … To Charles Lyell [14] September [1838] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 36 [14] Sept [1838] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Edinburgh Review [by David Brewster, 67 (1838): 271–308] on Comte’s Philosophie positive . …
- … of Biology 291–319. [Brewster, David]. 1838. M. Comte’s ""Course of Positive Philosophy"". …
- … of London , Council Minutes, 7 November 1838, CM 1/5, p. 59). Spencer Joshua Alwyne …
- … 1837 ). In the Elements ( C. Lyell 1838 , pp. 300–8) Lyell accepted Charlesworth’s …
- … pp. 47–51. Gould 1832–7 . By September 1838 CD had filled the second half of the Red …
- … of Biology 4: 67–170. Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John Murray. …
- … appears on the title page. [Brewster] 1838 . This was a review of the first two volumes of …
- … letter from Charles Lyell, 6 and 8 September 1838 . CD presented a brief statement of his …
- … subject. His ‘Journal’ entry for 5 October 1838 reads: ‘ Began Coral Paper: requires much …
- … from Charles Lyell, 6 and 8 September 1838 , n. 3. This was Élie de Beaumont’s view. A …
- … John Herschel returned to England in May 1838 after his astronomical observations at the …
To Charles Lyell [12 November 1838]
Summary
Announces his engagement to Emma Wedgwood.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [12 Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.12) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-432 |
From Robert Bastard James to Charles Lyell [c. 10 March 1838]
Summary
Sends four samples of dust blown on board his ship from the coast of Africa, nearly 400 miles away, during four days in March 1838. Gives careful descriptions and relates the tests he made of it [see Collected papers 1: 200].
Author: | Robert Bastard James |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [c. 10 Mar 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-405 |
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- … From Robert Bastard James to Charles Lyell [ c. 10 March 1838] …
- … DAR 168: 43 Robert Bastard James unstated [c. 10 Mar 1838] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … 400 miles away, during four days in March 1838. Gives careful descriptions and relates the …
- … on the 7 th —8th —9th —and 10 th of March 1838 was blown off to us in a SE & ESE wind a …
From William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie to Charles Lyell [14 February 1838]
Summary
Impressed by CD’s theory [of earthworm action].
Author: | William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [14 Feb 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-402 |
To Charles Lyell 9 August [1838]
Summary
Comments on receiving copy of Lyell’s Elements [of geology]. Much is new to CD, and he is copying out notes and references.
Criticises geological work of John Phillips.
Describes expedition to Glen Roy, about which he is writing a paper ["Parallel roads of Glen Roy" (1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137].
Enjoys the Athenaeum Club.
Criticises entomological work of F. W. Hope.
Asks Lyell to obtain for him a copy of barometric readings made at Leith.
Asks him to ascertain altitude of several Scottish lochs.
Comments on FitzRoy’s character.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 9 Aug [1838] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-424 |
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- … To Charles Lyell 9 August [1838] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 36 9 Aug [1838] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … C. Lyell 1838 . CD’s copy is preserved in Darwin Library–CUL. John Phillips . CD’s …
- … to the Journal and remarks in C. Lyell 1838 . Lyell made two trips to examine the Norfolk …
- … Journal of researches. ] Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John Murray. …
To Charles Lyell [24 January 1847]
Summary
Comments on investigation of coral reefs by A. A. Gould, particularly the reefs around Tahiti. Mentions description of reefs of Tahiti by W. Forbes.
Hooker’s view of work by C. J. F. Bunbury.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [24 Jan 1847] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.58) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1056 |
To Charles Lyell [19 December 1837]
Summary
Responds to Lyell’s query [missing] about northern and southern limits of coral islands of the Pacific. Warns that coral islands are much more thinly distributed than people realise and cites examples. Comments on views of Matthew Flinders. Reading work of É[lie] de B[eaumont]. Notes difficulty of setting an east-west boundary to coral islands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [19 Dec 1837] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-394 |
To Charles Lyell 28 March [1859]
Summary
Has heard that CL has spoken to John Murray about publication [of Origin]. Encloses prospective title-page. Asks whether he ought to tell John Murray about unorthodoxy of the book.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 28 Mar [1859] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.163) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2437 |
To Charles Lyell [3 October 1846]
Summary
Discusses A. C. Ramsay’s article ["On the denudation of South Wales", Mem. Geol. Surv. G. B. 1 (1846)]. Mentions his own paper ["Volcanic phenomena in South America", Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Emphasises that sedimentary deposits are not ordinarily preserved.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [3 Oct 1846] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.50) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1004 |
To Charles Lyell 25 November [1860]
Summary
Discusses elevation and subsidence of Europe.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.235) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2997 |
To Charles Lyell [21 February – 4 April 1841]
Summary
Answers a number of queries from Lyell concerning geography and geology of Chiloé Island and its relationship to the Cordilleras.
Asks about "perched rocks" on Jura and notes their relevance to Louis Agassiz’s theory. Discusses Agassiz’s view on Jura.
Mentions seeing Robert Brown.
Notes R. I. Murchison’s discovery of shells in central England.
Weakness of negative evidence.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [21 Feb – 4 Apr 1841] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.26) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-590 |
To Charles Lyell [5 July 1845]
Summary
Sends the first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.]. Explains his dedication of book to CL. Describes revisions.
Has received CL’s book [Travels in North America, 2 vols. (1845)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [5 July 1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-882 |
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- … CD had met when she visited the Lyells in 1838, and Charles Lyell Sr of Kinnordy House. …
To Charles Lyell [18 November 1849]
Summary
Criticises Élie de Beaumont’s view of a right angle junction of a stream of lava and a dike.
Mentions his misgivings in voting to recommend J. D. Forbes for Royal Medal.
Notes Daniel Sharpe’s work on mica schist.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [18 Nov 1849] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.84) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1271 |
To Charles Lyell [1 August 1861]
Summary
Mentions Dutch translation [of Origin].
Discusses evolutionary origin of sexuality.
Asa Gray’s suggestion that variation was directed by a higher power and Herschel’s view of providential arrangement in nature.
Compares variation in domestic and wild species.
Asks CL for introductions for his son William in Southampton, where he has joined a bank.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [1 Aug 1861] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.259) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3223 |
To Charles Lyell [12 March 1841]
Summary
Discusses at length Louis Agassiz’s book [Études sur les glaciers (1840)] and Agassiz’s explanation of moraines. Defends his own theory of the importance of floating ice. Relates glacier theory to his own interpretation of Glen Roy.
Mentions a paper he is writing on South American boulders and till [Collected papers 1: 145–63].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [12 Mar 1841] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.25) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-595 |
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- … Bibliography Agassiz, Louis. 1838. On the erratic blocks of the Jura. Edinburgh New …
To Charles Lyell 22 January [1865]
Summary
Criticises Duke of Argyll’s address [to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1864)] and demurs on Argyll’s "new birth" theory.
Agrees with CL on beauty.
Enjoyed hearing of Princess Royal’s discussion [on Darwinism].
CD’s illness.
CL’s advice on chapter [of Variation] on dogs was excellent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 22 Jan [1865] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.304) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4752 |
To Charles Lyell 6 [July 1841]
Summary
Discusses various types of coral reefs on which he has been collecting notes. Views of C. G. Ehrenberg. His conception of the formation of Bermuda.
Pessimistic about the effect of his poor health on his scientific work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 6 [July 1841] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.24) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-602 |
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- … Silurian system. CD’s notes, made in July 1838, are in DAR 5 (ser. 2): 21–2. The drawing …
To Charles Lyell 24 March [1853]
Summary
Volcanic activity of Mt Kilauea as described by Dana [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 9 (1850): 347–64]. Discusses the mechanics of volcanic eruption. Disputes view of William Hopkins that simultaneous action by volcanoes of different heights must come from separate lava sources. Notes relationship of continental elevation to volcanic action.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 24 Mar [1853] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.105) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1508 |
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- … phenomena in South America’ (read 7 March 1838), published in the fifth volume of the …
To Charles Lyell 8 [May 1860]
Summary
Did not know about separation between Silurian and Cambrian.
Cannot attend Geological Society meeting.
Etty [Henrietta Darwin] ill.
Sedgwick in his attack at Cambridge Philosophical Society states "there must be [on CD’s theory] large genera not varying".
Discusses migration of plants and animals from Old World to New.
Views of Asa Gray on Aster.
Mentions flora of coal period.
Has been elected to Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 8 [May 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.211) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2788 |
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- … CD may be referring to Torrey and Gray 1838–43, 2: 104, in which the following statement …
To Charles Lyell [15 September 1861]
Summary
Discusses CL’s correspondence with T. F. Jamieson. Comments on Jamieson’s theory that the roads of Glen Roy were formed by a glacial lake. Discusses elevation of Scotland during the glacial period.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [15 Sept 1861] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.264) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3254 |
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- … in June 1842; he had visited Lochaber in 1838 (see Correspondence vol. 2). For a fuller …
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Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
Summary
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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- … whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin …
- … be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several notebooks with …
- … it (in his referee’s report to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been developed by Darwin from a …
- … and Buckland (see the reports by Buckland, 9 March 1838 , and Sedgwick, [after 15 May 1838] ). …
- … of his Beagle work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in …
- … Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle from February 1838 to October 1843. The correspondence …
- … plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott …
- … his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838] , he wrote: 'I have lately been …
- … generation, fecundity, and inheritance. After mid-September 1838, when he had his ‘theory to work by …
- … of Comte’s Philosophie positive ([Brewster] 1838; see also Manier 1978, pp. 40–5) which …
- … the task Darwin had set for himself when, in the spring of 1838, he wrote in his notebook: ' …
Darwin’s species notebooks: ‘I think . . .’
Summary
I have lately been sadly tempted to be idle, that is as far as pure geology is concerned, by the delightful number of new views, which have been coming in, thickly & steadily, on the classification & affinities & instincts of animals—bearing…
Darwin & Glen Roy
Summary
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…
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he …
- … arranged alphabetically, of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up …
- … Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
- … read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol …
- … Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. forms compared …
- … 1827] Paxton on the culture of Dahlias [Paxton 1838] read Paper on consciousness in …
- … [DAR *119: 4v.] Bevan’s work on Bees new Ed. 1838 [Bevan 1838] Harlaam Phys. & …
- … [Anon. 1839b] Rev. on Walker on Intermarriage [A. Walker 1838] M me Necker on Education [A …
- … Torrey have published Botany of N. America [Torrey and Gray 1838–43]. both indigenous & imported …
- … r Yarrell has it?? Walker on Interriage [A. Walker 1838] refers to writings of …
- … has published work on fossil shells of N. America [Conrad 1838] Atlas de la Geographie des …
- … well worth reading. Read Loudon’s Arboretum [Loudon 1838] in Edinburgh Review July 1839 [Anon …
- … worth reading [Beale 1839] Loudons Arboretum [Loudon 1838]. read D r . Moreton’s …
- … with Plates and Woodcuts. Post 8vo., 9 s . 6 d . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in Natural …
- … Woodcuts. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo., 12 s . 30 [Jesse 1838] Salmonia— Sir. H Davy [H. Davy …
- … 1828] quoted by Weissenborn on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] …
- … Blacklock admirable little Treatise on Sheep [Blacklock 1838]; good quotation in Royle [Royle …
- … War and Peace [J. F. Davis 1852]. read Books Read, 1838–51 [DAR 119: Cover] Books …
- … d'Histoire Naturelle ] Loudon Arboretum [Loudon 1838] Lists at end of Royal Soc …
- … Society of London ]: up to parts published March 1838 Whole of Geographical Journal [ …
- … [Ray 1692].— Reference at end British Aviary [Anon. 1838?]— d[itt]o d[itt]o Lister’s …
- … 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] Gibbon’s Life of himself …
- … are many marginal notes Mitchells Australia [Mitchell 1838] Walter Scott’s life …
- … Abercrombie on the Intellectual Powers [Abercrombie 1838] References at end 59 Hunters …
- … & C Prevost on l’Ile Julie [Prévost 1835]. 1838 Oct 2 Watertons Essays on Nat. …
- … at end Mayo Pathology of Human mind [T. Mayo 1838] Evelyn’s Sylva [Evelyn 1664]— …
Darwin's health
Summary
On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Caroline Wedgwood, [May 1838] , and letter to Robert FitzRoy, …
Darwin on childhood
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On his engagement to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838, Darwin wrote down his recollections of his early childhood. Life. Written August–– 1838 My earliest recollection, the date of which I can approximately tell, and which must have been before…
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- … On his engagement to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838, Darwin wrote down his recollections of his …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Darwin’s Notes On Marriage [April - July 1838] In these notes, written shortly before …
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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- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 210-12. —Observations of proofs …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 446-9. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 542-4. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 552-4. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Wedgwood (Emma Darwin) to Charles Darwin, [30 December 1838] In this letter, written prior to …
Religion
Summary
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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- … 441 — Wedgwood, Emma to Darwin, C. R., [21–22 Nov 1838] In this letter, his soon-to-be wife, …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
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- … On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to …
- … his correspondents. First note [after 7 April 1838][1] Work finished [2] …
- … Library, DAR 210.8:1 Second note [July 1838][12] This is the Question[13] …
- … blank pages of the letter from Leonard Horner, 7 April [1838]. [2] Presumably CD is looking …
- … of writing, but in a letter to Charles Lyell, [12 November 1838], informing Lyell that his cousin …
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. …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … on how species might have arisen. In September 1838, reading Thomas Malthus’s Essay on the principle …
- … his species doubts as has been commonly thought. Between 1838 and 1857, he told at least ten of his …
- … the mutability of species. As early as 14 September 1838, before reading Malthus, he wrote to Lyell …
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.…
Darwin & Geology
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The lessons Darwin learned from Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge, and in the field in North Wales, stood him in good stead during the Beagle voyage. While he was attached to the Beagle from 1831 to 1835, Darwin actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore,…
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- … Society of London before becoming its secretary in 1838. This job carried significant …
Glen Roy
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Darwin makes a field trip to Glen Roy, Scotland, to observe the geological phenomenon of the 'parallel roads'. He later described his theory of how the roads were created as 'one long gigantic blunder'
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- … Darwin makes a field trip to Glen Roy, Scotland, to observe the geological phenomenon of the …
Zoology of the Beagle published
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The first part of The Zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle is published. Darwin organised and superintended its publication, and wrote up the locations of the fossils, and the habitats and behaviour of the living species, he had collected.
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- … The first part of The Zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle is published. Darwin organised and …
Asa Gray
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Darwin’s longest running and most significant exchange of correspondence dealing with the subjects of design in nature and religious belief was with the Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Gray was one of Darwin’s leading supporters in America. He was also a…
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- … and study botany. He travelled in England and Europe in 1838 and it was then that he first met …
Engagement to Emma Wedgwood
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Darwin proposes to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and is accepted
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- … Darwin proposes to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and is accepted …
William Darwin Fox
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Charles Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, was admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1824, three years before Darwin; the two men became close friends. They corresponded throughout their lives, exchanging accounts of their growing families…
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- … life at the time. Fox became an Anglican clergyman, and from 1838 to 1873 was Rector of Delamere in …