To J. S. Henslow [22 January 1843]
Summary
Comments on JSH’s botanical work with his parishioners. Lyell will be pleased that he has done some fossil botanical work.
Describes a Geological Society meeting about Edward Charlesworth’s complaints.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [22 Jan 1843] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-660 |
To Charles Maclaren [c. February 1843]
Summary
[Written on CD’s annotated copy of a pamphlet reprint of CM’s review of Coral reefs.] CD asks CM to return the pamphlet to him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Maclaren |
Date: | [c. Feb 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 69: A94v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-661 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Maclaren, …
- … of Coral reefs in the Scotsman ( Maclaren 1842 ). CD’s annotations, which appear to be …
- … Charles. 1842. Coral islands. ( …
- … the Scotsman of 29 October and 9 November 1842). Pamphlet reprint. [Edinburgh. ] Maclaren, …
To William Kemp 7 April [1843]
Summary
CD will sent seeds to specialists for identification.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Kemp |
Date: | 7 Apr [1843] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/14) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-667F |
To Smith, Elder & Co. [14 January 1843]
Summary
Asks for account.
Discusses delay of Reptiles by Thomas Bell. Asks them to inform R. B. Hinds of delay.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
Date: | [14 Jan 1843] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-658 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Reptiles appeared in two numbers in August 1842 and October 1843. Richard Brinsley Hinds . …
To W. D. Fox [25 March 1843]
Summary
Sympathises with WDF’s persisting grief.
Describes Down House and additions being built, which interfere with Geology [of "Beagle"].
Bodily health is improved, but cannot stand mental excitement.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [25 Mar 1843] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 66) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-665 |
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- … Fox’s wife Harriet had died on 19 March 1842. Henrietta Emma Darwin was born 25 September …
To ? 23 January [1843–6 or 1856–69]
Summary
Obliged for memoir with illustrations on most interesting point [unspecified] to occur in many years.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 23 Jan [1843-6 or 1856-69] |
Classmark: | Edward Ford (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13873 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … address; CD used this address from October 1842 to April 1846, and from October 1855 to …
To William Baxter or W. W. Baxter 16 March [1843–82]
Summary
Asks for a bottle to be filled with spirits of wine.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
Date: | 16 Mar [1843-82] |
Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772F |
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- … the Darwins moved to Down in September 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II). William …
From Charles Lyell [9 April 1843]
Summary
Spoke to Henry Warburton, W. H. Fitton, and E. B. Greenough on CD’s idea of a Government grant for publication [not identified].
Will read at next meeting his paper on erect Nova Scotia fossil trees [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 4 (1843–5): 176–8].
E. P. Halstead reports on shores rising off Burma and Bay of Bengal.
Unpacking his U. S. fossils.
Phillips looked at beds below coal in Pennsylvania. Result is the usual different species found but with complete representation of forms.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [9 Apr 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 81, 205.9: 393 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-670 |
To the Geological Society of London 12 March [1843]
Summary
Asks how many copies of Proceedings are commonly sold.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | 12 Mar [1843] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/354) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-663 |
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- … see Proceedings of the Geological Society 4 (1842–5): 64). His reason for requesting the …
To ? 1 March [1843–82]
Summary
Regrets not having a duplicate of one of his books to give away. "You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 1 Mar [1843-82] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (12 November 1963) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13865 |
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- … catalogue. CD moved to Down in September 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II). The …
From Francis Walker 10 December 1843
Summary
Chalcidites collected by CD are all similar to those of Europe. Mentions other specimens quite different from European forms.
Author: | Francis Walker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Dec 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 294 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-721 |
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- … in several articles that appeared in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1842–3). …
To Ernst Dieffenbach 4 July [1843]
Summary
CD gratified that ED wants to translate his Journal. Will send a copy of Coral reefs, which contains a fuller treatment of topic. Perhaps ED would insert a note to this effect. Can lend woodcuts from Coral reefs if ED wants. CD will send a few corrections; he wants to amend way he criticised Agassiz’s glacier theory.
He is also enclosing a questionnaire concerning differences between races or varieties and species, about which he intends to publish sometime.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
Date: | 4 July [1843] |
Classmark: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (Nachlass Künzel Br./3/VII/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-680A |
To Smith, Elder & Co. 21 January [1843]
Summary
Discusses his account.
Sends addresses [for subscribers to Zoology].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
Date: | 21 Jan [1843] |
Classmark: | The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-659 |
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- … Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works …
To John Edward Davis 15 September [1843]
Summary
Thanks him for specimens collected.
Comments on JED’s voyage [on H.M.S. Terror, 1839–43].
Mentions activities of old Beagle crew.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Edward Davis |
Date: | 15 Sept [1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 374 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-695 |
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- … also married into the Macarthur family, in 1842 ( Aust. Dict. Biog. ). ).See letter to …
To ? 7 August [1843–68?]
Summary
Declines invitation to ride because he is "so very subject to headache".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 7 Aug [1843-68] |
Classmark: | Daniel V. Grossman (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867 |
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- … CD moved to Down House, Kent, in September 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II); he …
To William Baxter or W. W. Baxter 21 March [1843–82]
Summary
Requests a mixture of verdigris, sal ammoniac, and lamp-black.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
Date: | 21 Mar [1843-82] |
Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772 |
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- … by CD’s residence in Down from September 1842 onwards ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix …
From Richard Brinsley Hinds 21 April 1843
Summary
Replies to queries by CD. Describes Clipperton Rock [SW. of Mexico] and Cocos Island. Mentions possible species of Cactornis. Discusses depth of water at Bow Island [Hao, Tuamotu Archipelago], and occurrence of coral formations at various islands.
Author: | Richard Brinsley Hinds |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Apr 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 219 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-671 |
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- … s Ship Sulphur, during the years 1836–1842, including details of the naval operations in …
To Ernst Dieffenbach 2 October 1843
Summary
On ED’s planned edition [German] of CD’s Journal of researches.
Informs him of his forthcoming volume, Volcanic islands.
"I am well acquainted with your paper on Chatham Island ["An account of the Chatham Islands", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 11: 195–215], & … those passages on the very curious fact of the apparent specific differences of the birds there & at New Zealand".
Thanks ED for recognition of his "small labours in Natural History… . praise from men, like yourself, is the only, though quite sufficient, reward I ever expect or wish to obtain for my works. – I have lately had the extreme satisfaction of hearing that Hooker speaks highly of the accuracy … of my statements". Refers to Humboldt and Owen.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
Date: | 2 Oct 1843 |
Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 574 11–13 November 1965) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-698 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Dieffenbach, Ernst. 1841. An account of …
To Edward Cresy 26 [December 1843 – April 1846 or September 1855 – October 1860?]
Summary
Says Hooker does not want plant.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
Date: | 26 [Dec 1843 - Apr 1846 or Sept 1855 - Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 311 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13787 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … salutation. CD moved to Down in September 1842 and used the Down, Bromley, Kent address …
To J. E. Gray 25 January [1843]
Summary
Requests that Charles Lyell be permitted to borrow the coral reef specimens he presented to the British Museum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Edward Gray |
Date: | 25 Jan [1843] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF/ZOO/205/4/144) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-660F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … registered in the collection on 14 December 1842 (Rosen and Darrell 2011, p 173). For a …
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Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
Hinds, R. B. | (1) |
Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Walker, Francis | (1) |
Baxter, W. W. | (2) |
Baxter, William | (2) |
Cresy, Edward, Jr | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Davis, J. E. | (1) |
Dieffenbach, Ernst | (2) |
Fox, W. D. | (2) |
Geological Society of London | (1) |
Gray, J. E. | (1) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Kemp, William | (1) |
Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Maclaren, Charles | (1) |
Smith, Elder & Co | (2) |
Unidentified | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (22) |
Unidentified | (3) |
Baxter, W. W. | (2) |
Baxter, William | (2) |
Dieffenbach, Ernst | (2) |
Darwin and Down
Summary
Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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…
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … heading in the earliest outline of his theory written in 1842 , and, as he told Asa Gray in …
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…
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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- … Illustrations of the Domestic animals of Gt. Britain [D. Low 1842].— 23 must be read carefully. …
- … Erasmus—— Lavater. Life & Correspondence [?Heisch 1842] Coleridge. Literary …
- … Cicero [Middleton 1741] W. Meister’s Life [Goethe 1842].— Malcolm’s History of Persia …
- … [DAR *119: 15] Zanoni by Bulwer [Bulwer-Lytton 1842]. Life of D. of Marlborough [A. …
- … organs read A. Alison on Population. 2 vols. Feb. 1842 [A. Alison 1840].— Youatt in …
- … 1836]: worth looking at. Low has probably told all [D. Low 1842] Madras Journal [ Madras …
- … Soc. appears to be good Papers on Sewalik Fossils in 1842 [Cautley 1840 and Cautley and Falconer …
- … Read “Bronn’s Geschicte der Natur.” [Bronn 1842–3] Kingdons translat …
- … Jussieus introduct to Bot. price 6 s [Jussieu 1842] [DAR *119: 20v.] …
- … Cerealia [Loiseleur Deslongchamps 1842–3] Phytologist [ …
- … (List from Muller & Bronn [Müller 1837–42 and Bronn 1842–3] in this Book) 52 Royle …
- … . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— 1842 Jan 10 M rs …
- … —— 17 th Laing notes of a Traveller 1 vol [Laing 1842] —— Finished Wordsworth 6 vols. …
- … such instincts .— [DAR 119: 12b] 1842 March. 26 th Holcroft’s Memoirs …
- … [Hyde 1704] Feb. Vol. of Madame D’Arblay [Burney 1842–6] Mar 1. Lieut. Eyres Narrative …
- … nothing —— Doubleday on Population [Doubleday 1842] —— Ramond’s voyage in Pyrenees …
- … 1774] —— F. Bremer’s little novels [Bremer 1842, 1843b, 1844a, 1844c] March 7 th M …
- … 1839] 14 th Arnolds lectures on History [Arnold 1842] —— History of Civilization by …
- … very poor Oct 1 Owen on Mylodon Robustus [R. Owen 1842]. References at end. 7 th . …
- … June 8 th Wilson Voyage Round Scotland [J. Wilson 1842] (poor) M. Gerard sur l’Espece …
- … [Chambers 1845] —— Bronn’s Gesickte [Bronn 1842–3] 2 d . Vol [DAR 119: 16b] …
- … [M. G. Lewis 1834] Nov 7. Life of Lavater [?Heisch 1842] —— 25. M rs . Meredith. N.S …
- … April VI & VII. vol. of Madame d’Arblay [Burney 1842–6]. —— 15 th . Phillip’s life of W …
- … —— Jussieu. Cours Elementaire Botanique [Jussieu 1842] —— Transactions of Amer. Philosoph Soc …
- … des Naturalistes de Moscou ]. Vols for 1833, 1837, 1838, 1842, 43, 44—not all these latter vols: …
- … 17 th Thompson’s Birds of Ireland [W. Thompson 1842] Part I. Sept. 17. Sir J. Ross. Voyage …
- … Nov. 15 th Wilson Voyage. Scotland [J. Wilson 1842] —— Southey. Book of the Church [R. W. …
- … Keppell. 1853 [Keppel 1853] Dickens America [Dickens 1842] Thackerays Lectures on …
- … et exp. pages 248. 8 vo [Loiseleur Deslongchamps 1842–3] Linn. Soc.? must be read.— not in Royal. …
- … of Indies [Acosta 1604].— Report, Brit. Assoc. 1842 . Richardson N.Z. Fish [J. Richardson …
3.1 Antoine Claudet, daguerreotype
Summary
< Back to Introduction This daguerreotype of Darwin with his firstborn child, William, was, according to a label on the glass, taken on 23 August 1842, just before the family moved from London to Down. It is generally attributed to the French…
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- … was, according to a label on the glass, taken on 23 August 1842, just before the family moved from …
- … daguerreotype of the Darwins. Darwin’s account book for 1842 records the purchase of a daguerreotype …
- … this information does not tally with the dating: in August 1842, William would have been only two …
- … Claudet date of creation 23 August 1842 computer-readable date 1842-08-23 …
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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- … their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842, the family, now increased by a …
- … and explore new avenues of thought, and by the summer of 1842 he felt that his research had …
- … of species was published, but the general outline of 1842 is, to a surprising degree, present in …
- … far from their original locations. The following year, 1842, having heard of evidence of glaciation …
- … research required. The trip to North Wales in June 1842 was his last field trip: thereafter his …
- … stays at Shrewsbury and Maer during the summers of 1841 and 1842 show that he was making botanical …
- … obvious relevance to the theory of descent (Pencil sketch of 1842, in Foundations , p. 74). …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … his mouth to do so.—[35] 25v. Feb. 20 th . 1842. Anny (, same age) has learned to shake …
- … 28v. [39] Anny was to day March 1 st 1842 rather amused, at a wafer sticking first to one hand …
- … case of my watch.— 29v. March 1 st 1842— Anny says Papa pretty clearly—[40] A few days …
- … pretty & Papa for a week past perfectly clear Feb 1842 I have long observed that the …
- … for their feelings— 31 [42] In Jan ry . 1842 it was first perceived that Willy began to …
- … “bub my crumps” & 31v. March 29 th . 1842.— I have some months remarked how much …
- … gabble nonsense words,— 33 March 20: th .— 1842 Doddy is a great adept at throwing …
- … the eyes & is a full face.— 36 March 26 th 1842 2 years & 3 mth— Doddy was …
- … not the “beast in house”.— 37v. [50] May 1. 1842. 14 months old It is curious to see how …
- … down the corners of his mouth[51] June 1 st . 1842 Observed the first day I put on a new …
- … stuck to it, “no Doddy did not”. Aug 26 th .. 1842 About a fortnight ago, I met Willy …
- … at Upper Gower Street between 12 February and 16 March 1842. [43] Stammering ran in the …
- … [51] Emma Darwin and the children went to Maer on 3 May 1842; CD joined them on 18 May (Emma Darwin …
- … of bees in pollination, made in the summers between 1840 and 1842, are in DAR 46.2 and DAR 205.5: 53 …
Species theory outlined
Summary
Darwin writes a 32-page outline of his ideas on species change, known as 'the pencil sketch'
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- … Darwin writes a 32-page outline of his ideas on species change, known as 'the pencil sketch' …
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…
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
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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Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … had also completed two outlines of his ‘species theory’ (1842 Pencil sketch and 1844 Essay). …
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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- … obst. doct. 35 Den Haag 20 December 1842 Rotterdam 23 …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … should be denied him. After prolonged illnesses in 1841 and 1842, years poorly represented in the …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
Hensleigh Wedgwood
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Hensleigh Wedgwood, Emma Darwin’s brother and Charles’s cousin, was a philologist, barrister and original member of the Philological Society, which had been created in 1842. In 1857, while Wedgwood was preparing a dictionary of English etymology, he wrote…
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- … of the Philological Society, which had been created in 1842. In 1857, while Wedgwood was preparing a …
Darwin and working from home
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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…
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- … Darwin moved into Down House in Kent on 17 th September 1842 and remained there for the rest of …