From F. T. Köppen 13 November 1874
Summary
Calls CD’s attention to a book that deals with subjects related to both Descent and Expression: Ferdinand Jahn, Die abnormen Zustände des menschlichen Lebens als Nachbildungen und Wiederholungen normaler Zustände des Thierlebens [1842].
Author: | Friedrich Theodor Köppen (Fedor Petrovich Keppen) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Nov 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 91: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9719 |
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- … Bibliography Jahn, Ferdinand. 1842. Die abnormen Zustände des menschlichen Lebens als …
- … Lebens als Nachbildungen und Wiederholungen normaler Zustände des Thierlebens [1842]. …
- … Von Ferdinand Jahn . Eisenach u. Wien. 1842. 8 o ; pg. XXXIV u. 752. Das Buch enthält …
- … Gregorian (13 November) calendar dates. Jahn 1842 (The abnormal states of human life as …
- … By Ferdinand Jahn . Eisenach & Vienna. 1842. 8 o ; pp. XXXIV & 752. The book contains a …
From J. D. Dana 21 July 1874
Summary
Thanks CD for Coral reefs [2d ed. (1874)].
JDD will correct his misunderstanding of CD on one point in the next edition of his book [Corals and coral islands].
Suggests CD consult Charles Wilkes’s Narrative [1844] for more accurate observations on Pacific islands.
Author: | James Dwight Dana |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 69: A71–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9556 |
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- … Elder & Co. 1874. Couthouy, Joseph Pitty. 1842. Remarks upon coral formations in the …
- … from Boston Journal of Natural History 4 (1842–4): 66–105, 137–62. ] ]Dana, James Dwight. …
- … during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. 5 vols. and atlas. Philadelphia: C. …
- … during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. 2 atlases. Philadelphia: C. Sherman. …
- … 1942. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842 and its publications, 1844–1874: a …
- … upon coral formations in the Pacific ( Couthouy 1842 ). Charles Wilkes commanded the …
- … Expedition, which took place from 1838 to 1842; its mission was to survey the Pacific …
To F. T. Köppen 18 November 1874
Summary
Thanks FTK for telling him of Jahn’s work [see 9719], of which CD had not heard. It would have been of greatest use in writing Descent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Theodor Köppen (Fedor Petrovich Keppen) |
Date: | 18 Nov 1874 |
Classmark: | Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg branch: SPBB ARAS (Fond 92. Register 1. Folder 112. P. 3, 3 r) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9722 |
To Smith, Elder & Co. 8 January 1874
Summary
Pleased they will publish a new edition of Coral reefs, and he will soon consider any addenda and write a short preface.
Will return the wood-blocks of Journal of Researches the following week.
Could his copy of Coral Reefs please be returned.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 43127) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9233F |
To J. D. Hooker 8 January 1874
Summary
Thanks JDH for Asa Gray’s interesting letter.
Would like JDH’s copy of Coral reefs. Needs it for corrections for a new edition. Cannot buy one.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 310; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Asa Gray Correspondence: Letter from Gray to Hooker, folio 658) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9231 |
To J. D. Hooker 27 [March 1874]
Summary
Etty [Henrietta Litchfield] is helping with Coral reefs [2d ed.]; will JDH lend her his copy?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 27 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 320 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9373 |
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- … RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. …
To Smith, Elder & Co. 27 March [1874]
Summary
Heavily correcting sheets for Coral reefs, 2d ed. [1874]. Offers to pay extra printer’s charges.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
Date: | 27 Mar [1874] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.23181, ff.16-20 (S. E. & Co. work slip, ff.16-17, letter ff.18-19, address envelope f.20)) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9374 |
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- … RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. …
To George Harris 16 February [1874]
Summary
Returns proofs; has no criticisms or remarks worth sending.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Harris |
Date: | 16 Feb [1874] |
Classmark: | University of California Los Angeles, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division (Ms. 10, Letters concerning George Harris’s A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9294 |
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- … Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Descent : The descent of man, and selection in …
To J. V. Carus 17 June [1874]
Summary
Asks JVC if he can provide introductions in Leipzig and Dresden for his son George.
Has not yet received any revised sheets of Descent [2d English ed.].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 17 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 118–119) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9495 |
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- … Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Descent 2d ed. : The descent of man, and …
From W. E. Darwin [before 18 June 1874]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 18 June 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 137; Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 154) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9201 |
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- … below the farm at Langbridge by Newchurch, but flowering very sparingly M r Jacobs 1842 …
From W. J. L. Wharton [15 September 1874 or later]
Author: | William James Lloyd Wharton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [15 Sept 1874 or later] |
Classmark: | DAR 69: A67–70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9205 |
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- … RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. …
To Horace Darwin 9 January [1874]
Summary
CD is glad Horace has done "pretty well" in his examination.
Smith and Elder will publish new edition of Coral reefs [1874]; thanks HD for aid.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
Date: | 9 Jan [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9234 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
From G. H. Darwin 30 May 1874
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 May 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9475 |
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- … Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Descent : The descent of man, and selection in …
From Ernst Haeckel 26 October 1874
Summary
Thanks CD for Descent, 2d ed.
Comments on German edition of CD’s collected works.
Sales of his Anthropogenie [1874] in various countries.
Anticlericalism and progress of Darwinism in Germany.
Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Oct 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9698 |
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- … Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. …
To H. E. Litchfield 21 [March 1874]
Summary
Proof-correcting [of 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 21 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9324 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Comments on work at Naples Zoological Station. F. M. Balfour to visit Naples. Would like to send third son [Francis Darwin] to learn art of observing marine animals.
Health indifferent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 711) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9289 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
From C. G. Semper 8 February 1874
Summary
Comments on G. H. Lewes’s book [The life and works of Goethe (1855)].
Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 136 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9276 |
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- … Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Lewes, George Henry. 1855. The life and …
To Fritz Müller 13 February 1874
Summary
Has sent FM’s letter on termites to Nature ["Habits of various insects", Nature 10 (1874): 102–3].
Would be interested in observations on the stingless bees of Brazil.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 37) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9288 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
To J. D. Hooker 18 January [1874]
Summary
Reports on a séance. "The Lord have mercy on us all if we have to believe in such rubbish."
Asks JDH to vote for his nephew, Henry Parker, for Athenaeum membership.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 18 Jan [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 311–12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9247 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
To J. D. Hooker 4 March [1874]
Summary
CD guessed Carruthers was stirred up by Owen. Disgraceful treatment of Bentham.
Work on Descent and Coral reefs stops his doing anything of real interest.
Asa Gray’s letter. CD has acknowledged the honour [honorary membership in the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.].
"What a demon on earth Owen is. I do hate him."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Mar [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 313–16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9333 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
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Wharton, W. J. L. | (2) |
Brunton, T. L. | (1) |
Dana, J. D. | (1) |
Carus, J. V. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Darwin, Horace | (1) |
Dohrn, Anton | (1) |
Harris, George | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
Köppen, F. T. | (1) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Müller, Fritz | (1) |
Semper, C. G. | (1) |
Smith, Elder & Co | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (29) |
Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
Carus, J. V. | (3) |
Semper, C. G. | (3) |
Köppen, F. T. | (2) |
Darwin and Down
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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
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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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- … 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
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< 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
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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…
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 …
Second species sketch
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Darwin finishes an expanded sketch of his species theory, first drafted in 1842
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- … an expanded sketch of his species theory, first drafted in 1842 …