Rogers, John (b) (fl. 1860s)
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- … Nurseryman. The son of John Rogers (1752–1842). Desmond, Ray 1977 Rogers, John Nurseryman …
To Catherine Darwin [16 September 1842]
Summary
Emma and Doddy [W. E. Darwin] like Down. CD has met, and plans to employ, the local surgeon. "I feel sure I shall become deeply attached to Down, with a few improvements".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Date: | [16 Sept 1842] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 6 (EH 88202298) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-633 |
To John Maurice Herbert [January 1839 – September 1842]
Summary
Suggests the names of two bird-preservers for JMH’s friend.
In reference to an earlier letter, replies: "As for Birds of Paradise from the West Indies, tell that to the marines, as we used to say on board the Beagle".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Date: | [Jan 1839 – Sept 1842] |
| Classmark: | Bonhams, New York (dealers) (11 December 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-476A |
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 Charles Babbage [October 1839 – August 1842]
Summary
Regrets he cannot accept invitation. "My health will not at present stand going out in the evenings."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | [Oct 1839 – Aug 1842] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 296) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-474 |
To J. Shillinglaw, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society [1839 – May 1842]
Summary
Asks for volumes of F. W. Beechey’s work [Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Bering Strait (1831)] and Nautical magazine and an order on [John] Arrowsmith for atlas of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage in the "Astrolabe".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Shillinglaw; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | [1839 – May 1842] |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-477 |
To J. S. Henslow 16 September [1842]
Summary
CD gives JSH Fuegian paints and spears and a Pacific dolphin hook for his museum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 16 Sept [1842] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-642 |
From Elizabeth Wedgwood [25 September 1842]
Summary
Reports on Josiah Wedgwood [II], who is seriously ill.
| Author: | Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Sept 1842] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 260) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-643 |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 10 [October 1842 – April 1882]
Summary
Orders distilled water, 2 oz of camphorated spirits, and perfume.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Baxter; William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 10 [Oct 1842 – Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13776 |
To Charles Edward and Mary Kingford Mudie 10 December [1842–5 or 1855–68]
Summary
Declines invitation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Edward Mudie; Mary Kingsford Pawling; Mary Kingsford Mudie |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1842-5 or 1855-68] |
| Classmark: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Charles E. Mudie Collection, 1816–1897: Correspondence, B29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13828 |
To Charles Babbage [February 1839 – August 1842]
Summary
Asks permission to bring Fanny Allen to CB’s party.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | [Feb 1839 – Aug 1842] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 298) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-470 |
To Charles Maclaren [15 November – December 1842]
Summary
Responds to CM’s review of Coral reefs [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 34 (1843): 33–47].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Maclaren |
| Date: | [15 Nov – Dec 1842] |
| Classmark: | Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 34 1843: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-662 |
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- … To Charles Maclaren [15 November – December 1842] …
- … Journal 34 1843: 47 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [15 Nov – Dec 1842] Charles Maclaren …
- … RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. …
- … in the Scotsman of 29 October and 9 November 1842. A slightly abridged version appeared in …
To John Price 29 November [1842–55]
Summary
Not able to assist JP as he knows no schoolmaster in the area.
Cannot answer zoological question but thinks the two Serpulae are distinct.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1842-55] |
| Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1786 |
Allen, J. A. 1909. Biographical memoir of Elliott Coues 1842–1899. National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs 6: 397–446.
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- … Biographical memoir of Elliott Coues 1842–1899. National Academy of Sciences Biographical …
EB 7th ed.: Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, Dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. 7th edition. 24 vols. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1842.
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- … and general literature . 7th edition. 24 vols. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1842. 27 …
Alexander, Richard Chandler. 1846a. Botanical excursion in Lower Styria in 1842. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 457–66.
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- … 1846a. Botanical excursion in Lower Styria in 1842. Annals and Magazine of Natural History …
Busk, George. 1842. On the occurrence of Sarcina ventriculi in the human stomach. Microscopic Journal 2: 321–3.
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- … Busk, George. 1842. On the occurrence of Sarcina ventriculi in the human stomach. …
Alexander, Richard Chandler. 1846b. Excursions in Upper Styria, 1842. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18: 94–102.
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- … Chandler. 1846b. Excursions in Upper Styria, 1842. Annals and Magazine of Natural History …
Doubleday, Thomas. 1842. The true law of population shewn to be connected with the food of the people. London.
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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
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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
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
Summary
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…
Natural selection
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How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…
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- … How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after …
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 …
