To J. D. Hooker [13 or 20 November 1843]
Summary
Congratulations on JDH’s safe return.
Henslow has sent CD’s S. American plants to JDH for examination.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [13 or 20] Nov 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-714 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [13 or 20 November 1843] …
- … DAR 114: 1 Charles Robert Darwin 13 Nov 1843 20 …
- … Nov 1843 Down Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … 1839–43). He returned home in September 1843. Ultimately published as J. D. Hooker 1844– …
- … Sr , see letter to W. J. Hooker, 12 March [1843] . He may also have read some published …
- … extracts in W. J. Hooker 1843 . CD–Henslow letters on the transfer of Beagle plants have …
- … ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James …
- … Reeve Brothers. Hooker, William Jackson. 1843. Notes on the botany of HM Discovery Ships, …
To J. D. Hooker 25 December [1844]
Summary
Questions on JDH’s sketch comparing floras of Australia, New Zealand, and western S. America; wishes to know botanical relations between other southern islands. Botanico-geographical discussions and comments on books sent by JDH.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 25 Dec [1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 24 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-803 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … 3 vols. Paris. Breton, William Henry. 1843. Excursion to the western range, Tasmania. …
- … Science 2: 121–41. Colenso, William. 1843. An account of some enormous fossil bones, of an …
- … 1844; Vorzimmer 1977 , p. 132). CD’s notes on volume two, commenting on Colenso 1843 and …
- … Breton 1843 , are in DAR 205.3: 108. …
- … CD may be referring to McCormick 1842 or Colenso 1843 . …
- … Breton 1843 , p. 135. Hippolyte Baillière , …
- … London dealer in French medical and scientific books. Watson 1843–7 . …
- … Watson 1843–7 , …
- … 2 (1843): 407–8. Pöppig 1835 , 1: 288. In CD’s list of ‘Books Read’ (DAR 119; Vorzimmer …
- … of Biology 10: 107–53. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1843–7. Notes of a botanical tour in …
- … western Azores. London Journal of Botany 2 (1843): 1–9, 125–31, 394–408; 3 (1844): 582– …
To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1844]
Summary
Thanks for JDH’s interesting details about the Galapagos.
Clarification of CD’s query about the relationship between the range of a genus and the ranges of its constituent species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 Mar [1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-744 |
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- … in MS ] Mem. Westwoods contradiction in Linn: Trans:. — Hamilton 1843 , which refers …
- … to Liebmann 1843 . …
- … ed. 1958. ] Hamilton, William Richard. 1843. Address to the Royal Geographical Society …
- … the anniversary meeting on the 22nd May, 1843. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society …
- … 13: xli–cv. Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1843. Nachrichten über die Reise des Dänischen …
From J. D. Hooker 28 November 1843
Summary
Thanks for use of CD’s collection.
Comments and queries on the botany of the Southern Hemisphere.
Looks forward to seeing CD’s Galapagos plants.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Nov 1843 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 1–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-717 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 28 November 1843 …
- … DAR 100: 1–4 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 28 Nov 1843 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … West Park Kew Nov r . 28. 1843. My dear Sir Many thanks for your kind letter of …
- … Thomas Bell. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1843. …
- … ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James …
To J. D. Hooker [12 December 1843]
Summary
Thanks JDH for short sketch of botanical geography of Southern Hemisphere. Comments on his own S. American collections and observations; notes other Galapagos collections.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [12 Dec 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-722 |
From J. D. Hooker [12 December 1843 – 11 January 1844]
Summary
Henslow has sent him CD’s Galapagos plants along with Macrae’s. JDH impressed by the island endemism, which "overturns all our preconceived notions" on centres of radiation. Describes the extent, and the sharp demarcation at longitude 60° W, of the American and European Northern Hemisphere floras. CD’s plants among those he is using to do Antarctic flora. Drimys winteri shows a graded series of states down the length of the South American continent.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [12 Dec 1843 – 11 Jan 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 206–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-723 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 December 1844
Summary
Thanks for pleasant stay at Down.
Remarks on boulders found on southern islands.
Describes the alpine character of the Andes flora and relays information on other mountain floras.
Quotes instances of seeds that retained their vitality after being carried by ocean currents.
Sends notes on the comparative floras of New Zealand, Australia, and west coast of South America.
Encloses a copy of part of a letter from George Gardner in Ceylon concerning the European character of the mountain flora.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Dec 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 29–31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-799 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … letter from J. S. Henslow, 17 October 1843 ). Henslow 1845b . Backhouse 1844 describes …
- … Cass and Co. 1967. ] Colenso, William. 1843. An account of some enormous fossil bones, of …
- … ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James …
- … journal, from July 1842, to January 1843. Edited by C. B. Dalton. London. Sloane, Hans. …
- … 298 (misprinted as 398)–300. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1843–7. Notes of a botanical tour in …
- … western Azores. London Journal of Botany 2 (1843): 1–9, 125–31, 394–408; 3 (1844): 582– …
- … Robert Ward , chargé d’affaires in Mexico in 1843. Flinders 1814 . The third appendix, on …
- … 1818 , p. 481; Linnaeus 1768 . Watson 1843–7 . Hooker made William Colenso’s acquaintance …
- … bird Dinornis is discussed in Colenso 1843 . Silliman’s Journal: the American Journal of …
To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845]
Summary
Would like to borrow the pamphlet on variation [Frédéric Gérard, "De l’espèce dans les corps organisés" (1844), extract from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny].
Glad to hear Humboldt’s views on migration. CD believes we cannot "put any limit to the possible and even probable migration of plants".
Wants good book on plant morphology.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-842 |
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- … Wilkes 1845 . J. D. Forbes 1843 . CD had finished reading this work by 25 March 1845 (DAR …
- … d’Urville [1841–54] . Gérard 1844 . Hinds 1843 . There is a separately printed version in …
- … 40. 23 vols. Paris. Forbes, James David. 1843. Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other …
- … Paris. 1841–9. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. 1843. The regions of vegetation; being an analysis …
To J. D. Hooker 22 August [1857]
Summary
Tabulation of varieties goes on; very important as it shows the branching of forms. Mentions his principle of divergence.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 Aug [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 208 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2134 |
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- … Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolph. 1843–4. Spicilegium florae Rumelicae et Bithynicae …
- … ships Erebus and Terror , in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James …
- … Reeve. Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph. 1843–4. Synopsis florae Germanicae et Helveticae, …
- … 1856. There are numerous subsequent entries. Koch 1843–4 . Webb and Berthelot 1836–50. …
- … Ledebour 1842–53 . Grisebach 1843–4 is a catalogue of the flora of Rumelia, a Turkish …
To J. D. Hooker 30 September [1857]
Summary
C. F. Ledebour [Flora rossica (1842–53)] particularly useful for variety tabulation. Results generally favourable.
Additions to Down House.
Last two chapters of MS took six months to write.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 30 Sept [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 210 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2148 |
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- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1857] . Koch 1843– 4 . Webb and Berthelot 1836–50. …
- … Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolph. 1843–4. Spicilegium florae Rumelicae et Bithynicae …
- … F. Vieweg. Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph. 1843–4. Synopsis florae Germanicae et Helveticae, …
- … Visiani 1842–52 . Grisebach 1843–4 . Ledebour 1842–53 . Candolle and Candolle 1824–73 . …
To J. D. Hooker [17 November 1845]
Summary
Comments on JDH’s Flora Antarctica. CD is delighted with it.
"I can never cease marvelling at the similarity of the Antarctic floras: it is wonderful."
Questions JDH on points raised by the work: absence of alpine flora on southern islands; comparison of climate and floras of Tasmania and New Zealand.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [17 Nov 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-927 |
To J. D. Hooker [18 April 1847]
Summary
Thanks for H. C. Watson’s interesting letter. Disagrees with him on intermediate varieties.
CD has read latest numbers of JDH’s The botany of the Antarctic voyage [pt I, Flora Antarctica (1844–7)]; notes several sentences against "us Transmutationists".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [18 Apr 1847] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 86 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1082 |
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- … 3: 87–102. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. 1843. The regions of vegetation; being an analysis of …
- … a review of Ross 1847 and W. J. Hooker 1843 , in which J. D. Hooker’s work on Antarctic …
- … of Natural History ( Hinds 1845 ). Hinds 1843 . See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. …
- … ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James …
- … Reeve Brothers. Hooker, William Jackson. 1843. Notes on the botany of HM Discovery Ships, …
From J. D. Hooker 7 May 1856
Summary
Non-endemic Ascension Island plants brought by man, not wind-transported.
Bentham has found intermediates between oxlip and cowslip in Herefordshire.
JDH finds quantity of albumen in seeds is not variable within a species.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1856 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 94–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1869 |
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- … visited Ascension Island and St Helena in 1843 during the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus (L. …
- … Press. 1927–96. Drège, Jean François. 1843. Zwei pflanzengeographische Dokumente. With an …
- … ships Erebus and Terror , in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James …
- … Vertheilung’, pp. 38–43, in Drège 1843 , which is a table listing the numbers and areas …
To J. D. Hooker 12–13 August [1863]
Summary
Doubts Decaisne’s report of larkspur self-fertilisation.
Enthusiastically observes climbing plants. Needs to know how novel his observations are. Finds R. J. H. Dutrochet has made similar observations, so he has wasted some time. [See Climbing plants, p. 1 n.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12–13 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 202 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4266 |
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- … Francis. Dutrochet, René Joachim Henri. 1843. Des mouvements révolutifs spontanés qui s’ …
- … chez les végétaux. [Read 6 November 1843. ] Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’ …
- … René Joachim Henri Dutrochet and to Dutrochet 1843 and 1844 ( ‘Climbing plants’ , p. 2 …
- … n. ). Dutrochet 1843 and 1844 appeared in Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’ …
From J. D. Hooker 8 November 1844
Summary
Sends notes on Infusoria for Ehrenberg.
Comments on distribution of species in natural orders that have local distributions. Intermediate forms between species of Lycopodium.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 24–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-788 |
To J. D. Hooker 1 August [1857]
Summary
Important issue at stake with new flora calculations: evidence that species are only strongly marked varieties. Planning large-scale survey.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 1 Aug [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 206, 207 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2130 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 [August 1863]
Summary
CD’s illness: he is vomiting "vegetable" cells.
Dutrochet has published the best of CD’s observations on tendrils [see Climbing plants, p. 1 n.].
Lyell has found Joshua Trimmer’s Arctic shells on Moel Tryfan.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 25 [Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 204 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4274 |
To J. D. Hooker [19 May 1846]
Summary
CD brought some plants in spirits from Tierra del Fuego. Did JDH see them?
Problems of explaining formation of coalfields. Comments on recent work on coal formation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [19 May 1846] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-976 |
To J. D. Hooker [6 March 1844]
Summary
Affinity of Galapagos with nearest Pacific islands. Relationship between ranges of species in time and space. Comparison of Malden Island and Galapagos plants. Affinities of Oceania plants with continental floras.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [6 Mar 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-738 |
From J. D. Hooker [late August – early September 1851]
Summary
James Wilson reports case of salmon hybrids.
Herrings inhabit freshwater lake in Scotland during winter.
JDH will edit juror reports for the Great Exhibition.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [late Aug – early Sept 1851] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.10: 98 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1440 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … that he had made an abstract of Scrope 1843 . This abstract is not with CD’s abstracts of …
- … London: John Murray. 1859. Scrope, William. 1843. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the …
- … p. 34 M r Shaw crossed Trout & Salmon [ Scrope 1843 , p. 34, refers to Shaw 1840 and …
- … of 1788 to 1840 on 1 March 1840, Scrope 1843 on 7 October 1844, and the second volume ( …
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Hooker, J. D. | (81) |
Darwin, C. R. | (61) |
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Darwin, C. R. | (138) |
Watson, H. C. | (2) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Darwin's works in letters
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For the 163rd anniversary of the publication of Origin, we've added a new page to our Works in letters section on Cross and self fertilisation. These complement our existing pages on the 'big book' before Origin, Origin itself, the…
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- … my works. ( letter to Ernst Dieffenbach, 2 October 1843 ) Darwin published over …
Syms Covington
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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…
George Robert Waterhouse
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George Waterhouse was born on 6 March 1810 in Somers Town, North London. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and an amateur lepidopterist. George was educated from 1821-24 at Koekelberg near Brussels. On his return he worked for a time as an apprentice to…
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- … their ‘ descent from common stock’ in a letter of 1843 . In the same year, Darwin …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … correspondence with George Robert Waterhouse. On [26 July 1843] ( Correspondence vol. 2), for …
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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- … [DAR *119: 13v.] Yarrel’s Birds [Yarrell 1843] (1 Vol read) Last Edit of Malthus …
- … 1825–36] Prescott. Hist. of Mexico [W. H. Prescott 1843], strongly recommended by Lyell (read …
- … Travels into the interior of New Zealand [Dieffenbach 1843]. Capt. Porter, Journ of Cruize in …
- … Prichards. Nat: History of Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . London Library …
- … Essay on serpent (1844). 6 s . 6 d . Edinburgh [Schlegel 1843]. Geograph. Distrib &c &c. …
- … “Scenes in Sandwich Isl d & Central America [Jarves 1843] contains good account of Silkworm, …
- … } Much Botany & [Backhouse 1843] Nat: Hist.— …
- … be read. Paper on transmutation of shells [Haldeman 1843–4] already (1844) VI. vols. …
- … . 42 [P. Miller 1724] Life of Wilkie [Cunningham 1843] & Chantry [G. Jones 1849]. …
- … 1833] (Boot) Leslie life of Constable [Leslie 1843]. (Emma) (read) M rs Fry’s Life …
- … 1847].— Cunningham Life of Wilkie [Cunningham 1843] [DAR *119: 23v.] …
- … 3 d Part of Clarendons History [Hyde 1704]. 1843 Jan 10. Last Vol of Clarendons …
- … 1842–6] Mar 1. Lieut. Eyres Narrative [?V. Eyre 1843].— May 7 th . F. Horner’s life …
- … Bremer [Bremer 1843a].— [DAR 119: 13a] 1843 Feb 20 th . L. Jenyns notes …
- … d[itt]o. —— 26 Hinds Regions of Vegetation [Hinds 1843]. June 10 th . Linnæan Trans. …
- … of London ] to end of Vol: XVIII & Part I. of V. 19 (1843) 25. Murray Domestic Poultry.— …
- … Nov 30. Dieffenbach’s New Zealand [Dieffenbach 1843] 1844 Wiegman on Hybrids—German— …
- … Phillips 1822] (very poor) [DAR 119: 13b] 1843 May 20 th Carlyle’s Past …
- … 1844 Jan 7 th Borrow’s Bible in Spain [Borrow 1843]. 22. Hallam Constitu History …
- … 30 1. Vol of Prescotts Hist of Mexico [W. H. Prescott 1843] /Oct 1 st / 2 d & 3 d Vol …
- … July 5 th Owens Lectures on Invertebrata [R. Owen 1843–6] Aug 1 Bradley’s Husbandry 3. …
- … —— d[itt]o Salmon Fishing in Tweed [Scrope 1843]. (d[itt]o) 20 th Reflections on the Study …
- … Nov. 20 Liebig’s familiar letters on Chemistry [Liebig 1843] —— Ranke’s Popes of Rome 3 vols …
- … 3 d . 25 th Forbes Alps [J. D. Forbes 1843] —— Crawfords Embassy to Siam …
- … Philadelphia ]; skimmed. 24 th . Report. Zoolog. 1843. 1844. Ray Soc. [Ray Society 1847] …
- … —— 10 Neander’s Life of St Bernard [Neander 1843] interesting —— Feuerbachers Trials …
- … 27 Abbott Travels from Khiva to Heraut [James Abbott 1843] (very good) Nov. 7 th Leslie’s …
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…
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- … October 1842] To William Darwin Fox, [4 September 1843] To Charles Lyell, 8 …
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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- … of the living species he had collected. By the end of 1843 he had also completed the writing of a …
- … the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle from February 1838 to October 1843. The correspondence provides a …
- … in articles on Sagitta , finished during the autumn of 1843, and Planariae, described in 1844 …
- … unless they went to some other authority. Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that …
- … thinking during this period and in his letters of 1843, Darwin was clearly testing his evolutionary …
- … I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July 1843] ). It is interesting to …
- … twelve letters from Darwin to Kemp in the years 1840 to 1843 have come to light; they were published …
- … flowers’ to the Gardeners’ Chronicle , [late August 1843], expresses his interest in ‘unity of …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … 714 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [13 or 20 Nov 1843] Darwin knows Cambridge botanist J. …
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans…
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. …
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Murray, who followed his father as head of the business in 1843, had spent a year studying geology …
Henrietta Darwin born
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Daughter, Henrietta Emma, born
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- … Daughter, Henrietta Emma, born …
Meets Joseph Hooker
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Darwin begins a 40-year friendship with Joseph Dalton Hooker. In November Hooker begins work on Darwin's Beagle plant specimens.
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- … Darwin begins a 40-year friendship with Joseph Dalton Hooker. In November Hooker begins work on …
Suggested reading
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Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for young ladies on their entrance to society, (Third edition, London, 1846). Becker, L. E.…
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- … domestic influence and social obligations , (London, 1843). Somerville, M., On …
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.…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 717 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [28 November 1843] Hooker thanks Darwin for his …
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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- … vol. 2, letter to A. Y. Spearman, 9 October 1843, n. 1). Darwin's inner circle: first …
John Lort Stokes
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John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not always an enviable position. After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large table at the centre, Stokes at his…
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- … command in 1841, and eventually returned to England in 1843. Shortly after, he unwittingly involved …
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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- … in exact manner of grown up person.— March 1 st . 1843. Annie shows no signs of skill in …
- … was natural acting & deceit. 39v. [54] Jan. 20 1843 Willy 3 years & a month. …
- … to something he used to say when a baby. 40 Feb 1843. Willy says “No” in the fiercest way …
- … later; Anne Elizabeth was born in 1841 and Henrietta Emma in 1843. Mrs Locke was probably the …
- … name and address of a Mrs Locke are noted in Emma Darwin’s 1843 diary. [16] The following …
George James Stebbing
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George James Stebbing (1803—1860) travelled around the world with Charles Darwin on board HMS Beagle and helped him with measuring temperature on at least one occasion. However, Stebbing barely registers in Darwin’s correspondence. The only mention omits…
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- … instrument maker George Stebbing (1774—1847). By 1843, he was established enough in the town to be …