From Edward Blyth [c. 22 March 1856]
Summary
Gives references to works on fowls and pigeons.
Observations on Gallinaceae.
Musk ox skull from southern England is additional evidence for Agassiz’s glacial period. Owen is mistaken in calling it a buffalo.
EB describes the buffalo proper.
Will send domestic pigeon specimens.
Believes pigeons were not bred in India before the Mohammedan conquest. Describes Indian breeds.
Believes the ass is an African rather than an Asian production. Discusses various species of ass and their distribution.
Wild horned cattle on borders of Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.
[Notes received by CD on 6 May 1856.]
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 22 Mar 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 98: 133–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1845 |
Matches: 1 hit
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To J. D. Hooker [26 March 1845]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [26 Mar 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-846 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [26 March 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 29 Charles Robert Darwin Down [26 Mar 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Has received pamphlet from JDH [John Murray, Strictures on morphology (1845)]. …
- … Bibliography Murray, John. 1845. Strictures on morphology: its unwarrantable assumptions, …
- … Murray 1845 and …
- … Wilkes 1845 . …
- … Wilkes 1845 , 4: 282–3. The United States Exploring Expedition, carried out during 1838– …
From J. D. Hooker 1 September [1845]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Sept [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 14–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-910 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Hooker 1845d , pp. 224–5, for his description of Psidium galapageium . Schouw 1845 . …
- … From J. D. Hooker 1 September [1845] …
- … DAR 100: 14–15 Joseph Dalton Hooker unstated 1 Sept [1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Huxley, ed. 1918 , 1: 204–5. Humboldt 1845–8 . The translation was by Augustin Prichard . …
- … E. Forbes 1845 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, …
- … 1844 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, [7 January 1845] . Cunningham 1827 . See J. D. …
- … Phillip Parker King. London. Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic plants, …
- … pp. 67–8. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
- … John Murray. Schouw, Joakim Frederik. 1845. Les conifères d’Italie, sous les rapports …
- … excellent paper in the Ann. Sc. Nat for April 1845 & chart, on the distrib. of Conif. in …
To C. G. Ehrenberg 19 April [1845]
Summary
Sends small specimens for CGE to examine if he wishes.
Thanks CGE for his letter on Atlantic Dust: CD hopes to send a little paper to the Geological Society of London.
If CGE should examine Pampæan mud, CD would like to know the result.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 19 Apr [1845] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43 Bl. 9–10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To C. G. Ehrenberg 19 April [1845] …
- … Nr. 43 Bl. 9–10) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Apr [1845] Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg …
- … of his analysis in his letter of 8 April 1845 ( ibid. ); see also Journal of researches 2d …
- … between this letter, the letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 13 March 1845 , and the letter to C. …
- … G. Ehrenberg, 21 May [1845] ( Correspondence vol. 3). …
- … received Ehrenberg’s letter of 8 April 1845 ( ibid. ). Hugh Cuming visited Europe annually …
- … these specimens in his letter of 23 March [1845] ( Correspondence vol. 3). On the gypseous …
- … 3, letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 13 March 1845 ; CD’s paper, ‘Account of the dust which …
- … on vessels in the Atlantic’ , was read on 4 June 1845. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter …
- … to C. G. Ehrenberg, 23 January [1845] . Ehrenberg gave the results …
- … Ocean. By Charles Darwin. [Read 4 June 1845. ] Quarterly Journal of the Geological …
From J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845]
Summary
First part of "Galapagos flora" ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233] finished but not printed.
Details of distribution of Galapagos flora. Peculiarity of island floras.
Leaves for Edinburgh on Wednesday.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-862 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845] …
- … DAR 100: 48 Joseph Dalton Hooker unstated [28 Apr 1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … with letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , n. 22, and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [after 12 July 1845] , where Hooker corrects this figure to ‘40’. …
- … Society , on 4 March, 6 May, and 16 December 1845, but the paper was not published until …
- … Bibliography Bosanquet, Samuel Richard. 1845. "Vestiges of the natural history of …
- … London: John Churchill. Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic plants, more …
- … 1845a . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] . Edward Forbes was to announce his …
- … theory in June that year ( E. Forbes 1845 ). Humboldt 1843 , 1: 54–5, in which the …
- … of heaths across Europe is discussed. Hume 1845 , a response to [Chambers] 1844 . …
- … Bosanquet 1845 . CD’s ‘40225’ was written directly below Hooker’s ‘185’. Thus he could …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] ). See Hooker’s annotation on the enclosure …
- … comparée. 3 vols. Paris. Hume, Abraham. 1845. Examination of the theory contained in the " …
To J. D. Hooker [11–12 July 1845]
Summary
A son [George Howard Darwin] was born on Wednesday.
Sends queries on Galapagos flora.
Discusses JDH’s comments on [Journal of researches].
CD feels that with his views on descent "really Nat. Hist. becomes a sublimely grand result-giving subject".
"How differently people view the same subject, for I look at insular Floras … as leading to an opposite view to yours."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [11–12 July 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 36, 100: 43–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-889 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [11–12 July 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 36, 100: 43–7 Charles Robert Darwin Down [11–12 July 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Afrique. 3 vols. Paris. Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic plants, more …
- … George Howard Darwin , born 9 July 1845. See enclosure, transcribed following this letter, …
- … and Hooker’s reply ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [after 12 July 1845] ). See Athenæum , no. …
- … 910, 5 April 1845, p. 337. See letter from …
- … J. D. Hooker, 5 July 1845 , in which he corrects CD’s identification of the giant kelp, …
- … no. 923, 5 July 1845, p. 678. The seat of William Willoughby Cole , 3d Earl of …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . At this point CD added ‘V. map of Pacific’ …
- … pp. 67–8. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Notebook C. See de Beer 1960; de Beer and …
- … 1845a . There were two translations of Alexander von Humboldt’s Kosmos (1845–62) under …
- … way in 1845: an unauthorised translation …
- … by Augustin Prichard ( Humboldt 1845–8 ), and a later translation by Elizabeth Juliana …
- … in the Darwin Library–CUL. Strzelecki 1845 . Bronn 1841–9 . CD possessed a later reprint …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [22 July – 19 August 1845] . Sprengel 1793 , in which Christian Konrad …
- … Journal of researches 2d ed. , p. 391. Edward Forbes’s paper ( E. Forbes 1845 ), read …
- … in 1845 and published 1846, was referred to in Athenæum , …
To George Robert Waterhouse [after 22 May 1845]
Summary
Thanks him for describing the niata ox.
He is delighted that GRW is grappling with Galápagos insects. Needs to know immediately whether any entomologists beside GRW, Walker and A. White have described his insects.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Date: | [after 22 May 1845] |
Classmark: | Bloomsbury Auctions (dealers) (1990) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864A |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To George Robert Waterhouse [after 22 May 1845] …
- … dealers) (1990) Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 22 May 1845] George Robert Waterhouse …
- … letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 21[–22] May 1845 ( Correspondence vol. 3). Waterhouse’s …
- … 146 n. Waterhouse was preparing Waterhouse 1845 , ‘Descriptions of coleopterous insects …
- … was advertised as published on 28 June 1845 (see Freeman 1977 , p. 35). The original …
- … See Correspondence vol. 3, letters from G. R. Waterhouse, 21[–22] May 1845 , and [ c. …
- … June 1845] (first letter) and n. 1. See Journal of researches 2d ed. , pp. 390–1. …
- … has been found in CD’s correspondence of 1845. CD may be referring to information to be …
- … was working between 25 April and 26 August 1845 (see Correspondence vol. 3, Appendix II). …
- … Sowerby and Edward Newman . On 4 June 1845, CD reported to Hooker that he had just heard …
- … Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1845] , and letter from B. J. …
- … Sulivan, 13 January – 12 February 1845) . The fossils are mentioned in a footnote to …
To Charles Lyell 25 August [1845]
Summary
Discusses the power of land covered with snow to radiate heat.
Criticises CL’s discussion of slavery [in Travels in North America (1845)]. A review of CL’s book is in Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Mentions John Lindley’s views on carbonic acid gas and extinction;
refers to the discussion of multiple and single creations in Humboldt’s Kosmos.
The origin of volcanic craters of elevation.
There is a popular demand for a new edition of Principles.
Praises palaeobotanical work of C. J. F. Bunbury.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Aug [1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.45) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-905 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 25 August [1845] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.45) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Aug [1845] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, [after 2 August 1845] , n. 6, for CD’s meetings with him. …
- … Bibliography Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–62. Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Lyell, Charles. 1847. Principles of geology; …
- … of slavery [in Travels in North America (1845)]. A review of CL’s book is in Gardeners’ …
- … gas theory. See letter to Charles Lyell, [30 July – 2 August 1845] , n. 9. Gardeners’ …
- … Agricultural Gazette , no. 33, 16 August 1845, p. 563. The discussion of the causes of …
- … of researches 2d ed. , pp. 173–6. See letter to Charles Lyell, [5 July 1845] , n. …
- … 5. Humboldt 1845–62 . Volcanic islands , pp. 93–6; Journal of researches 2d ed. , pp. …
- … Agricultural Gazette , no. 34, 23 August 1845, p. 578. John Lindley , the editor, upheld …
To J. D. Hooker [18 September 1845]
Summary
Kosmos [by Alexander von Humboldt] has arrived safely.
CD acknowledges his presumption in speculating on variation without having worked out his due share of species, but "for nine years it has been anyhow the greatest amusement to me".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [18 Sept 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-917 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [18 September 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 42 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [18 Sept 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Humboldt 1845–8 , 1: 6–13. …
- … from Charles Lyell, [after 2 August 1845] , in which Lyell quotes the same aphorism. …
- … Bibliography Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
From John Higgins 2 October 1845
Summary
Sends a list of the work he feels should be done at Beesby [Lincolnshire] to put the farm in order. Hopes to get purchase deeds completed by 10 October.
Author: | John Higgins |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Oct 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-918 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From John Higgins 2 October 1845 …
- … DAR 210.10: 8 John Higgins Alford 2 Oct 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … crossed pencil On cover : ‘Papers, Plan, Letters about Beesby Estate Oct. — 1845. —’ ink …
- … Gazette , no. 30, 26 July 1845, p. 522). Old Michaelmas day, one of the quarter-days of …
- … enclosed with this letter indicate that the purchase was completed on 10 October 1845. …
- … Alford 2 nd October 1845 My Dear Sir, I enclose an Estimate of the different additional …
- … meeting, held at Shrewsbury, 15–18 July 1845 ( Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural …
To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1845]
Summary
Congratulates JDH and condoles with him on possible position at Edinburgh. Although CD will miss him bitterly, he encourages JDH to view it as a good opportunity.
Sorry to hear that Humboldt is failing.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [10 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-826 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wilkes 1845 . …
- … To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 27 Charles Robert Darwin Down [10 Feb 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … 10–11 November 1844] , n. 7, and letter from J. D. Hooker, [late February 1845] . …
- … Edinburgh University during the spring of 1845 as substitute for the ailing professor of …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [23] March 1845 ). Hooker had studied for his medical degree at …
To John Murray [28 June 1845]
Summary
If copies [of part one of Journal of researches] are to be sent to periodicals for review, suggests Gardeners’ Chronicle.
MS for second part will be ready in four to five days.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | [28 June 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.19–20) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-881 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Murray [28 June 1845] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.19–20) Charles Robert Darwin Down [28 June 1845] John Murray …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
- … of researches 2d ed. was to be published on 1 July 1845, a Tuesday (see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [27 June 1845] ). The Journal of researches 2d ed. was …
- … in the Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 32, 9 August 1845, p. 546; no. …
- … 40, 4 October 1845, p. 675. …
From J. D. Hooker [23] March 1845
Summary
JDH recommends Augustin de Saint-Hilaire’s Leçons de botanique [1841]. Relates opinions of European botanists on migration and plant distribution.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [23] Mar 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 41–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-844 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Caspar Carl Reinwardt. Gérard 1844 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [late February 1845] . …
- … From J. D. Hooker [23] March 1845 …
- … DAR 100: 41–2 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [23] Mar 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … vols. Paris. 1841–9. Hopkins, William. 1845. On the motion of glaciers. London, Edinburgh …
- … Magazine 26: 1–16, 146–69. Murray, John. 1845. Strictures on morphology: its unwarrantable …
- … Sedgwick and William Hopkins . Hopkins’ views are set out in Hopkins 1845 . Saint-Hilaire …
- … 1841 . Murray 1845 . Herman Schlegel, director of the Natural History Museum at Leiden, …
- … West Park Kew. Sunday Evening | March 1845. My dear Darwin I had the pleasure of receiving …
From J. D. Hooker [late February 1845]
Summary
Previous letter [missing] on Edinburgh position was ill-tempered. Friends assure him that he ought to be thankful for opportunity to try for professorship.
Reports meeting with Humboldt in Paris.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [late Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 165–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-832 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [late February 1845] …
- … DAR 100: 165–6 Joseph Dalton Hooker Ghent [late Feb 1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 5). Benjamin Jules Paul Delessert. Decaisne 1845 . The process of sexual reproduction in …
- … London: John Churchill. [Chambers, Robert. ] 1845. Explanations: a sequel to ‘Vestiges of …
- … London: John Churchill. Decaisne, Joseph. 1845. Recherches sur les anthéridies et les …
- … See letters to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] , and to C. …
- … G. Ehrenberg, 23 January [1845]. Johann Friedrich Klotzsch was keeper of the Royal …
- … Lindley’. Perrottet 1838 . Probably Hinds 1845 . This paper contains a sketch of flora of …
- … St Petersburg. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. 1845. Memoirs on geographic botany. Annals and …
- … J. Murray; H. Colburn. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–62. Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen …
- … Fé ( Humboldt 1814–29 , 3: 497). Humboldt 1845–62 . John Lindley described plant breeding …
- … Chambers] 1844 , p. 221, and [Chambers] 1845 , p. 111. Joseph Decaisne . Antoine Nicolas …
To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845]
Summary
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [4 June 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 34 Charles Robert Darwin Down [4 June 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … to the letter to John Murray, [6 June 1845] . Gérard 1844 . Boston Journal of Natural …
- … 54] . Actually sent on Thursday 5 June, see letters to John Murray , [31 May 1845] and [ …
- … 6 June 1845] . Letter from B. …
- … J. Sulivan, 13 January – 12 February 1845 . …
To J. D. Hooker [25 November 1845]
Summary
Can JDH come to Down on 6 December? If this is convenient, CD will ask Forbes, Falconer, and perhaps Waterhouse.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [25 Nov 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-930 |
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: 12 hits
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To Charles Lyell [5 July 1845]
Summary
Sends the first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.]. Explains his dedication of book to CL. Describes revisions.
Has received CL’s book [Travels in North America, 2 vols. (1845)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [5 July 1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-882 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [5 July 1845] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.43) Charles Robert Darwin Down [5 July 1845] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Describes revisions. Has received CL’s book [ Travels in North America , 2 vols. (1845)]. …
- … of Journal of researches 2d ed. on 3 July (see letter to John Murray, [3 July 1845] ). See …
- … letter to John Murray, [31 May 1845] , n. 2. Journal of researches , pp. 268–98; 2d …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Journal of researches : Journal of researches …
- … The Lyells were to depart on 2 September 1845 for a second visit to the United States. …
To John Murray [5 April 1845]
Summary
Thanks for note. Believes agreement with Henry Colburn does not cover 2d ed. of Journal of researches. Regrets Murray’s Colonial Library series will require one-fifth reduction of text; will consult Lyell on how to reduce scientific part. Prefers that JM consult with Colburn, but in case he declines, encloses draft of letter he would send to Colburn. Anticipates co-operation of Colburn, as he has paid CD nothing for 1st ed. of Journal.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | [5 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.3–7) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-851 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Murray [5 April 1845] …
- … John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.3–7) Charles Robert Darwin Down [5 Apr 1845] John Murray …
- … was 5 April. See letter to John Murray, 20 March [1845] . Murray evidently agreed to …
- … do this, see letters to John Murray , [10 April 1845] , 12 …
- … April [1845] , and …
- … 17 [April 1845] , n. 1. …
To William Jackson Hooker [23 August 1845]
Summary
Will be pleased to provide a testimonial for J. D. Hooker, who is seeking the Chair in Botany at Edinburgh, but fears he himself is so little known that it could only be of the smallest service. Has asked Lyell to write to J. F. W. Herschel giving an opinion of J. D. Hooker.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
Date: | [23 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence: English letters 1845, 23: 147) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-904 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To William Jackson Hooker [23 August 1845] …
- … Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence: English letters 1845, 23: 147) Charles Robert …
- … Darwin Down [23 Aug 1845] William Jackson Hooker …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letters to W. J. Hooker, [25 August 1845] and …
- … 25 August 1845 . See Correspondence , vol. 1, letter to J. S. Henslow, 9 July 1836 , for …
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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and anticlinal lines of a geological formation, 3 March 1845 Edward Forbes's " …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
Summary
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,…
Matches: 8 hits
- … his Journal of researches for a second edition in 1845, having already provided corrections in …
- … vice-presidents in 1844 and remaining on the council from 1845 onwards; he was a conscientious …
- … attacked the work vehemently in the Edinburgh Review (1845), while other colleagues like Edward …
- … his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of [24 April 1845] , he felt he ought to be both …
- … of his Journal of researches for a second edition in 1845. At Lyell’s recommendation, …
- … the original publisher, to John Murray, and throughout 1845 Darwin worked hard to provide manuscript …
- … on board the Beagle back to Tierra del Fuego. By 1845, Darwin was in full command of a …
- … Distribution’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 February 1845] ) and quick to make use of the young …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … vol. 3, letter to Charles Lyell, 8 October [1845] ). Having indulged his senses, Darwin …
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…
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- … he was working (Darwin to his wife Emma, [7-8 February 1845] ). Although Darwin did not usually …
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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- … on Instinct [F. G. Cuvier 1822] read Flourens Edit [Flourens 1845] read L. Jenyns paper on …
- … 1834–9] Carlyles Oliver Cromwell [Carlyle 1845] (read) Keppells(?) voyage to Borneo …
- … Exploring Expedition towards the Rocky Mountains [Frémont 1845]. (amusing extracts). perhaps for …
- … America by A. Downing Wiley & Putnam. 14 s . [Downing 1845] (Brit. Museum) (read) good …
- … [DAR *119: 22] Eyeres Travels [E. J. Eyre 1845] very amusing Tschudi’s Travels in …
- … Campbells Lives of Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] last vol. Ludlows Memoirs …
- … Murchisons Russia [Murchison, Verneuil, and Keyserling 1845] (read) Agassiz’s Works …
- … Wilkes Expedition. £ 3. 3 s [Wilkes 1845] order at L. Library. read Botanical Soc. of …
- … Soc. of Neuchatel on Jura. 1846, or 7, or 8 [?Marcou 1845]. 46 Morris good for me.— …
- … 1853] Vol. V of Campbells Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] Lives of the Lindsays …
- … [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] Wilkes [Wilkes 1845]. Voyage Vol I. to V Apr …
- … May. Blanco White. Auto-biography [Blanco y Crespo 1845].— 24 Improvisatore [Andersen 1845] …
- … Aug. 5 th Lyells Travels in N. America [Lyell 1845] Oct. Cosmos [A. von Humboldt 1845–8]. …
- … Dec. 10 Ray. Society. Vol I. Reports [Ray Society 1845].— 20 D r Badham insect Life …
- … Feb 6 Explanations by Author of Vestiges [Chambers 1845] —— Bronn’s Gesickte [Bronn 1842–3] 2 …
- … [Twamley 1844] —— Whewell on Education [Whewell 1845–52]. Dec: 26. Watson History of …
- … [Heber 1828] —— 31 Kitto on Deafness [Kitto 1845] —— the French in Algiers [Lamping …
- … 1841] April 10 Wagners Anatomy by Tulk [Wagner 1845] (half through) —— 24 Steenstrup …
- … th Elie de Beaumont Lecons Geologie [Élie de Beaumont 1845] skimmed. June 17 th . Downing …
John Murray
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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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- … hundred letters from Darwin, from his first negotiations in 1845 until his final years. Although …
- … came to discuss a second edition, probably at the end of 1845, Darwin was not happy with Colburn’s …
- … Colonial Library in three monthly parts (July to September 1845) before being reissued in a single …
- … you have transacted the business with me’ (27 August [1845] Letter 908 ). Thus began the business …
Richard Matthews
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Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Orundellico (Jemmy Button)
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Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was…
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Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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. …
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.…
4.51 Frederick Holder 'Life and Work'
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< Back to Introduction A popular biography of Darwin for young readers by the American naturalist Charles Frederick Holder, published in 1891, sought to present him as ‘an example to the youth of all lands’ (p. v). Thus ‘our hero’ was shown to have…
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- … Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. , 2 nd ed. (London: John Murray, 1845), pp. 22, 90, 182, and 384. Francis …
Second species sketch
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Darwin finishes an expanded sketch of his species theory, first drafted in 1842
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- … Darwin finishes an expanded sketch of his species theory, first drafted in 1842 …
George Darwin born
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The Darwins' son George Howard Darwin born
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- … The Darwins' son George Howard Darwin born …
Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
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Yokcushlu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. She was one of the hostages seized by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, after the small boat used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del…
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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- … In the course of discussions about species in the autumn of 1845, his close friend Joseph Dalton …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … in roman numerals. Others relate to Darwin’s 1839 or 1845 volumes and Belcher’s Narrative of the …
- … The British press was decidedly unsympathetic. Recalled in 1845, he returned home in humiliation as …
- … world, and had copies of both the 1839 Narrative and the 1845 second edition titled Journal of …
- … Borneo, and the Philippines in HMS Samarang from 1842 to 1845, and ended his naval career with …
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…