From W. B. Carpenter 2 January [1845]
Summary
Says tuff collected by CD in Pampas and Chile contains organic remains. Wants to examine specimens further and hopes for Government support in doing so.
Author: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 31–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-813 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From W. B. Carpenter 2 January [1845] …
- … DAR 39: 31–2 William Benjamin Carpenter Ripley 2 Jan [1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … An error for 1845. This letter clearly follows the letter from W. B. Carpenter, …
- … See letter from W. B. Carpenter, 5 May 1845 , for Carpenter’s more detailed report on the …
To J. D. Hooker [16 April 1845]
Summary
Thanks for information about books.
Murray is publishing CD’s Journal of researches. Would be grateful for a sentence on Galapagos plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [16 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-849 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [16 April 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 31 Charles Robert Darwin Down [16 Apr 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Goodsir . Presumably Edward Forbes . See Strzelecki 1845 , pp. 245–54, for John Morris’s …
- … 1826 . Journal of researches 2d ed. See the letter to John Murray, 17 [April 1845] . …
- … John Murray and his reply to Murray, 17 [April 1845]. A. P. de Candolle 1839–40 . Jussieu …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
From William Hopkins 3 March 1845
Summary
Comments on a compass diagram designed to show the dip, strike, and anticlinal lines of a geological formation.
Author: | William Hopkins |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 53 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-835 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From William Hopkins 3 March 1845 …
- … DAR 39: 53 William Hopkins Cambridge 3 Mar 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … University Press. 1985–. Hopkins, William. 1845. On the motion of glaciers. London, …
- … by CD, relating to the angles. Hopkins 1845 . The line running along the ridge of the …
- … Cambridge Mar. 3 1845 My dear Sir The above diagram contains the solution of the problem …
To J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845]
Summary
Returns specimens and drawings of Confervae with many thanks. Would appreciate any corrections for second edition of Journal of researches.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [28 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-861 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Emma Darwin [3–4 February 1845]
Summary
News of the children and books he is reading.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [3–4 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-821 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Emma Darwin [3–4 February 1845] …
- … 28 March 1983) Charles Robert Darwin Down [3–4 Feb 1845] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … letter, that Emma went to Maer in February 1845 ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 92). Emma’s diary …
- … Office directory of the six home counties 1845 . ) Elizabeth Harding , nursery maid at …
- … on 30 January and returned it on 27 March 1845 ( London Library Archives). Mitford 1784– …
- … on 9 January and returned on 27 March 1845 ( London Library Archives). Cowper 1791 . The …
To John Murray 17 [April 1845]
Summary
Pleased to hear that Colburn has behaved more liberally than CD anticipated. Three numbers of the Colonial Library, each of 171 pages, will hold his Journal of researches. Accepts financial arrangements for its publication offered by JM.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 17 [Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.23–23A) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 17 [April 1845] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.23–23A) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 [Apr 1845] John Murray …
- … s . Journal of researches 2d ed. had no map. See letter to John Murray, [4 June 1845] . …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
- … The letter is undated, but is endorsed ‘April 1845’. In a letter to Leonard Horner dated [ …
To J. D. Hooker 16 [April 1845?]
Summary
Apologises that the house is full this weekend, but next weekend would be good.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 [Apr 1845?] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 312) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 16 [April 1845? ] …
- … Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 312) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 [Apr 1845? ] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … children, were at Down on Saturday 19 April 1845 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). There is …
- … relatives on a Saturday 19th only in April 1845 (DAR 242). CD and Hooker’s correspondence …
From Louis Fraser 23 July 1845
Author: | Louis Fraser |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 July 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 213 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-893 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Louis Fraser 23 July 1845 …
- … DAR 164: 213 Louis Fraser Zoological Society Gardens 23 July 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Sulloway, F. J. 1982. Darwin and his …
- … Zool. Soc. Gardens July 23, 1845 My dear Sir Judging from single specimens I should say …
To G. B. Sowerby [1845?]
Summary
Arranges to call on correspondent and bring some shells.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Brettingham Sowerby |
Date: | [1845?] |
Classmark: | Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque de Botanique, Paris |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-806 |
From Woodbine Parish [1845?]
Summary
Sends names of species found in banks of marine shells near Buenos Aires. Shells identified by G. B. Sowerby (elder). [See South America, pp. 2–3.]
Author: | Woodbine Parish |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1845?] |
Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 56a–57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-808 |
To J. D. Hooker [8 October 1845]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [8 Oct 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-920 |
To Charles Hamilton Smith 14 January [1845]
Summary
Has read CHS’s paper, "Original population of America" [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 38 (1844–5): 1–20], and is eager to know reference for the account of a "ruined city in the Caroline Group", indicating that the land has subsided. Refers to his own subsidence hypothesis in his work [Coral reefs].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Hamilton Smith |
Date: | 14 Jan [1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-815 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Charles Hamilton Smith 14 January [1845] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Jan [1845] Charles Hamilton Smith …
- … Darwin, 12 November [1831] . C. H. Smith 1845 . Coral reefs , p. 127 n. An island …
- … Press. 1985–. Smith, Charles Hamilton. 1845. On the original population of America, and …
From Hugh Cuming 28 July 1845
Summary
Discusses names and distributions of Pacific shells. [Lists by CD and Edward Forbes record names and ranges of shells collected by HC in the Galapagos.]
Author: | Hugh Cuming |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 July 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 267, 268 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-897 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Hugh Cuming 28 July 1845 …
- … DAR 205.3: 267, 268 Hugh Cuming London, Gower St, 80 28 July 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Turton, William. 1840. A manual of the land …
- … Street | Bedford Square | London 28 th July 1845 My dear Sir I was out on Saturday when …
To G. B. Sowerby 12 [November 1845]
Summary
Asks for a meeting in order to go over the shells [which GBS was to describe in the appendix on Tertiary fossil shells in South America].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Brettingham Sowerby |
Date: | 12 [Nov 1845] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-926 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. B. Sowerby 12 [November 1845] …
- … Autograph File, D) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 [Nov 1845] George Brettingham Sowerby …
- … of the Geological Society on 19 November 1845 (‘Journal’; Correspondence vol. 3, Appendix …
- … Book (Down House MS), for 24–5 November 1845, records expenses for a five-day trip to …
To J. D. Hooker [21 November 1845]
Summary
Is busy with shell work and cannot make it to Kew. Invites JDH to Down. Intends asking Edward Forbes and Hugh Falconer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [21 Nov 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 47 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-929 |
To John Murray 17 March [1845]
Summary
CD has heard from Lyell that JM is inclined to publish a second edition of Journal of researches. His agreement with Henry Colburn leaves CD free to publish with anyone. Will have no further relations with Colburn. Discusses details of proposed revisions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 17 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.354–355) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-841 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 17 March [1845] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.354–355) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Mar [1845] John Murray …
- … researches (see letter to Charles Lyell, [8 February 1845] ). This refers to the incident …
- … CD’s letter to John Murray, 12 April [1845] . The notes were made for Ernst Dieffenbach’s …
- … letter to C. G. Ehrenberg, 23 January [1845] ) but they have not been found and may not …
From Charles Lyell [after 2 August 1845]
Summary
CD’s criticism of his book [Travels in North America (1845)].
Compares invertebrate animals of Tasmania and England.
Mentions views of C. J. F. Bunbury on climate of the Carboniferous period.
Robert Brown says Australian flora has the widest range.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 2 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 281 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-901 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Charles Lyell [after 2 August 1845] …
- … 205.3: 281 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet unstated [after 2 Aug 1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of his book [ Travels in North America (1845)]. Compares invertebrate animals of Tasmania …
- … home of Leonard Horner , on 23 November 1845. Bunbury records: “He avowed himself to some …
To John Murray 27 August [1845]
Summary
Has finished MS for second edition of Journal of researches. Instructs JM regarding author’s copies, and woodcuts; asks to be informed if volume sells well.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 27 Aug [1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 ff.8–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-908 |
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- … To John Murray 27 August [1845] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 ff.8–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Aug [1845] John Murray …
- … expense (see letter to John Murray, [31 May 1845] ). The remaining woodcuts were borrowed …
- … of Coral reefs and Volcanic islands . See letters to John Murray , [31 May 1845] and [ …
- … 27 July 1845] . Hearne 1795 . In the headnote to ‘The complaint of a forsaken Indian …
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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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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
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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,…
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- … and anticlinal lines of a geological formation, 3 March 1845 Edward Forbes's " …
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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- … 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…
Matches: 19 hits
- … 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
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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- … 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
Summary
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…