To J. D. Hooker [26 March 1845]
Summary
Has received pamphlet from JDH [John Murray, Strictures on morphology (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– …
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 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 …
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 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 J. D. Hooker [May 1845]
Summary
Returns notes on Confervae.
Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.
Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [May 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-863 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [May 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 33 Charles Robert Darwin Down [May 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Bibliography Berkeley, Miles Joseph. 1845. On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego, and …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . Cape Leeuwin, Journal of researches , …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [2–6 April 1845] , in which Miles Joseph Berkeley’s previous …
- … identical species is cited. See Berkeley 1845 for his final conclusions. Jean François de …
- … Urville [1841–54] ), see letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [late February 1845] . …
To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845]
Summary
Thanks for facts on solitary islands having several species of peculiar genera; "it knocks on the head some analogies of mine".
Has long been trying to discover in how many flowers crossing is probable, but finds it difficult to show "even a vague probability of this".
Will JDH proof-read Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches?
Gives information on his Galapagos collection; explains why it differs from others.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-892 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … relationship to the letter from J. D. Hooker, [mid-July 1845] , and the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [15 or 22 August 1845] . Probably E. Forbes 1843 . Forbes discusses the …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , in which CD claims he does not believe in …
- … that CD is referring to E. Forbes 1845 , since this was available only in abstract form …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , n. 15). C. Lyell 1830–3 , 3: 115–16. In …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1799. An account of …
- … Journal 36: 318–27. Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic plants, more …
To J. D. Hooker [15 or 22 August 1845]
Summary
Sorry to hear about condition of JDH’s grandfather.
Sends proofs of Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches.
Grieves to hear labels are displaced on his plants.
May he annotate [F. Gérard’s] L’espèce [(1844), extracted from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny (1839–49)]?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [15 or 22] Aug 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-900 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [15 or 22 August 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 38 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Aug 1845 22 …
- … Aug 1845 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Hooker was teaching, died on 7 August 1845. Hooker became the Crown’s official nominee for …
- … 2 and 7, below. Joseph Hooker died on 24 August 1845. CD’s Galápagos chapter ( Journal of …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
To J. D. Hooker [5 or 12 November 1845]
Summary
Thanks for Antarctic flora [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].
Agrees geographical distribution will be "the key which will unlock the mystery of species".
Could JDH look over a rough sketch on species?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [5 or 12] Nov 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-924 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [5 or 12 November 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 45 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov 1845 12 …
- … Nov 1845 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … recommenced work on this book on 29 October 1845 and finished correcting the last proof on …
- … numbers of part one were available by May 1845 ( Wiltshear 1913 ) Hooker had not sent it …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1845] ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … to the Caledonian Mercury , 27 October 1845, on the subject of the Edinburgh elections. …
To J. D. Hooker 28 October [1845]
Summary
Would like to see JDH’s testimonials.
Disappointed with Kosmos.
Has visited Dean of Manchester, who is very heterodox on species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 Oct [1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-922 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 28 October [1845] …
- … DAR 114: 44 Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Oct [1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1845] , n. 3). Adam Black . There is no account …
- … John Hutton Balfour’s election was announced in the issue of 18 October 1845 (p. 704). …
- … CD was perhaps referring to the account in the Scotsman , 8 October 1845. …
- … Humboldt 1845–8 , 1: 302, 319. CD had corresponded with William Herbert , Dean of …
- … Gray, and quoted in the Scotsman , 8 October 1845. Hooker had accompanied James Clark Ross …
- … Reeve Brothers. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
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 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845] …
- … DAR 114: 28 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Mar [1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Wilkes 1845 . J. D. …
- … finished reading this work by 25 March 1845 (DAR 119; Vorzimmer 1977 , p. 133). Dumont d’ …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. But Hooker was probably referring to Hinds 1845 , see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [late February 1845] , n. 10. Ehrenberg 1844c . Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg …
- … 2 vols. London. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. 1845. Memoirs on geographic botany. Annals and …
To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1845]
Summary
Hopes JDH will enjoy Edinburgh.
Has just finished Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire on animal monsters [Anomalies de l’organisation chez l’homme et les animaux (1832–7)], "and a nasty curious subject it is".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-847 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1845] …
- … DAR 114: 30 Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar [1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … s list of ‘Books Read’ (DAR 119; Vorzimmer 1977 , p. 133) in an entry dated March 1845. …
- … Wilkes 1845 , 4: 282–3. L’ …
- … Institut 1ère sect. 13 (1845): 120. James David Forbes . Instead of making this tour, CD …
To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845]
Summary
Going to Shrewsbury on Monday.
Means to attempt the question of species: "though I shall get more kicks than half-pennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-915 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 41 Charles Robert Darwin Down [10 Sept 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Paris. 1841–9. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845– 8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
- … Correspondence , vol. 3, Appendix II). Humboldt 1845–8 . Gérard 1844 . Hooker’s criticism …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 September 1845 ), but CD’s response here and in the letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [18 September 1845] , shows his sensitivity on the point. CD …
To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1844 – March 1882]
Summary
Discusses books returned
and invites him to Down for a few days.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 [Jan 1844 - Mar 1882] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 and 28 May 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13816A |
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To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1845]
Summary
Would like copy of "Galapagos flora" when published ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233].
Will keep JDH’s Pacific island notes till his return.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 [Jan 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-817 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 26 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 [Jan 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of researches 2d ed. , p. 332. Wilkes 1845 . Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville …
- … of the Astrolabe , 1837–40. By January 1845, parts 1–8 of Dumont d’Urville [1841–54] were …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, [8 February 1845] . ‘An account of the fine dust which often …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
To J. D. Hooker [3 September 1845]
Summary
Condolences on JDH’s grandfather’s death.
When his wife can move, they will go to Staffordshire.
Returns some books; would like to see copy of Kosmos [by Alexander von Humboldt]. Would be proud owner of JDH’s work [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [3 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-912 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [3 September 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 40 Charles Robert Darwin Down [3 Sept 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … to letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1845] . Dumont d’Urville [1841–54] . Boston …
- … Berthelot 1836–50, vol. 3, pt 1. Humboldt 1845–8 . Pernety 1769 , discussed in Journal of …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Montagne, Jean François Camille. 1844. …
- … 4: 426–52. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
To J. D. Hooker [29 November 1845]
Summary
Delighted that JDH will come to visit him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [29 Nov 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-931 |
To J. D. Hooker [29 August 1845]
Summary
Anxious to hear of JDH’s prospects [at Edinburgh].
Has completed his Journal of researches.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [29 Aug 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-909 |
Matches: 4 hits
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. …
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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
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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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George Darwin born
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The Darwins' son George Howard Darwin born
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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…
