Parrot, J. J. F. W. (Friedrich) von. 1845. Journey to Ararat. London.
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- … Parrot, J. J. F. W. (Friedrich) von. 1845. Journey to Ararat. London. WB4 Zz.4.31 10 …
Rüppell, Eduard, 1826–8. 1845. Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost- Afrikas. Frankfurt-am-Main.
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- … Rüppell, Eduard, 1826–8. 1845. Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost- Afrikas. …
To G. B. Sowerby [9? December 1845]
Summary
Discusses GBS’s completion of his descriptions of fossil shells for the appendix to South America.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Brettingham Sowerby |
| Date: | [9? Dec 1845] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-934 |
From J. D. Hooker 14 September 1845
Summary
Thanks for Journal of researches.
Puzzled over pea flower from Cape Tres Montes.
Thinks species a fair and most profitable subject for discussion, but has no formed opinion of his own.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Sept 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 55–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-916 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 14 September 1845 …
- … DAR 100: 55–6 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 14 Sept 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … appeared some time before 7 October 1845 ( Wiltshear 1913 , p. 357). The introduction …
- … West Park Kew Septr. 14. | 1845. My dear Darwin I am indeed pleased with the last Edition …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Journal of researches : Journal of researches …
To Emma Darwin [7–8 February 1845]
Summary
Mainly news of the three children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [7–8 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-810 |
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- … To Emma Darwin [7–8 February 1845] …
- … DAR 210.8: 22 Charles Robert Darwin Down [7–8 Feb 1845] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … of the letter to Emma, [3–4 February 1845] . The door separating the kitchen quarters from …
- … that he finished reading this work in March 1845 (DAR 119; Vorzimmer 1977 , p. 133). ‘A …
To H. W. Bates 27 [February 1862]
Summary
Writes that [Murray’s] terms are very favourable; has never heard of such terms offered for a first work. HWB can depend on fact that Murray is pleased with it [The naturalist on the river Amazons].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 27 [Feb 1862] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3460 |
From G. R. Waterhouse [c. June 1845]
Summary
Notes on Galapagos Coleoptera.
| Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. June 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 46.2: B3–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-807 |
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- … From G. R. Waterhouse [ c . June 1845] …
- … DAR 46.2: B3–5 George Robert Waterhouse unstated [c. June 1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Coleoptera ( Waterhouse 1845a ), which appeared in July 1845. See also the two letters …
- … from Waterhouse, also dated [ c. June 1845]. Dejean 1825–38 , 3: 200–5. Copelatus …
To Leonard Jenyns 14 February [1845]
Summary
Discusses checks on growth of species population; use of term "mutation" in his species theory. His belief in species mutability.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 14 Feb [1845] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-828 |
To John Murray 20 [June 1845]
Summary
Writes to report progress on MS of second part [of Journal of researches].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 20 [June 1845] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 33–34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-877 |
From G. R. Waterhouse [11 July 1845]
Summary
Notes the islands, where known, on which CD’s Galapagos beetles were found. Remarks that in none of the species whose place of origin is known, does he have specimens from more than one island.
| Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 July 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-890 |
To C. G. Ehrenberg 21 May [1845]
Summary
CGE’s account of Pampas mud confirms CD’s view of its origin. Will send Patagonian specimens. Discusses dust-carrying winds in the Atlantic.
Was not referring to F. J. F. Meyen’s voyage.
Corrects error concerning samples.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
| Date: | 21 May [1845] |
| Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-870 |
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- … To C. G. Ehrenberg 21 May [1845] …
- … Ehrenberg Nr. 43) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 May [1845] Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg …
- … Letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 8 April 1845 . Ehrenberg’s finding that the infusoria of the …
- … See letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 8 April 1845 . CD was referring to a voyage which took …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Orbigny, Alcide Charles Victor Dessalines …
To John Lort Stokes [November–December 1845]
Summary
Comments on book by George Grey [Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and Western Australia (1841)]. "The whole expedition was that of a set of School Boys".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lort Stokes |
| Date: | [Nov–Dec 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 121b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-940 |
To W. J. Hooker 25 August 1845
Summary
A letter in support of J. D. Hooker as a candidate for Edinburgh Chair in Botany. No one better qualified. Wishes him success.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Aug 1845 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (J. D. Hooker testimonials JDH/4/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-907 |
To G. B. Sowerby [May 1845]
Summary
Asks for list of the Bahia Blanca fossil shells.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Brettingham Sowerby |
| Date: | [May 1845] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-860 |
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- … To G. B. Sowerby [May 1845] …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down [May 1845] George Brettingham Sowerby …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Journal of researches : Journal of researches …
- … II, and letter to John Murray, [31 May 1845] ). Sowerby’s identifications of CD’s South …
To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1846]
Summary
Thinks JDH’s explanation of polymorphism on volcanic islands is probably correct.
Proposes experimental test to see whether alpine form of a plant is inherited like a true variety.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Feb 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-951 |
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- … London: John Churchill. [Chambers, Robert. ] 1845. Explanations: a sequel to ‘Vestiges of …
- … and George Robert Waterhouse at Down House on 6 December 1845, see letters to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [25 November 1845] and [ …
- … 10 December 1845] . The identity of the author of Vestiges of the natural history of …
- … Hooker, 1 February 1846 , n. 8. [Chambers] 1845 . CD recorded that he had read this on 6 …
- … Sedgwick published a scathing attack (Sedgwick 1845) on Vestiges of the natural history …
- … Chambers] 1844 ), to which [Chambers] 1845 was a partial answer. Edward Forbes had joined …
From Edward Forbes [after 14 February 1845]
Summary
Sends information on Gryphaea orientalis. [See South America, p. 212.]
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-809 |
To W. D. Fox [24 April 1845]
Summary
Murray will publish a second edition of the Journal [of researches].
CD has finished first version of South America.
A strange book, The vestiges [of creation (1844)] has appeared and some have attributed it to CD. He is "flattered and unflattered".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-859 |
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- … To W. D. Fox [24 April 1845] …
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69) Charles Robert Darwin Down [24 Apr 1845] William Darwin Fox …
- … of South America (see n. 8, below). In 1845 the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural …
- … see letter to John Murray, 17 [April 1845] . The Beesby farm. CD’s Investment Book (Down …
[Williams & Norgate] 16 June [1880]
Summary
Ordering a copy of a book for his research on vegetable mould [presumably Werner Hoffmeister 1845 (Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer: als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie.].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 16 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 9897) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619F |
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- … mould [presumably Werner Hoffmeister 1845 ( Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie …
- … der Familie der Regenwürmer; Braunschweig 1845. ” Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin …
- … a monograph of this family; Hoffmeister 1845 ) is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL, …
- … Books, Shoe String Press. Hoffmeister, Werner. 1845. Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der …
From G. R. Waterhouse 21[–22] May 1845
Summary
Discusses insects collected by CD on St Paul’s Island and the Galapagos.
| Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21[-2] May 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-869 |
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- … From G. R. Waterhouse 21[–22] May 1845 …
- … DAR 181: 16 George Robert Waterhouse British Museum 21[-2] May 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Doubleday, Edward. 1845. Remarks on the genus Argynnis of the Encyclopédie …
- … researches 2d ed. , p. 33 n. Doubleday 1845 . Leach 1811–16 , pp. 552, 557–8. Wiedemann …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Journal of researches : Journal of researches …
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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…
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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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
