From Asa Gray 7 July 1857
Summary
Believes, with CD, that extinction may be an important factor in explaining plant distributions, but sees no reason why the several species of a genus must ever have had a common or continuous area. "Convince me of that, or show me any good grounds for it … and I think you would carry me a good way with you". It is just such people as AG that CD has to satisfy and convince.
Feels that the crossing of individuals is important in repressing variation and perhaps in perpetuating the species, but instances some plants in which it cannot, apparently, take place.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 381; DAR 165: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2120 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Asa Gray 7 July 1857 …
- … DAR 205.9: 381; DAR 165: 98 Asa Gray Cambridge, Mass. 7 July 1857 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from H. C. Watson, 10 March 1857 , letter from H. C. …
- … Watson to Asa Gray, 13 March 1857 , and letter to Asa …
- … Gray, [after 15 March 1857] . A duplicate copy of the third part of A. …
- … Gray 1856–7 (see letter to Asa Gray, 9 May [1857] , and letter from …
- … Asa Gray, 1 June 1857 ). A. Gray …
- … 1857a . See letter to Asa Gray, 18 June [1857] . Gray refers to CD’s belief in the …
- … Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 7 th . 1857. My Dear Mr. Darwin Your letter of June 18 th …
- … beings occasionally cross-fertilised (see letters to Asa Gray , [after 15 March 1857] and …
- … 18 June [1857] ). See …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 20 July [1857] . J. D. Hooker and Thomson 1855. Jean Louis Auguste …
To J. D. Hooker 6 September [1857]
Summary
Some negative results in variety tabulation survey.
Galls on wild carrot.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Sept [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 209 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2137 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 6 September [1857] …
- … DAR 114: 209 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Sept [1857] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … calculations himself (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1857] ). …
- … the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1857] . See letters to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 1 August [1857] and …
- … 22 August [1857] . Watson 1847–59 . CD’s calculations on Miquel 1837 are in DAR 15.2: 32– …
- … 150. See letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] . In the event, Hooker did not make the …
To J. D. Hooker 14 July [1857]
Summary
Asks to borrow several Floras. Must redo calculations as John Lubbock has shown him an important error.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 14 July [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 204 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2124 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 14 July [1857] …
- … DAR 114: 204 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 July [1857] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … June 1847] ). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 July [1857] . Boreau 1840 . Fürnrohr 1839 . …
- … the librarian of the Linnean Society . During 1857, the society moved its premises into …
- … Burlington House, Piccadilly ( Gage 1938 ). See letter to John Lubbock, 14 [July 1857] . …
- … to John Lubbock (see letter to John Lubbock, 14 [July 1857] ). See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 1 July [1857] . The letter has not been located. For CD’s …
- … query, see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 July [1857] . CD had mentioned this case of pelorism …
To J. S. Henslow 10 August [1857]
Summary
Delighted that JSH is coming to Down. Sends correct train time.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2132 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. S. Henslow 10 August [1857] …
- … DAR 93: A122 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Aug [1857] John Stevens Henslow …
- … Although this letter and the following two letters to John Lubbock , 11 August [1857] and …
- … 12 [August 1857] , give no indication of the year in which they were written, it is clear …
- … from the letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 August [1857] , that Henslow’s …
- … visit took place in 1857. …
From Asa Gray 1 June 1857
Summary
Comments on species with disjoined ranges; does not feel, despite CD’s expectations, that they tend to belong to small families.
Gives the proportion of U. S. trees in which the sexes are separate [see Natural selection, p. 62].
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 8: 47bA |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2098 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Asa Gray 1 June 1857 …
- … DAR 8: 47bA Asa Gray Cambridge, Mass. 1 June 1857 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A. June 1 st , 1857 My Dear Darwin Yours of the 9 th . came last …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 9 May [1857] . See …
- … letters to Asa Gray , 1 January [1857] and [after …
- … 15 March 1857] . Gray refers to his tabulation of the trees of the northern United States …
- … in A. Gray 1856–7 , p. 400. See letter to Asa Gray, 9 May [1857] . See letter from Asa …
- … Gray , [ c . 24 May 1857]. See …
- … letter to Asa Gray, [after 15 March 1857] , in which CD enclosed some notes and a letter …
To Asa Gray 29 November [1857]
Summary
Thanks AG for his criticisms of CD’s views; finds it difficult to avoid using the term "natural selection" as an agent.
Discusses crossing in Fumaria and barnacles.
Has received a naturally crossed kidney bean in which the seed-coat has been affected by the pollen of the fertilising plant.
Finds the rule of large genera having most varieties holds good and regards it as most important for his "principle of divergence".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2176 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To Asa Gray 29 November [1857] …
- … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (18) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Nov [1857] Asa Gray …
- … Natural selection , pp. 148–54. See letters from H. C. Watson, 14 December [1857] and …
- … 20 December [1857] . See Natural selection , pp. 227–51, and Origin , pp. 111–26. …
- … to the letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] . Gray’s letter has not been found. It …
- … in letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] . CD included a definition of natural selection …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, [August 1857] . Lecoq 1845 , p. 61. See Natural selection , …
- … Club of the Royal Society on 19 November 1857 at which both were present (Royal Society …
- … by bees. See also letter to Asa Gray, 20 July [1857] , in which CD gives other examples to …
- … illustrate his view. See letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 18 October [1857]. See …
- … letters from Henry Coe , 4 November 1857 and …
- … 14 November 1857 . CD refers to the cases of seed-coats being affected by pollen from a …
- … Bishop to Charles Spence Bate, 3 December 1857 . See Correspondence vol. 4, letters to …
To W. E. Darwin 21 [July 1857]
Summary
Writes of WED’s recent excursion to Manchester and his future educational plans.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 21 [July 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2097 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 21 [July 1857] …
- … DAR 210.6: 16 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 [July 1857] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … CD was still undecided in October (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 29 [October 1857] ). …
- … added to an earlier one of 10 July 1857, recording expenses for ‘Willy to Manchester’. On …
- … in Manchester, opened by Prince Albert on 5 May 1857 and visited by Queen Victoria on 29 …
- … of Balliol College, became headmaster of Rugby School on 12 November 1857. CD refers to …
- … forthcoming school year that ran from August 1857 to August 1858. He was undecided about …
- … to take him away from school at the end of 1857 and send him to a private tutor for a few …
- … critical, and historical record of the Art-Treasures Exhibition, at Manchester, in 1857 ( …
- … Manchester, 1857). Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Graham’ was exhibited …
To W. B. Tegetmeier [18 June 1857]
Summary
Is glad WBT is investigating "the tail question"; hopes he will work out "down & colour point". Is much interested in runts, which seem to vary more than other breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [18 June 1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2108 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier [18 June 1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park [18 June 1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … CD’s arrival at Moor Park on Tuesday, 16 June 1857 (‘Journal’; see Correspondence vol. 6, …
- … II), and by the relationship to the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] and …
- … 23 June [1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 12 [May 1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . Mr Bridge has not been identified. CD introduced the …
To James Buckman 4 October [1857]
Summary
Asks JB to obtain information about pigeons.
Inquires where his article has been published ["On the discovery of Cnicus tuberosus at Avebury, Wilts.", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 20 (1857): 337–9].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Buckman |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1857] |
| Classmark: | Dorset County Museum (tipped into Origin 1st ed.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2151 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To James Buckman 4 October [1857] …
- … Museum (tipped into Origin 1st ed. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Oct [1857] James Buckman …
- … Cnicus tuberosus at Avebury, Wilts." , Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 20 (1857): 337–9]. …
- … Bibliography Buckman, James. 1857. Report on the experimental plots in the Botanical …
- … of 10 s . for smiters on 12 September 1857 (CD’s Account book (Down House MS)). See also …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 29 September [1857] . Edward Holland , who lived in Dumbleton, north …
- … Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester’ to the 1857 meeting of the British Association …
- … for the Advancement of Science ( Buckman 1857 ). Buckman’s …
- … paper was reported in Athenæum , 12 September 1857, p. 1157. …
- … An offprint of Buckman 1857 , inscribed ‘With the authors compliments. ’ and containing …
To T. H. Huxley 3 February [1857]
Summary
Thanks THH for his response on glacial movement. Hopes Tyndall will experiment on broken ice and explain how two pieces of ice can freeze together.
Sorry to hear of THH’s row with Richard Owen.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1857] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 104) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2045 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 3 February [1857] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 104) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb [1857] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … by the relationship to the letter to T. H. Huxley, 17 January [1857] . See letter to T. …
- … H. Huxley, 17 January [1857] , in which CD posed several questions relating to the joint …
- … on the structure and flow of glaciers (Tyndall and Huxley 1857 ). Huxley had contributed …
- … the researches described in Tyndall and Huxley 1857 . He claimed to have done nothing more …
- … was below freezing (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 17 January [1857] , and letter to …
- … John Tyndall, 4 February [1857] ). Richard Owen had announced a course of lectures ‘on the …
- … in the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, beginning 26 February 1857 ( Athenæum , …
- … 14 February 1857, p. 197) and also assumed the title of professor of palaeontology at the …
From Asa Gray [August 1857]
Summary
States he has "misgivings about the definiteness of species". Believes there is some inherent tendency for plants to originate varieties. Cross-fertilisation is likely in most cases but sees difficulties with plants like Adlumia.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Aug 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 100, 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2129 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Asa Gray [August 1857] …
- … DAR 165: 100, 101 Asa Gray unstated [Aug 1857] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … This letter falls between the letters to Asa Gray , 20 July [1857] and …
- … 5 September [1857] . Gray is responding …
- … to CD’s letter to Asa Gray, 20 July [1857] , in which CD revealed his belief in the …
- … discussion of this point in the letter to Asa Gray, 18 June [1857] , and the letter from …
- … Asa Gray, 7 July 1857 . See …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 20 July [1857] . The chapter numbers refer to chapter 3, ‘On the …
From Asa Gray [c. 24 May 1857]
Summary
Discusses difficulties involved in deciding which genera are protean in the light of some comments by H. C. Watson.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 24 May 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2104 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Asa Gray [ c. 24 May 1857] …
- … DAR 165: 97 Asa Gray unstated [c. 24 May 1857] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Yours | A. Gray crossed pencil Top of first page : ‘Ch. 4’ pencil ; ‘June 9 th —1857’ ink …
- … C. Watson, 10 March 1857 . Francis Boott was a specialist on the genus Carex . Edward …
- … 1856–7 (see letter to Asa Gray, 9 May [1857] ). CD refers to the chapter of his species …
- … reference in letter from Asa Gray, 1 June 1857 , to having ‘ despatched ’ a letter to CD ‘ …
- … letter from Asa Gray, 16 February 1857 ); he had also sent Hewett Cottrell Watson’s …
- … on this list to Gray (see letters from H. C. Watson, 10 March 1857 and from H. C. …
- … Watson to Asa Gray , 13 March 1857). See letter from H. …
To Francis Galton 7 July [1857]
Summary
Encloses signed document.
"Much interested about all domestic animals of all savage nations."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 7 July [1857] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2121 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Galton 7 July [1857] …
- … Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/27) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 July [1857] Francis Galton …
- … of his African travels. The first three volumes of Barth 1857–8 were published between …
- … 15 and 30 May 1857 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 June 1857, p. 230). CD discussed the origins and variations of domestic cattle in …
- … Bibliography Barth, Heinrich. 1857–8. Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa: …
- … had been elected to the position in May 1857. CD had been a fellow since 1838. The German …
To William Sharpey 9 April [1857]
Summary
Recommendations of books of general interest [for the Royal Society library]. These include [Louis] Agassiz’s works, [William] McGillivray’s [History of] British birds, and David Low’s [On the domesticated animals of the British Islands].
Comments on current candidates for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Sharpey |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 128 (photocopy) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2073F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To William Sharpey 9 April [1857] …
- … DAR 249: 128 (photocopy) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Apr [1857] William Sharpey …
- … Royal Society, Council minutes, 4 July 1857). Lyell had encouraged Beckles in this work …
- … of the Royal Society on 18 January 1857 ( Bonney 1919 , p. 134; see also Correspondence …
- … 6, letter from Charles Lyell, [16 January 1857] and n. 2. ) CD’s note has not been found. …
- … House (Royal Society, council minutes, 5 March 1857). Thomas Davidson and Henry Clifton …
- … fellows of the Royal Society in June 1857 ( Record of the Royal Society of London , p. …
- … elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1857 ( Record of the Royal Society of London , …
- … that year ( MacLeod 1971b ). In January 1857, CD had solicited a grant from the committee …
- … vol. 6, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 January [1857] and n. 2). See also n. 12, …
- … recommended at a meeting held on 3 July 1857 that the Council approve an award to Beckles …
To J. D. Hooker [after 20 January 1857]
Summary
CD finds Alphonse de Candolle very useful, though JDH has low opinion.
CD argues for accidental introductions explaining some odd distributions, e.g., New Zealand vs Australian plants.
CD’s method.
Diverging affinities in isolated genera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [after 20 Jan 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2033 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [after 20 January 1857] …
- … DAR 114: 190 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 20 Jan 1857] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … H. Huxley, 17 January [1857] . ‘American-’ has been interlined in pencil before ‘Irish’, …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letters to J. D. Hooker, 17 January [1857] , and …
- … 20 January[1857]. See letters to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 17 January [1857] and …
- … 20 January [1857] . CD refers to a letter from Asa Gray …
- … and Joseph Dalton Hooker dated 5 January 1857 ( Asa Gray , Kew Correspondence 1839/73 ( …
- … 1854 , p. x). See also letter from T. V. Wollaston, [12 April 1857] . See letter to T. …
- … Flinders . A. Gray 1856–7 . See letter to Asa Gray, 1 January [1857] . See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 15 March [1857] , for an explanation of what is meant by ‘accidental’. Hooker …
To John Lubbock 11 August [1857]
Summary
Asks JL not to call as he has a "very old friend" [J. S. Henslow] coming to visit him.
Yesterday visited poultry show at Crystal Palace.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 21 (EH 88206470) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2481 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Lubbock 11 August [1857] …
- … 88206470) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Aug [1857] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
- … and the letter to Lubbock on 12 [August 1857] are based on John Stevens Henslow’s proposed …
- … trip to Down (see letter to Henslow, 10 August [1857] , n. 1). …
- … was the expected visitor (see letter to Henslow, 10 August [1857] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 1 August [1857] ). …
- … Beginning in 1857, the Crystal Palace was the site of a twice yearly poultry show, the …
To T. C. Eyton 26 [June 1857]
Summary
Ill.
Comments on TCE’s study of birds’ bones.
His work on variation progresses.
Asks about horses with bars like zebra or ass.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | 26 [June 1857] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.147) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2113 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. C. Eyton 26 [June 1857] …
- … Mss.B.D25.147) Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park 26 [June 1857] Thomas Campbell Eyton …
- … letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , [before 13 June 1857]. …
- … by CD’s stay at Moor Park (16–30 June 1857). Eyton’s letter has not been found. It was …
- … CD’s letter to T. C. Eyton, 9 June [1857] . Eyton was at work on his Osteologia avium ( …
- … asked Eyton for this information in his letter to T. C. Eyton, 9 June [1857] . See also …
To J. D. Hooker 1 August [1857]
Summary
Important issue at stake with new flora calculations: evidence that species are only strongly marked varieties. Planning large-scale survey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 206, 207 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2130 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 1 August [1857] …
- … DAR 114: 206, 207 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Aug [1857] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Ledebour 1842–53 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 August [1857] ). …
- … J. D. Hooker 1853–5 and J. D. Hooker and Thomson 1857–8. Wollaston 1854 . Koch 1843–4 . …
- … Elizabeth Hooker , was born on 10 August 1857. For CD’s earlier remarks concerning the …
- … resulting from its use. See letters to J. S. Henslow, 10 August [1857] , and to John …
- … Lubbock , 11 August [1857] and …
- … 12 [August 1857]. Fürnrohr 1839 and Boreau 1840 . See …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 July [1857] . By ‘hair splitters’ CD means those taxonomists …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 12 November 1857]
Summary
Asks writer of an article on weeds why he supposes "there is too much reason to believe that foreign seed of an indigenous species is often more prolific than that grown at home?" The point is of interest to CD "in regard to the great battle of life which is perpetually going on all around us". Cites analogous observations by Asa Gray and J. D. Hooker. Does writer know "of any other analogous cases of a weed introduced from another land beating out … a weed previously common in any particular field or farm?"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | [before 12 Nov 1857] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 14 November 1857, p. 779 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2169 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 12 November 1857] …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 14 November 1857, p. 779 …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 12 Nov 1857] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
- … and Agricultural Gazette on 14 November 1857. It was written during CD’s stay at Moor …
- … 3, below). CD returned to Down on 12 November 1857 (‘Journal’; see Correspondence vol. 6, …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , 7 November 1857, p. 762, reads: The manner in which weeds are …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , 7 November 1857, p. 762). CD received a letter from James …
- … Moor Park establishment from 5 to 12 November 1857 (‘Journal’; see Correspondence vol. 6, …
- … to the letter from Asa Gray, 16 February 1857 . J. D. Hooker 1853–5 , 1: 152–3. Sonchus …
To J. D. Hooker 2 June [1857]
Summary
Qualifications of John Lindley, Huxley, Albany Hancock, Joseph Prestwich, J. C. Ross, and Francis Beaufort for Royal Medal.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 2 June [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2099 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 2 June [1857] …
- … DAR 114: 199 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 June [1857] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter to William Sharpey 2 June [1857] . John Richardson had received one of the Royal …
- … for medals of the Royal Society in 1857 and by CD’s reference to visits to Moor Park (see …
- … council of the Royal Society of London in 1857 and 1858. CD had retired from the council …
- … in 1855. He was 83 years old and died at the end of 1857. The Philosophical Club of …
- … the Royal Society was to meet on 11 June 1857 ( Bonney 1919 , p. 136). …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin to Moor Park for hydropathy on 29 May 1857 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). …
- … See also letter from Henrietta Emma Darwin, [2 August 1857] . See …
- … See letter to William Sharpey, 2 June [1857] . William Sharpey was one of the secretaries …
- … Society. Letter to Williamn Sharpey, 22 May [ 1857 . Charles Lyell received the society’s …
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Six things Darwin never said – and one he did
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Spot the fakes! Darwin is often quoted – and as often misquoted. Here are some sayings regularly attributed to Darwin that never flowed from his pen.
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- … Spot the fakes! Darwin is often quoted – and as often misquoted. Here are some sayings regularly …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … of information about his preoccupations during 1856 and 1857. They reveal little noticed aspects of …
- … as ever I can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] ). Darwin also attempted to test …
- … the alpine plants pretty effectually’ complained Darwin in 1857 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [2 May …
- … of calculation was wrong ( letter to John Lubbock, 14 July [1857] ). Darwin thought his results …
- … experiments on plants through the summers of 1856 and 1857, particularly with garden vegetables like …
- … Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette in October 1857, to be followed by a second notice in 1858. …
- … find the work: am I not a kind Father?’ Darwin wrote in 1857, soon followed by the complaint ‘You …
- … to end!’ (letters to W. E. Darwin, [17 February 1857] and 21 [July 1857] ). The problem of …
- … of his manuscript ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1857 ) seem innocuous and hardly the veiled …
- … are all vividly displayed in Darwin's letters. By the end of 1857, Darwin was well on the way …
- … long letter to Asa Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] ). From this letter it is evident …
Darwin and Down
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Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
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- … was in Darwin’s day. To J. D. Hooker, 3 June [1857] : on the struggle for existence in …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … 2070: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [before 29 Sept 1857] Darwin’s brother-in-law, …
Abstract of Darwin’s theory
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There are two extant versions of the abstract of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. One was sent to Asa Gray on 5 September 1857, enclosed with a letter of the same date (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] and enclosure).…
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- … natural selection. One was sent to Asa Gray on 5 September 1857, enclosed with a letter of the same …
- … to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th, 1857.” (Darwin and Wallace 1858, p. 50). …
- … was sent to A. Gray 8 or 9 months ago, I think October 1857 [‘or perhaps’ del ]’. The printed …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … the Origin of Species…’ FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: 1857-1858 In which Gray and Hooker …
- … JUNE 1855 20 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 1 JANUARY 1857 21 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, …
- … MARCH 1862 35 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 1 JANUARY 1857 36 A GRAY TO C DARWIN …
- … OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 12 OCTOBER 1857 60 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, …
The "wicked book": Origin at 157
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Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
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- … ’s appearance, but there is a fascinating scrap from 1857 comparing his views on species to …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … written in 1842 , and, as he told Asa Gray in September 1857 , he intended to call the ‘ big …
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
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- … Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s …
- … 4 26 January 1857 Variation under nature (DAR 9; …
- … 5 3 March 1857 The struggle for existence as bearing on …
- … 6 31 March 1857 On natural selection (DAR 10.2; …
- … 7 29 September 1857 Laws of variation: varieties & …
- … 8 29 September 1857 Difficulties on the theory of …
- … 9 29 December 1857 Hybridism (DAR 12; Natural …
The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … of other cells. (Letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 14 April 1857 .) In a later letter …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Wallace was a leading Victorian naturalist, with wide-ranging interests from biogeography and evolutionary theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, and attended a grammar school in Hertford. At the…
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Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … ago’, he wrote to the American botanist Asa Gray in July 1857, it occurred to me that …
- … staggered about the permanence of species.— By 1857, Darwin had found the confidence to …
- … And this much acceleration I owe to you. ’ In February 1857, the rate of this acceleration was …
- … the way facts fall into groups ’, he told Fox in February 1857. Trials of strength …
- … in theory of the descent of species ’. In December 1857, Darwin had expressed his satisfaction that …
- … there is no good & original observation ’. In 1857, Darwin recorded in his journal that …
- … varieties differ from each other’, he told Wallace in May 1857, before stating ‘ I am now preparing …
The writing of "Origin"
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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
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- … completed his ninth chapter, on hybridism, on 29 December 1857, Darwin began in January 1858 to …
- … on variation under nature. Having learned in the summer of 1857 that his method for deriving …
- … with an abstract of his views sent to Asa Gray in September 1857. The correspondence between Darwin, …
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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- … 112 Jukes. “Students Manual of Geology” [Jukes 1857]— published a few years ago, good on …
- … Lucas l’Heredite Naturelle [Lucas 1847–50] 1857 Nov. 15. Andersson Lake Gnami …
- … Thackeray English Humourists [Thackeray 1853] 1857 Jan. Cockburn life of Selby [ …
- … 1856]: H. Coverdale [Smedley [1854–6]: Quits [Tautphoeus] 1857] 29 Lutfullah. Life of …
- … Marsh] 1858] Buckle History of Civilisation [Buckle 1857] Feb. 28 Sir J. Mackintosh …
- … Oct. 22. Olmstead Journey through Texas [Olmsted 1857] Dec. Motley’s History of Dutch …
- … 1853]— Aug.— Sherard Osborne’s Quedah [Osborn 1857] d[itt]o d[itt]o Arctic Journal …
- … Harris 1842] Jukes Student Manual of Geology [Jukes 1857] Azara’s Quadrupeds [Azara …
- … *119: 18v.; 119: 8a, 21a Buckle, Henry Thomas. 1857. History of civilization in …
- … 21v., 22; 119: 19a Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. 1857. The life of Charlotte Brontë . …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 138.] 119: 20a ——. 1857. The student’s manual of geology. …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 15v. Livingstone, David. 1857. Missionary travels and researches …
- … 3 vols. Vivay. [Other eds.] *119: 22 Lutfullah. 1857. Autobiography of Lutfullah: a …
- … *119: 23; 128: 5 Napier, William Francis Patrick. 1857. The life and opinions of General …
- … of Elgin’s mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, 1858, 1859 . 2 vols. Edinburgh and …
- … on their economy . New York. 128: 25 ——. 1857. A journey through Texas; or, a winter …
- … an Arctic journal\. London. 128: 25 ——. 1857. Quedah; or, stray leaves from a journal …
- … Rouvroy, Louis de, Duke de Saint-Simon Vermandois. 1857. The memoirs of the Duke of Saint Simon on …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 1v.; 119: 12a Smiles, Samuel. 1857. The life of George Stephenson, …
- … New York. *128: 178 [Tautphoeus, Jemima von]. 1857. Quits; a novel . 3 vols. London. …
- … . Edited by J. C. Morris. Madras. 1833–51. Second series, 1857–. [Abstract in DAR 74: 177.] *119: …
