Pole, William. 1859. On colour-blindness. [Read 7 April 1859.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 149: 323–39.
From Richard Hill 26 November 1859
Summary
Sends some bees CD requested
and discusses the differences among several animal species on islands of the West Indies.
| Author: | Richard Hill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 275 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2557 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Richard Hill 26 November 1859 …
- … DAR 205.3: 275 Richard Hill Spanish Town, Jamaica 26 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … many lectures for Adam Sedgwick . In 1859, he was appointed director of the Geological …
- … Spanish Town Jamaica 26 November 1859. My dear Sir, I received your letter when our latter …
- … Letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] . CD had requested specimens of Robert Wilkie’s …
- … see letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] ). William Thomas March was a lawyer and clerk …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
- … See letter from Richard Hill, 10 January 1859 , and Origin , pp. 225–7. Hill had visited …
- … See letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] . Judge Wilkinson has not been identified. …
To Charles Lyell 25 [November 1859]
Summary
Discusses corrections for second edition [of Origin]. Will leave out the reference to whale and bear. Discusses pheasant crosses. Success of the book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 25 [Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.179) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2552 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 25 [November 1859] …
- … Mss.B.D25.179) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley 25 [Nov 1859] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … over. ’ See letter from Charles Lyell, [22 November 1859] . CD refers to observations of …
- … made during his stay at Moor Park in July 1859. He saw large numbers of ants labouring to …
- … sterility and the laws of variation. See letters from Charles Lyell , 28 October 1859 and …
- … 21 November 1859 . CD discussed his views on …
- … in his letter to Charles Lyell, 23 November [1859] . In Origin , p. 253, CD stated that …
From J. D. Hooker [20 December 1859]
Summary
Forwards letter from Asa Gray.
Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 180–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2589 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [20 December 1859] …
- … DAR 104: 180–1 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [20 Dec 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bentham 1863 ). See n. 1, above, and letter to T. H. Huxley, 16 December [1859] . …
- … Philosophical Club on Thursday, 22 December 1859, and by the relationship to the letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 21 [December 1859] . The enclosure was a letter from Asa Gray that …
- … with Gray’s theories of climatic change. See letters to Asa Gray , 21 December [1859] and …
- … 24 December [1859] . George Bentham many years later told Francis Darwin , in a letter …
To Adam Sedgwick 26 November [1859]
Summary
CD expected AS’s "strong disapprobation" of his book [Origin] but is grieved "to have shocked a man whom I sincerely honour". Has worked "like a slave" on the subject for over 20 years and is not conscious that bad motives have influenced the conclusions at which he has arrived. CD does not think the book will be mischievous and "if I be wrong I shall soon be annihilated". CD may have written too confidently from feeling confident that no "false theory would explain so many classes of facts".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1859] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Egerton MS 3020: 1–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2555 |
To John Phillips 29 November [1859]
Summary
Apologises for not having had time to read Phillips’ books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Phillips |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1859] |
| Classmark: | Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (tipped in to the Phillips copy of Origin (QH365 .O1859 1859 8vo c.1)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2560G |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Phillips 29 November [1859] …
- … tipped in to the Phillips copy of Origin (QH365 .O1859 1859 8vo c.1)) Charles Robert …
- … Darwin Otley Yorkshire 29 Nov [1859] John Phillips …
- … CD was in Otley from 2 October to 7 December 1859 ( Correspondence vol. 7, Appendix II). …
- … s letter to Phillips of 26 November [1859] ( Correspondence vol. 7), in which CD defended …
- … 7, letter to John Phillips, 11 November [1859] and n. 2). The Malvern Hills compared with …
To Hugh Falconer 11 November [1859]
Summary
Has told Murray to send Origin to HF. "Lord, how savage you will be, if you read it, and how you will long to crucify me alive."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 11 Nov [1859] |
| Classmark: | Life and Letters 2: 216–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2524 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Hugh Falconer 11 November [1859] …
- … Life and Letters 2: 216–17 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Nov [1859] Hugh Falconer …
- … For Falconer’s response to Origin , see letter to Hugh Falconer, 17 December [1859] . …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
To Charles Lyell [3 December 1859]
Summary
Encloses a letter from FitzRoy to the Times.
Mentions letter from W. B. Carpenter accepting single progenitor for major animal classes.
Speculates about Richard Owen’s opinion.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [3 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.182) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2567 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [3 December 1859] …
- … Mss.B.D25.182) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley [3 Dec 1859] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … and large were excluded? ’ ’See letter to W. B. Carpenter, 3 December [1859] . CD may be …
- … the letter from Richard Owen, 12 November 1859 . Owen’s critical review of Origin appeared …
- … see n. 2, below). The Times , 1 December 1859, p. 8, carried a letter signed ‘Senex’ …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … editor of the Athenæum , on 29 November 1859, a copy of which is in DAR 221. FitzRoy told …
- … Origin published in Athenæum , 19 November 1859, pp. 659–60. He went on to say (DAR 221): …
To J. D. Hooker 15 March [1859]
Summary
Will finish last chapter (except recapitulation) tomorrow.
Pleased with JDH’s response to geographical distribution chapter;
CD disagrees with Lyell’s view that glacial epoch is connected with position of continents.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Mar [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2432 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 15 March [1859] …
- … DAR 115: 8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Mar [1859] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … a better chance of ranging widely. Hooker 1859 . See Origin , pp. 394–5. See ‘Journal’ ( …
- … Hooker’s comments have not been found. See letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 5 [ …
- … March 1859] , and …
- … 11 March [1859] . Although CD had previously written out a long section of his argument …
- … life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Ospovat, Dov. 1977. Lyell’s theory of …
To W. B. Carpenter 19 November [1859]
Summary
Asks to hear WBC’s conclusion about the Origin when he has read it all. Knows only one believer so far – J. D. Hooker. Sometimes feels frightened that he may be a monomaniac.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Date: | 19 Nov [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.6: 2 (EH 88205919) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2536 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Carpenter 19 November [1859] …
- … 2 (EH 88205919) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley 19 Nov [1859] William Benjamin Carpenter …
- … letter to W. B. Carpenter, 18 [November 1859] , n. 1. Carpenter’s letter on the subject …
- … has not been found, but see CD’s reply to W. B. Carpenter,3 December [1859] . …
To ? [after 2 November 1859]
Summary
Origin will be published 22 Nov. Fears correspondent will find the conclusions "abominable".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [after 2 Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | Michael S. Hollander (dealer) (Catalogue 15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2541 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To ? [after 2 November 1859] …
- … dealer) (Catalogue 15) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley [after 2 Nov 1859] Unidentified …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … that Origin was to be published on 22 November 1859. This information was received in the …
To Adam Sedgwick 24 August [1859]
Summary
Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.
Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".
Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1859] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2482 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Adam Sedgwick 24 August [1859] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Aug [1859] Adam Sedgwick …
- … like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … letter from Adam Sedgwick, 24 November 1859 ). It has not been possible to identify the ‘ …
- … during the summer of 1858 and throughout 1859. See Clark and Hughes eds. 1890, 2: 339. …
- … The meeting, held from 14 to 21 September 1859, was of particular significance because …
To John Murray 31 May [1859]
Summary
CD’s diagram [for chapter on "Divergence of character", Origin] is indispensable.
Finds he will have to make many corrections, his text is so obscure.
A week of hydropathy at Moor Park has done him a world of good.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 31 May [1859] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.41–42) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2465 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Murray 31 May [1859] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.41–42) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 May [1859] John Murray …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … 117. It folds out, as CD requested. See also letters to John Murray , 2 April [1859] and …
- … 14 May [1859] . The diagram was reproduced by lithography, not as an engraving as CD …
- … that he began reading proof-sheets on 25 May 1859, while still at Moor Park hydropathic …
To A. R. Wallace 9 August 1859
Summary
Will forward ARW’s "admirable" paper to Linnean Society ["On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 4 (1860): 172–84].
Discusses geographical distribution of animals in the Malay Archipelago; relation of distribution to depth of sea between islands.
Relation of Celebes to Africa almost passes belief.
Differs wholly from ARW on colonisation of oceanic islands; does not believe in Forbes’s great continental extensions.
Anticipates Owen’s opposition to their views, but "he is a poor reasoner & deeply considers the good opinion of the world, especially the aristocratic world".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1859 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2480 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 9 August 1859 …
- … British Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Aug 1859 Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … Down Bromley Kent Aug st . 9 th . 1859 My dear M r Wallace I received your letter & memoir …
- … Review in April 1860, although in December 1859 he gave CD the impression that he was a …
- … friendly critic. See letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] . …
- … Hooker 1859 . …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Wallace, Alexander. 1860. Remarks on the …
- … it was read at a meeting on3 November 1859 ( Wallace 1860 ). In Origin , p. 395, CD cited …
- … Notebooks ). Wallace visited Timor in May 1859 and again from January to April 1861, but …
To John Murray 4 December [1859]
Summary
Thanks JM for trouble taken with French edition [of Journal of researches].
Is glad 3000 copies of 2d ed. [of Origin] will be printed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1859] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f.47) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2570 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Charles Lyell 28 March [1859]
Summary
Has heard that CL has spoken to John Murray about publication [of Origin]. Encloses prospective title-page. Asks whether he ought to tell John Murray about unorthodoxy of the book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 28 Mar [1859] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.163) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2437 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 28 March [1859] …
- … A Fellow of the Royal, Geological & Linn. Soc y . ———— ————London &c &c &c &c 1859 ———— …
- … Mss.B.D25.163) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Mar [1859] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … see K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 285–315). See letter to John Phillips, 8 February [1859] . …
From Charles Kingsley 18 November 1859
Summary
Will judge CD’s book [Origin] free from two superstitions: the dogma of the permanent species and the need of an act of intervention to bring change.
| Author: | Charles Kingsley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B7–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2534 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Charles Kingsley 18 November 1859 …
- … DAR 98: B7–8 Charles Kingsley Eversley 18 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … Christian Socialism. He was appointed a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria in 1859. CD …
- … had read Yeast (Kingsley 1851) in July 1859 ( Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, 128: …
- … by the action of His laws. ” See also letter to Charles Kingsley, 30 November [1859] . …
- … visited Kingsley from 6 to 8 December 1859 and recorded Kingsley’s opinion of Origin in …
DCP-LETT-2501F
Summary
Cancelled: Known only from reference in letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859]
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 October 1859] |
| Classmark: | |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2501F |
To John Phillips 8 February [1859]
Summary
His doctor urges CD most strongly not to expose himself to the excitement and fatigue of receiving the [Wollaston] Medal. He will ask Lyell to receive it on his behalf.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Phillips |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1859] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2410 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Phillips 8 February [1859] …
- … John Phillips collection)) Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park 8 Feb [1859] John Phillips …
- … CD’s referee’s report on Scrope 1859 has not been found. George Julius Poulett Scrope’s …
- … Bibliography Scrope, George Poulett. 1859. On the mode of formation of volcanic cones and …
- … establishment from 5 to 19 February 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II). Edward Wickstead Lane …
- … of the Geological Society on 18 February 1859. In making the award, Phillips stated: ‘To …
- … Journal of the Geological Society of London 15 (1859), Proceedings, pp. xxiii–xxiv). …
To John Higgins 18 July [1859]
Summary
Has written to his uncle, Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin, to say that without revoking the right of shooting over Beesby, granted to JH, he is happy to allow Marcus Huish to shoot over the farm.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 18 July [1859] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/4/4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2476H |
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- … To John Higgins 18 July [1859] …
- … Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/4/4) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 July [1859] John Higgins …
- … this letter and the letter from John Higgins, 15 July 1859 (this volume, Supplement). …
- … Letter from John Higgins, 15 July 1859 (this volume, Supplement). Marcus Huish . CD’s …
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The writing of "Origin"
Summary
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…
Matches: 21 hits
- … hopes.— (letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [November 1859] ) The year 1858 opened with …
- … the writing of this ‘abstract’ continued until March 1859; the resulting volume was published in …
- … instinct the previous March. By the middle of March 1859, Darwin had finished the last …
- … upon Lyell for advice (letter to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] ). Lyell suggested the firm of …
- … plan of his book (see letter from Elwin to Murray, 3 May 1859 , and letter to John Murray, 6 …
- … the forthcoming book (letter to Charles Lyell, 30 March [1859] ). Darwin next considered calling …
- … and varieties’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to John Murray, 10 September …
- … Appendix II). Twice in 1858 and three times in 1859 he had gone to Moor Park in Surrey for a week’s …
- … than when I came’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [16 November 1859] ). It was during his stay at Ilkley …
- … rag is worth anything?’ (letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 June [1859] ). But as critical letters began …
- … of induction’ (letter from Adam Sedgwick, 24 November 1859 ). Equally painful was the news that …
- … (letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] ). To each of his critics, Darwin replied by resting …
- … to me to do.’ (letter to Adam Sedgwick, 26 November [1859] ). Even his strongest …
- … of Darwin’s theory (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older scientists, only …
- … the origin of mankind. As he wrote to Darwin on 3 October 1859 , ‘the case of Man and his Races …
- … to their mercies’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). Late in December, to Darwin’s …
- … were the man.’ (letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1859] ). Huxley admitted his authorship to …
- … without good cause.’ (letter to John Murray, 2 December [1859] ). At Murray’s trade sale …
- … had made’ (letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 ). This and the two references to the …
- … try to make out truth’ (letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1859] ). Yet he desperately wanted people …
- … on our side.—’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1859] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
Summary
The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
Matches: 25 hits
- … The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet …
- … and prompted the composition and publication, in November 1859, of Darwin’s major treatise On the …
- … exceeded my wildest hopes By the end of 1859, Darwin’s work was being discussed in …
- … ‘When I was in spirits’, he told Lyell at the end of 1859, ‘I sometimes fancied that my book w d …
- … hopes.—’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [November 1859] ). This transformation in Darwin’s personal …
- … the writing of this ‘abstract’ continued until March 1859; the resulting volume was published in …
- … Botanic Gardens at Kew (see Appendix VII). The year 1859 began auspiciously with Darwin …
- … 1854) ( Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15 (1859): xxv). One of the most …
- … theory. As he wrote in his introductory essay (Hooker 1859, p. ii): 'In the present Essay I …
- … to test such a theory. His essay, published in December 1859, was the first serious study of the …
- … the other’s ideas (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 11 March [1859] , and 7 …
- … upon Lyell for advice ( letter to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] ). Lyell suggested the firm of …
- … plan of his book (see letter from Elwin to Murray, 3 May 1859 , and letter to John Murray, 6 …
- … the forthcoming book ( letter to Charles Lyell, 30 March [1859] ). Darwin next considered calling …
- … and varieties’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to John Murray, 10 September …
- … Appendix II). Twice in 1858 and three times in 1859 he had gone to Moor Park in Surrey for a week’s …
- … than when I came’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, [16 November 1859] ). It was during his stay at Ilkley …
- … rag is worth anything?’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 June [1859] ). But as critical letters began …
- … of induction’ ( letter from Adam Sedgwick, 24 November 1859 ). Equally painful was the news that …
- … ( letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] ). To each of his critics, Darwin replied by resting …
- … to me to do.’ ( letter to Adam Sedgwick, 26 November [1859] ). Even his strongest …
- … of Darwin’s theory ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older scientists, only …
- … the origin of mankind. As he wrote to Darwin on 3 October 1859, ‘the case of Man and his Races & …
- … to their mercies’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). Late in December, to Darwin’s …
- … were the man.’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1859] ). Huxley admitted his authorship to …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
Summary
For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
Controversy
Summary
The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Letter 2525 — Darwin, C. R. to Sedgwick, Adam, 11 Nov 1859 Darwin writes to Sedgwick to tell …
- … Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, C. R., 24 Nov 1859 Adam Sedgwick thanks Darwin for …
- … Letter 2555 — Darwin, C. R. to Sedgwick, Adam, 26 Nov [1859] Darwin says Sedgwick could not …
- … Letter 2526 — Owen, Richard to Darwin, C. R., 12 Nov 1859 Owen says to Darwin he will welcome …
- … Letter 2575 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, [10 Dec 1859] Darwin discusses with King' …
- … Letter 2580 — Darwin, C. R. to Owen, Richard, 13 Dec [1859] Darwin responds to Owen’s remarks …
On the Origin of Species
Summary
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…
Francis Galton
Summary
Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … into an entirely new province of knowledge’ ( 9 December 1859 ). He soon became interested in …
Darwin and Fatherhood
Summary
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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Women as a scientific audience
Summary
Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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- … or against me. ( to John Lubbock, 14 December [1859] ) When Origin was …
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
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … 11 April 1833 Letter to C. R. Lyell, 11 October [1859] Letter to Charles …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … but his views were generally derided. 1 In 1859, Lyell visited several sites in …
- … that these were indeed implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he visited …
- … in French, earlier reports written in Danish (Morlot 1859, Forchhammer et al. 1851–5); Lubbock …
- … for their work in the Brixham cave explorations of 1858 and 1859. 5 Another controversy arose …
- … its appearance in print; first in French, dated Berne, Sept. 1859, in the ‘Mémoires de la Société …
- … zoologist M. Claparède had also conversed with me in 1859 on the researches of the best Danish …
- … gave me an abstract for my use, in a letter dated December 1859. He referred me chiefly to ‘Oversigt …
- … and Edinburgh: Williams & Norgate. Lyell, Charles. 1859. On the occurrence of works of …
- … vols. London: John Murray. Morlot, Charles Adolphe. 1859. Etudes géologico-archéologiques en …
- … struggle for life . By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Owen, Richard. 1863. Ape …
Instinct and the Evolution of Mind
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Slave-making ants For Darwin, slave-making ants were a powerful example of the force of instinct. He used the case of the ant Formica sanguinea in the On the Origin of Species to show how instinct operates—how…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … [after September 20 1847] To A.C. Ramsay, 1 July [1859] From Thomas Jamieson, …
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…
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- … Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] Darwin asks his publisher, John …
- … Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [11 May 1859] Darwin expresses anxiety over …
- … Letter 2475 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [2 July 1859] Darwin returns the manuscript of …
- … Letter 2501 - Lyell, C. to Darwin, [3 October 1859] Lyell offers praise and …
Origin
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Darwin’s most famous work, Origin, had an inauspicious beginning. It grew out of his wish to establish priority for the species theory he had spent over twenty years researching. Darwin never intended to write Origin, and had resisted suggestions in 1856…
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- … across tropics ’. When Hooker’s essay was published in 1859, it was one of the first publications …
- … as by far the most capable judge in Europe. ’ By April 1859, he was able to tell Wallace that ‘ …
- … Abstract ’ would not be finished until around April 1859. But this was an optimistic estimate. …
- … of favoured races” ’, he told Lyell. On 31 March 1859, Darwin wrote to Murray describing his work …
- … the work of correcting proofs continued over the summer of 1859, Darwin had to take the water cure …
- … never shirked a difficulty’, he told Lyell on 20 September 1859, ‘ I am foolishly anxious for your …
- … of Science meeting held in Aberdeen from 14 to 21 September 1859. Darwin was confident that in time …
- … and negative, to his work flowed in. By early December 1859, he admitted that he needed to ‘ think …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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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- … Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] (Innes) Hairy …
- … The Dog in health & Disease by Stonehenge—Longman 1859 [Stonehenge 1859].— on Toy–Dogs …
- … [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] …
- … [G. Bennett 1860] Read 114 Village Bells [Manning] 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White …
- … Republic [Motley 1855] [DAR 128: 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology …
- … 1803] (nothing) [DAR 128: 25] 1859 Feb. 28 Olmstead S. States [Olmsted …
- … Mast [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] …
- … (many novels) Dec: Dana to Cuba & back [R. H. Dana 1859] —— Cruize in Japanese …
- … on Maladies of Silk-worm [Quatrefages de Bréau 1859] Owen Lecture on Classification [R. Owen …
- … March. 8 Houdins the conjurer Life [Robert-Houdin [1859] 19 MacClintocks Narrative …
- … Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften . In 1859 he was the coauthor, with E. Desor, …
- … des progrès de la géologie de 1834 à 1845(–1859) . 8 vols. Paris. [Vol. 1 (1847) in Darwin …
- … at sea . New York. [Other eds.] 128: 25 ——. 1859. To Cuba and back. A vacation voyage …
- … Eliot, George, pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859. Adam Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
- … (1849): 381–420. [Separately printed in 2 vols. (Paris, 1859) in Darwin Library.] *128: 177 …
- … 119: 16a Hodson, William Stephen Raikes. 1859. Twelve years of a soldier’s life in …
- … 1–46. 119: 9b [Jenkin, Henrietta Camilla]. 1859. Cousin Stella; or, conflict . 3 …
- … Library.] 119: 9a Macclintock, Francis Leopold. 1859. The voyage of the “Fox” in …
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who …
- … cousin and business partner, the earliest letters date from 1859, the year of the publication of …
- … you may not repent of having undertaken it’ (15 October [1859] Letter 2506 ). Murray decided on a …
- … & proud at the appearance of my child’ ([3 November 1859] Letter 2514 ). In the event, all …
