From Samuel Butler 1 October 1865
Summary
Autobiographical letter describing how, when he could not conscientiously take orders, he went to New Zealand and has now returned to England to study art.
Fascinated and delighted by Origin
and is pleased that his pamphlet [Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ] pleases CD.
| Author: | Samuel Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: A1–2; Butler 1923, pp. 198–201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4904 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … 10, letter from T. H. Huxley, 9 October 1862 and n. 1). Richard Owen had presented a …
- … he argued against CD’s theory ( R. Owen 1862 ; see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from …
- … T. H. Huxley, 9 October 1862 and n. 6). …
- … of Christchurch, New Zealand, on 20 December 1862. CD had been sent a copy of the article …
- … a response to Butler’s article of 20 December 1862, was printed in the Press , 17 January …
- … of the original article of 20 December 1862 and the writer of the critical response of 17 …
- … held in Cambridge from 1 to 8 October 1862. He delivered an inaugural address to the …
- … On the conditions and prospects of biological science’ ( Parthenon 1 (1862): 749). …
- … The Times , 3 October 1862, p. 7, reported that Huxley had ‘emphatically affirmed that …
From J. D. Hooker 13 July 1865
Summary
Studying moraines.
On Lubbock’s book [see 4860], and Lyell’s apology. Recapitulates whole affair.
W. E. H. Lecky [Rise of rationalism in Europe (1865)] and other reading.
Spencer’s observations are wrong on umbellifers, his reasoning partially right.
Natural History Review is all but defunct.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 July 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 30–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4873 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … John W. Parker & Son. Colenso, John William. 1862– 79. The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua …
- … Roberts, & Green. Lewis, George Cornewall. 1862. Historical survey of the astronomy of the …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Paine, Thomas. 1794. The age of reason: …
- … through central and eastern Arabia (1862–63). 2 vols. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and …
- … Lubbock pointed out that in G. C. Lewis 1862 , pp. 455 and 467, George Cornewall Lewis …
- … The reference is to Orchids , published in 1862. William Edward Hartpole Lecky’s History …
- … William Colenso , bishop of Natal ( Colenso 1862–79 ). In his pamphlet, Gray echoes Paine’ …
- … of the Bible (see, for example Colenso 1862–79 , 2: vi; see also Davidson and Scheick …
- … travelled across central Arabia in 1862 and 1863 ( DNB ). In 1864 Hooker mentioned to CD …
From Clémence Auguste Royer [April–June 1865]
Summary
Notes on the caste system of India; its influences on form and habit.
| Author: | Clémence Auguste Royer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr–June 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: B44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5339 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … letter from Edouard Claparède, 6 September 1862 ). However, ‘sélection’ was already in use …
- … as ‘élection naturelle’ (Royer trans. 1862). In the second French edition, ‘sélection’ …
- … edition of her translation (Royer trans. 1862, p. 57), Royer inserted a note comparing …
- … French edition of Origin (see Royer trans. 1862, Préface). For a discussion of Royer’s …
- … also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 10– 20 June [1862] , letter to Armand …
- … de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] , letter from Edouard …
- … Claparède, 6 September 1862 , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] . In a letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 June …
From George Stewardson Brady 19 March 1865
Summary
CD’s statement in Origin that clover is utterly dependent on humble-bee for fertilisation has been questioned by his friend’s evidence of visits by other insects. Asks CD’s opinion.
| Author: | George Stewardson Brady |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 276 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4790 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1860] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Lubbock , 2 September [1862] and [ …
- … 3 September 1862] , letter to W. E. …
- … Darwin, [2–3 September 1862] and n. 5, …
- … off the coast of Northumberland and Durham 1862–4]. Natural History Transactions of …
- … and letter to Asa Gray, [ 3–]4 September [1862] ). CD modified his statements in the third …
From Lucy Caroline Wedgwood [April–May 1865?]
Summary
Observations for CD on oxlips, which she finds never grow near cowslips or primroses.
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr–May 1865?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 171–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4370 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … s notes on these experiments, dated between 1862 and 1867, are in DAR 108 and DAR 157a. He …
- … two sisters, Katherine and Margaret, in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to K. …
- … L. C. , and M. S. Wedgwood, 4 [August 1862] ; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
- … vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and n. 13). Though CD seemed confident …
- … and carrying out experiments since 1862 to test his initial view that the three forms were …
From Henry Holland 2 January 1865
Summary
Thanks for Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
T. S. Cobbold’s book on the Entozoa [1864].
Remarks on development of the tapeworm.
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 245 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4735 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … on dimorphism in Pulmonaria and other genera in 1862, 1863, and 1864 (see Correspondence …
- … of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 5 (1862–6): 264–92. Cobbold, Thomas Spencer. 1864. …
- … 10, letter from Henry Holland, 26 March [1862] ). ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ . …
- … University Press. 1985–. Holland, Henry. 1862. Essays on scientific and other subjects …
- … on Origin (see Holland 1859 and Holland 1862 , pp. 98–9). CD was highly critical of …
From John Traherne Moggridge 17 May [1865]
Summary
Sends fresh plants from France: Lythrum graefferi, Romulea.
Does CD know Pulmonaria is dimorphic?
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4835 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of the trimorphic Lythrum graefferi in 1862 in order to compare it with L. salicaria (see …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Daniel Oliver, [17 September 1862] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ; the specimens are in DAR 142). He gave a brief description …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 77–96. [ Collected papers 2: 45–63. ] Forms of …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 13 March 1865
Summary
Will return page on pigeons.
Has concluded his crossing experiments and found no trace of hybrid sterility or loss of fertility.
The Field is publishing a series of papers on different pigeon varieties [24 (1864): 366, 395, 459; 25 (1865): 115, 139, 155, 228, 258].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4785 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] , Correspondence vol. 11, letter from …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] and n. 7, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to …
- … Variation 1: 242–3, 2: 40). On 1 December 1862, the council of the Royal Society of London …
- … Royal Society, council minutes, 1 December 1862). There is no record of a report on these …
From H. W. Bates 22 March 1865
Summary
Expresses pleasure at signs of CD’s recovery.
HWB’s work on the identification of species of the genus Colobthea; relates the large number of modifications that occur in the sexual organs of closely allied species. Does not doubt that this contributes greatly to multiplication of species in nature.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4792 |
Matches: 4 hits
From J. D. Hooker 2 May 1865
Summary
On FitzRoy’s suicide.
The Lyell–Ramsay disagreement [on formation of lakes?].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4826 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Office; he had been in Britain since 1862 as an agent of the Confederate States of …
- … of rock basins in a paper read before the Geological Society of London on 5 March 1862 ( …
- … Ramsay 1862 ); he elaborated the theory in Ramsay 1864 . Lyell, however, argued that ice …
- … that Ramsay had already noted in Ramsay 1862 . There is a lightly annotated copy of …
- … 10, letter to A. C. Ramsay, 5 September [1862] , Correspondence vol. 12, letter to A. …
From J. D. Hooker [20 January 1865]
Summary
Cannot come until week from Saturday.
Worked to death by Genera plantarum.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Jan 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4749 |
From A. R. Wallace 31 January [1865]
Summary
Sends papers with comments. Convinced that the Aru pig is a species peculiar to New Guinea fauna, not a domestic animal that ran wild.
Admires CD’s paper ["Three forms of Lythrum", Collected papers 2: 106–31].
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B22–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4759 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … John Murray. 1868. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1862. List of birds from the Sula Islands (east …
- … of Celebes), with descriptions of the new species. [ Read 13 January 1862. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1862): 333–46. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1905. My life: …
- … to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). Wallace 1862 , 1863a, and 1863c. Annotated copies of …
From J. D. Hooker 1 January 1865
Summary
Forwards H. T. Stainton letter for reply.
Finds many Cucurbita have tendrils with sticking ends.
The "potentiality of so many organs in plants to play so many parts is one of the most wonderful of your discoveries . . . one day it will itself play a prodigious part in the interpretation of both morphological and physiological facts".
Is disgusted with Sabine’s address [see 4708] because of its mutilation of what JDH wrote.
THH’s slashing leader in Reader ["Science and ""Church policy"" ", 4 (1864): 821] – as usual he destroys all in his path.
Encloses letter from G. H. K. Thwaites with a message for CD [see encl].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 1–3; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Directors’ Correspondence 162: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4734 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1867): 1–118. Colenso, John William. 1862–79. The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua critically …
- … Thwaites refers to the first parts of Colenso 1862–79 , a work of biblical criticism that …
- … Genera plantarum (see Bentham and Hooker 1862 –83, 1: 816–41). See Correspondence vol. …
- … of Cucurbitaceae, see Bentham and Hooker 1862 –83, 1: 816. In his letter to Hooker of 10 …
- … for Genera plantarum (Bentham and Hooker 1862 –83, 1: 725; the Melastomaceae correspond …
From Thomas Rivers 6 January [1865]
Summary
Thanks CD for his paper on Lythrum [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
Astonished by CD’s powers of observation and perseverance.
His elms raised from three varieties of weeping elms are doing well.
| Author: | Thomas Rivers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4381 |
From B. D. Walsh 29 May 1865
Summary
Discusses several subjects, including examples of "Unity of coloration",
the origin of gall-producing poison,
Wagner’s theory of viviparous larvae,
and stridulation in insects.
Sends a reference supporting CD’s statement in Origin that flies check propagation of horses and cattle.
| Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 179, 179a; DAR 207: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4839 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 77–96. [ Collected papers 2: 45–63. ] Guenée, …
- … Murray. 1868. Wagner, Nikolai Petrovich. 1862. Samoproizvol’noe razmnozhenie gusenits u …
- … of the Boston Society of Natural History 9 (1862–3): 286–318. Wilson, Leonard Gilchrist. …
- … s observation of paedogenesis ( Wagner 1862 and 1863 ), see the letter to B. D. Walsh, …
From John Murray 1 April 1865
Summary
Will be proud to publish CD’s new work on domestic animals [Variation]. Will announce it as the complement of the Origin. Advises on woodcuts; does not wish to limit number; agrees to CD’s suggestions for artists.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3493 |
From C. V. Naudin 18 June 1865
Summary
Thanks CD for his paper "Climbing plants" [see 4861] and for a photograph.
Hopes soon to send a copy of his memoir on hybridisation
and with it will forward a short note on the tendrils of the Cucurbitaceae.
| Author: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4863 |
From Henry Walter Bates 28 January 1865
Summary
Pleased at receiving CD’s letter.
HWB informs him of favourable notice of the mimetic paper [in Wiegmann’s Arch. Naturgesch. 29 (1863) pt 2: 315–19].
He is pleased with his post [Asst. Sec. of Royal Geographical Society].
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4756 |
From J. D. Hooker [26 September 1865]
Summary
On his reading: George Eliot,
T. F. Jamieson on Scottish glaciation.
Glad Lyell–Lubbock affair is over.
His grief over loss of father and child.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Sept 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 34–6a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4899 |
From J. D. Hooker [7–8 April 1865]
Summary
Reforms at Kew.
X Club Dinner. H. B. Wilson and J. W. Colenso as guests.
Troubled by Lubbock’s going into Parliament – loss to science.
Has written to Busk.
Sending Botanische Zeitung.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7–8 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 15–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4807 |
| letter | (53) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (53) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
| Bates, H. W. | (3) |
| Scott, John | (3) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
Matches: 28 hits
- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] ). I have not the least …
- … him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862] ): 'no doubt you are right …
- … Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I entertain no doubt that …
- … but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ): 'you say the answer to …
- … but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ): 'To get the degree of …
- … him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether taken …
- … is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual forms: …
- … with his study of Primula and escalated throughout 1862 as he searched for other cases of …
- … 1861, and was published in the society’s journal in March 1862. The paper described the two …
- … in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In a postscript, he mentioned his work …
- … telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am nearly sure that daylight is …
- … great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted one by one …
- … labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: 292–3). Other …
- … of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to test his …
- … sets of experiments’ ( letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] ). The materials that Darwin …
- … case he determined to experiment on Linum in 1862. Soon he was enthralled, especially by the …
- … be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so good that he …
- … Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … complex case—’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] ). The three forms had different lengths …
- … who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ), ‘I am almost stark staring mad over …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not until 1864 …
- … pleasure to ride’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). But he worried about the resulting …
- … the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his son, William, his …
- … every flower’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 June [1862] ). I never before felt half so …
- … he told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [May 1862] ). But he did not have long to wait. ‘It is …
- … it ‘most valuable’ (letter from George Bentham, 15 May 1862). Orchids was published on 15 May, …
- … all, ‘a success’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ). a flank-movement on the …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 5 hits
- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a …
- … edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of the …
- … of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn some of these …
- … in the new edition; in his letter to Bronn of 25 April [1862 ], he mentioned that he was sending …
- … from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition incorporating …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 8 hits
- … in the mud. BEGINNING OF WAR IN AMERICA: 1861-1862 In which the start of the American …
- … cause. Tension. THE DARWIN BOYS: 1862 In which Darwin reports one …
- … 1856 33 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 14 MARCH 1862 34 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, …
- … 1861 115 A GRAY TO CHARLES WRIGHT, 17 APRIL 1862 116 A GRAY TO RW CHURCH 7 MAY …
- … 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 MARCH 1862 122 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 16 DEC 1861 124 A GRAY TO ENGELMANN, 20 FEB 1862 125 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 …
- … 7 JULY 1863 152 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, DECEMBER 1862 153 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 1861 163 C Darwin TO A Gray, 16 OCTOBER 1862 164 C Darwin TO ASA GRAY, …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , and volume 10, letter to Thomas Rivers, …
- … a construction suitable for tropical plants. In 1861 and 1862, while preparing Orchids , he was …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, Darwin purchased for …
- … over the previous two years. In a letter of 24 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10) …
- … Kent ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862). 3. Asclepias curassavica. …
I beg a million pardons: To John Lubbock, [3 September 1862]
Summary
Alison Pearn looks at a letter Darwin wrote to his neighbour and friend, John Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862.
Matches: 1 hits
- … Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862. …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Clémence Auguste Royer
Summary
Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile Pierre…
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October 1862] Henrietta Darwin provides …
- … Letter 3634 - Darwin to Gray, A., [1 July 1862] Darwin tells American naturalist Asa …
- … 3681 - Wedgwood, M. S. to Darwin, [before 4 August 1862] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March, 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
- … - Darwin to Wedgwood, K. E. S, M. S. & L. C., [4 August 1862] Darwin thanks his “angel …
Floral Dimorphism
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
Darwin & Glen Roy
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 1 October [1861] To Charles Lyell, 1 April [1862] To Charles Lyell, 14 October …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
Matches: 1 hits
- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Orchids
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to observe English orchids and collect specimens from abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species. Examining…
Matches: 4 hits
- … SOURCES Books Darwin, Charles 1862. On the various contrivances by which …
- … 3421 —Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker 30 January 1862 Darwin tells Hooker about a …
- … Letter 3662 —Charles Darwin to Asa Gray 23-4 July 1862 Darwin tells Asa Gray, a professor …
- … Darwin’s work with orchids and Chapter 1 of Darwin’s 1862 book On the various …
Forms of flowers
Summary
Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
Matches: 6 hits
- … briefly mentioned in his Primula paper. In July 1862, Darwin explained to Gray, ‘ I have …
- … of the genus Linum ’, between 11 and 21 December 1862. The paper was read at a meeting of the …
- … to Lythrum , a genus that he had begun researching in 1862 after Hooker had supplied him with …
- … of Lythrum he had been working on since late July 1862. He told Oliver that, ‘ as each form has …
- … of the crossing experiments immediately, but by October 1862, he admitted to Hooker, ‘ I am rather …
- … 117: 50). Darwin released William from counting in November 1862, telling him, ‘ Next year I shall …
Dining at Down House
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 4 hits
- … on Verbascum. Darwin had suggested to Scott in 1862, when Scott was working at the Royal Botanic …
- … vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had already written to Hooker of …
- … disturbing the serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though …
- … vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … [1859] Letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 February [1862] Letter from F. W. Farrar, …
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…
Species and varieties
Summary
On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
Sexual selection
Summary
Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
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- … the Lords' ( to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [1862] ) In 1869, Darwin …
