To A. R. Wallace 12 and 13 October [1867]
Summary
Response to ARW’s "Creation by law", especially the Angraecum sesquipedale and the predicted Madagascar moth.
ARW’s argument on beauty strikes CD as good.
Wishes ARW had made more clear the assumption of the reviewer [in North Br. Rev.] that each variation is a strongly marked one.
The Duke of Argyll’s argument on beauty is not candid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 12 and 13 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 f. 96) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5648 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 12 and 13 October [1867] …
- … The British Library (Add 46434 f. 96) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Oct [1867] 13 …
- … Oct [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … Bibliography Campbell, George Douglas. 1867. The reign of law. London: Alexander Strahan. …
- … 1867c; see also letter to James Samuelson, 12 October [1867] , and letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 1 October [1867] and n. 4). In The …
- … and Natural History 1 (1868–9): 73–89. Warington, George. 1867. On the credibility of …
- … Darwinism. [Read 4 March 1867. ] Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 2: …
- … of the paper appeared in the 12 October 1867 issue of Gardeners’ Chronicle (A. R. …
- … to the letter from Wallace of 26 April [1867]. Frederick F. Geach had sent answers to CD’ …
- … see letter from F. F. Geach, June 1867). Wallace had provided CD with Geach’s address ( …
- … see letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] ). CD refers to Herbert Spencer Wallace ( …
- … see letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 October [1867] and n. 7). CD had commented on Herbert …
- … see letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 October [ 1867] ). The last extant letter from Wallace …
- … refers to George Warington, the Victoria Institute, and Warington 1867 (see also letter to …
- … George Warington, 7 October [1867] and n. 2). The Victoria Institute was founded in 1865; …
- … Press. [Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming. ] 1867. The origin of species. North British …
- … reign of law ( G. D. Campbell 1867 ), pp. 45–6, George Douglas Campbell, the duke of …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 October [1867] and n. 5). See A. R. Wallace 1867c, p. …
- … see, for example, G. D. Campbell 1867 , pp. 242–8, and A. R. Wallace 1867c, pp. …
- … Charles Fleeming Jenkin. See [Jenkin] 1867 , pp. 293–4, and Wallace 1867c, pp. 485–6. CD …
- … 2: 416). CD refers to G. D. Campbell 1867 , pp. 128–80. Campbell had argued that a bird …
- … could fly backwards ( G. D. Campbell 1867 , pp. 145–6). CD refers to ‘The disguises of …
- … birds’ nests and their plumage’ on 9 September 1867 at the British Association meeting at …
To A. R. Wallace [12–17] March [1867]
Summary
Asks to be kept informed on gaudy caterpillars.
Problems of his work on man; scope and role of sexual selection.
Indulgence of interest in expression is simply a "hobby-horse". Will see whether he can get queries inserted in an Indian newspaper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [12–17] Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 ff. 80–83v) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5440 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace [12–17] March [1867] …
- … Add 46434 ff. 80–83v) Charles Robert Darwin Down [12–17] Mar [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … that Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood and Georgina Tollet were visiting from 11 to 21 March 1867. …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] . The end of the date range is established by …
- … 17 March (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1867] , and n. 10, below). See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] . The other letter from Wallace has not been found. …
- … Quaritch, a London bookseller, on 13 March 1867; these may have included A. Murray 1866 ( …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1867] , and n. 15). See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 4. CD often dictated letters to his wife, …
- … and Messenger 2003. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 7. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] ; Wallace had asked whether CD’s work on humans …
- … vol. 12). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 2. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] . CD made notes on human expression as early as …
- … Hartley 2001. In his letter of 11 March [1867] , Wallace suggested that CD send his list …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March [1867] and n. 6. CD refers to Andrew Murray, A. …
To Alfred Russel Wallace 23 February 1867
Summary
Asks why caterpillars are sometimes beautifully coloured. It poses a problem for view that sexual selection is the explanation of colours of male butterflies.
More on mimetic butterflies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | Marchant ed. 1916, 1: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5415 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Alfred Russel Wallace 23 February 1867 …
- … Marchant ed. 1916, 1: 178 Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Feb 1867 Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … exhibition (see letter from A. R. Wallace, [19 June 1867] and n. 3, and A. R. …
- … Wallace 1905 , 1: 404). See also letter to Edward Blyth, [19 February 1867] . …
- … Henry Walter Bates. In a note dated 18 February 1867, CD wrote that Bates had observed a …
- … Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E. February 23, 1867. Dear Wallace,— I much regretted that I was …
- … letter to Alfred Newton, 19 January [1867] ). CD and Wallace evidently had a discussion on …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 29 April [1867] and n. 6). In 1862, Wallace had returned …
- … in sexual selection, see the letter to Fritz Müller, 22 February [1867] and n. 8. …
- … also letter from Alfred Newton, 21 January 1867 and n. 8. The first extant letter from …
To A. R. Wallace 7 March [1867]
Summary
Grateful for addresses of informants, especially that of Rajah James Brooke.
Dispatch of queries on expression. Answers will make interesting appendix to his "Essay on man" [Descent].
Protective adaptation of female butterflies believed probable.
Believes in sexual selection as applied to man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 ff. 20–20v) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5992 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 7 March [1867] …
- … Add 46434 ff. 20–20v) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Mar [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … year after Descent. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] and n. 3. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] and nn. 7–10. …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] . …
- … In his letter of 2 March [1867] , Wallace sent two addresses for CD, including that of …
- … from Ferdinand von Mueller, 28 February [1867]. Expression was ultimately published in …
To A. R. Wallace [24 June 1867]
Summary
CD now acknowledges that the sometimes very great sexual, i.e., ornamental, differences in fishes offer a difficulty to the view that females are not brightly coloured on account of the danger to propagation of the species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [24 June 1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 74) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5404 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace [24 June 1867] …
- … f. 74) Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [24 June 1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … of bird skins and butterflies (see letter from A. R. Wallace, [19 June 1867] and n. 3). …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, [19 June 1867] . …
- … The first Monday after 19 June 1867 was 24 June. CD refers to the Quarterly Journal of …
- … in north Wales’, which appeared in the January 1867 issue (A. R. Wallace 1867d); see …
- … geology’ ( Quarterly Journal of Science 4 (1867): 1–19), was a review of Lyell’s services …
- … to geology. CD may have met Wallace on 21 June 1867, after failing to see him earlier (see …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, [19 June 1867] ). In notes for Descent written on that …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 26 April [1867] ). In Descent 2: 12–23, CD discussed colour …
To A. R. Wallace 26 February [1867]
Summary
ARW’s explanation of protective value of conspicuous coloration is ingenious.
CD still holds to sexual selection with respect to beauty in male butterflies.
Sexual selection and the races of man.
Expression of emotions is another subject he plans to include in his essay [Descent].
Asks ARW to suggest an observer in Malay Archipelago to whom he might send queries [on expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 26 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 76) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5420 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 26 February [1867] …
- … Library (Add 46434, f. 76) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Feb [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … separately from Descent. See also letter to Fritz Müller, 22 February [1867] and n. 13. …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1867] and n. 2). When he described his enquiry …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1867] and nn. 5 and 6. Wallace was not convinced that …
- … experiments, see his letter of 24 February [1867] . For CD’s intended publication on …
- … the letter to Edward Blyth, 23 February [1867] and n. 3. CD had tried in 1864 to convince …
- … see letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1867] and n. 8). CD eventually concluded in …
To A. R. Wallace 29 April [1867]
Summary
Comments on ARW’s view of colouring in relation to sexual selection and protection. It is not new to CD. Hopes to discuss subject fully in his "Essay on Man" [Descent]. As to the problem of brightly coloured females, CD is not satisfied that it is due to males taking over incubation. Admires "value and beauty" of ARW’s generalisations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 29 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 84) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5517 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 29 April [1867] …
- … Library (Add 46434, f. 84) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Apr [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1867 . CD refers to the letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 26 April [1867] , and to Wallace’s view that the brightness of the plumage of …
- … See also letter to Alfred Newton, 4 March [1867] and n. 3. See also Descent 2: 207–8. CD …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 February [1867] and n. 16). Sexual selection among animals, …
- … had visited London from 13 to 21 February 1867 (CD’s ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 15, …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 23 February 1867). He was also in London from 22 to 29 …
- … brightly coloured; see letter to A. R. Wallace, 23 February 1867, and letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 24 February [1867] . The Mexican bird (if it existed) has not been …
- … See letter to Alfred Newton, 19 January [1867] . CD discussed Rhynchaea (now Rostratula ), …
To A. R. Wallace 5 May [1867]
Summary
Returns ARW’s notes. He will work up subject much better than CD.
Apologises for the note of illiberality in his letter regarding ARW’s work on the colouring and other sexual differences in mammals.
Discusses laws of inheritance based on sexual selection.
He questions the extent of applicability of principles of protection and sexual selection to lower animal forms, though Ernst Haeckel has shown how protection may account for transparency and absence of colour in lower oceanic animals.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 May [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 f. 89) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5528 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 5 May [1867] …
- … Library (Add 46434 f. 89) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 May [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … 355–7). See Descent 1: 323. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1867 and nn. 2 and 3. …
- … between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1867 . See letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 1 May 1867 and n. 3. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 26 April [1867] , and letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 29 April [1867] . See Variation 2: 71–5; see also Descent 1: 282–5. See Origin …
To A. R. Wallace 6 July [1867]
Summary
Acknowledgment of article on mimicry [Westminster Rev. 88 (1867): 1–43].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 6 July [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 92) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5579 |
Matches: 4 hits
To A. R. Wallace 22 January [1869]
Summary
Response to letter about dedication of Malay Archipelago and several scientific papers.
Changes in 5th ed. of Origin.
Now feels individual differences of paramount importance. Fleeming Jenkin has convinced him about "single variations".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library Board (Add MS 46434: 165–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6567 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1985–. [Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming. ] 1867. The origin of species. North British …
- … with several criticisms of CD’s theory, by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin in June 1867 ( [ …
- … Jenkin] 1867 ). Wallace responded to these criticisms in …
- … in the Quarterly Journal of Science (Wallace 1867; see Correspondence vol. 15). For CD’s …
To A. R. Wallace 2 February [1869]
Summary
CD expressed himself badly. F. Jenkin’s argument was against single variations ever being perpetuated.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library Board (Add MS 46434: 168–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6591 |
To A. R. Wallace 27 July [1872]
Summary
On ARW’s "crushing" review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of C. R. Bree’s An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr Darwin.
Comments on other reviews and exchanges.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8429 |
To A. R. Wallace 27 October [1872]
Summary
Requests the address of F. F. Geach so that he may send him his book [Expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 4481/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8581A |
Matches: 1 hit
- … vol. 15, letter from F. F. Geach, June 1867, and Correspondence vol. 16, letter from …
To A. R. Wallace [21 March 1868]
Summary
On problem of sterility, CD cannot persuade himself that it has been gained by natural selection.
On sexual selection and minute variations, he tends to agree with ARW. Sends George Darwin’s notes on ARW’s argument.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 119–20); DAR 106: B160–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6033 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 May [1868]
Summary
Criticism of ARW for too little esteem of the role of sexual selection as agent in giving colour.
Response to other topics.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 140–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6161 |
To A. R. Wallace 9 April [1868]
Summary
Warns ARW of dubious character of list of European alpine genera and species in volcanoes of Hawaii. Problems of geographical distribution in oceanic islands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6109 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 June 1876
Summary
Response to ARW’s "grand and memorable work" [Geographical distribution (1876)]. Most interesting part to CD is ARW’s "protest against sinking imaginary continents".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10531 |
To A. R. Wallace 16 March 1871
Summary
Appreciative response to ARW’s "grand review" of Descent in the Academy [2 (1871–2): 177–82]. Comments in detail on ARW’s criticisms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7589 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 March [1869]
Summary
Reception of ARW’s book, Malay Archipelago.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6642 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … vol. 15, letter to Athenæum , 1 January 1867). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 …
To A. R. Wallace 14 April 1869
Summary
ARW’s review of 10th ed. of Lyell’s Principles [see 6684] is admirable.
But he differs "grievously" with ARW on man. CD sees no necessity for an additional and proximate cause.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 14 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 181–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6706 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and Elements of geology ( C. Lyell 1865 and 1867–8) in the Quarterly Review ([Wallace] …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Wallace, A. R. | [X] |
| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (24) |
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
Matches: 30 hits
- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … publisher in the final week of 1866. It would take all of 1867 to correct proofs, and just when …
- … becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in 1867, as he continued to circulate a list of …
- … transmutation theory. Three important new correspondents in 1867 were Hermann Müller and Anton Dohrn …
- … the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be eupeptic through 1867 & your friends & the world in …
- … publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 January 1867 , ‘I cannot tell you how sorry I am …
- … for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A week later, Darwin had …
- … the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to his close friend, Joseph …
- … Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived on 1 March 1867 and the tedious work of correction …
- … . In a letter to his son William dated 27 [March 1867] , he admitted, ‘I fear the book is by no …
- … papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although he described some of Alexander …
- … told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send stereotypes of the …
- … had received other offers, notably one from Vogt in April 1867, to translate the new work. Carus had …
- … will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This hint of uncertainty caused …
- … to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). Darwin need not have worried …
- … to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). Darwin may not have fully …
- … in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). Darwin was not disappointed in …
- … the ‘wonderful discovery’ to Darwin on 14 March 1867 . Then, in April, Robert Trail wrote from …
- … in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin told his American friend …
- … physiological fact’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Although he did not succeed in …
- … step in Biology’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1867] ). Darwin’s insecurity persisted, …
- … ferocity’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] ). Even when the corrections were …
- … to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted the temptation to …
- … as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November 1867). Dallas, like Carus, alerted Darwin to …
- … for information on Fuegian expressions. On 11 January 1867, Sulivan replied , enclosing belated …
- … 27 years old In a letter of 22 February [1867] to Fritz Müller in Brazil, in which …
- … Russel Wallace, who suggested in his response of 11 March [1867] that Darwin send his queries to …
- … ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [12–17] March [1867] ). Darwin’s doggedness in pursuing answers to his …
- … so do not want any more’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Nevertheless, at some point …
- … in Notes and Queries on China and Japan , 31 August 1867. Another version, possibly derived from …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 27 hits
- … expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to …
- … Barber, Mary E. [after Feb 1867] [Grahamstown, Cape …
- … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
- … Bowman, William 5 Aug 1867 5 Clifford St, London, …
- … Darwin, Francis 20 June 1867 Unknown? …
- … Erskine, H. N. B. 1 Nov 1867 [Ahmednuggur, Bombay, …
- … Gaika, Christian 7 July 1867 Bedford [Cape of Good …
- … Geach, F.F. June 1867 Johore, Malaysia …
- … Gibbs, George 31 March 1867 Smithsonian Institution, …
- … Gray, Asa 26 March 1867 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 12 May - 2 June 1867 Christchurch, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Hagenauer, F.A. [12 Sept 1867] Lake Wellington, …
- … Huxley, H.A. 22 Mar [1867] Abbey Place, London, …
- … Kempson, L.F. 20 June 1867 Penmaenmawr, Conway, …
- … Lubbock, E.F. [1867-8?] Lombard Street, London? …
- … Muller, Fritz 22 Feb [1867] Down, Kent, England …
- … Paget, James 9 July 1867 1 Harewood Place, Hanover …
- … Rothrock, J.T. 31 March 1867 McVeytown [Pennsylvania …
- … Stack, James West 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Sutton, Seth 8 Aug 1867 Zoological Gardens, Regents …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 5 Aug 1867 Amoy, China …
- … Wallace, A. R. 2 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent, …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
- … Weale, J.P.M. 7 July 1867 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …
John Lubbock
Summary
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…
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: 7 hits
- … Letter 5745 - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] Mary Barber responds to …
- … Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [8 June 1867 - 72] Darwin asks his niece, …
- … Letter 5602 - Sutton, S. to Darwin, [8 August 1867] Sutton, the keeper of the …
- … 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] Explorer and geologist Haast …
- … Letter 5585 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [26 July 1867] Darwin praises Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 5403 - Darwin to Carus, J. V. [17 February 1867] Darwin thanks Carus for his …
- … 5410 - Darwin to Muller, J. F. T., [22 February 1867] Darwin thanks Muller for …
Language: key letters
Summary
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),…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Letter 5605: Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 15 Aug [1867] Darwin asks Fritz Müller, a …
Edward Lumb
Summary
Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
A tale of two bees
Summary
Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … much ahead of his time when, in a letter to Darwin in 1867 , he commented on Edward Wilson’s plan …
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…
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…
Scientific Networks
Summary
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,…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Letter 5457 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Mar 1867 Müller explains how Origin …
- … 5471 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, H. L. H., 29 Mar [1867] Darwin learns that German botanist …
- … Letter 5481 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 1 Apr [1867] Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5657 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Oct 1867 Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5585 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, H. E., 26 July [1867] Darwin writes to his daughter …
- … Letter 5745 — Barber, M. E. to Darwin, C. R., [after Feb 1867] In this letter, naturalist, …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Controversy
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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…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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…
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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- … A GRAY 15 AUGUST 1868 177 TO A GRAY 15 APRIL 1867 178 C DARWIN TO JD …
Orchids
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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…
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- … 5637 - Alfred Russel Wallace to Charles Darwin 1 October 1867 Alfred Russell Wallace, a …
Dining at Down House
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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…
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- … Emma Darwin to Henrietta Darwin, [14 April 1867] Emma debates the wisdom of making a visit to …
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…
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- … Letter 5670f - Darwin to Kingsley, C., [6 November 1867] Darwin discusses ‘rudiments’ …
Hermann Müller
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Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
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- … and sending Darwin a copy of the article. In early spring 1867, Darwin initiated a correspondence …
- … Darwin replied encouragingly and in the summer of 1867, Müller began working on fertilisation of …
- … preventing unwanted visitors from gaining access. In October 1867, Müller sent Darwin a letter …
