From T. C. Eyton [before 23 January 1869]
Summary
Is trying to determine conditions governing whether or not a salmon will rise for a fly.
| Author: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 23 Jan 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6572 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … supplements have not been found. The first volume and atlas of Milne-Edwards 1867–71 were …
- … published in 1867 and 1868. The book Eyton refers to has not been identified. …
- … Maritime Museum. Eyton, Thomas Campbell. 1867–75. Osteologia avium; or, a sketch of the …
- … R. Hobson. Milne-Edwards, Alphonse. 1867–71. Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques …
- … supplement to Osteologia avium ( Eyton 1867–75 ), published in 1869. CD’s copy of the book …
From Anton Dohrn 30 December 1869
Summary
He has gone through the whole embryology of the Crustacea and has arrived at a pretty well-established genealogy of the whole class; has even tried to write a history of the whole tribe. Finds he cannot adopt the old separation of Orders in the Class; the limits between them are indistinct.
Would like to study embryology of Limulus. Asks CD’s help in obtaining a female specimen.
Outlines his proposal to establish a marine zoological station.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Dec 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 204 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7038 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … University Press. 1985–. Dohrn, Anton. 1867. On the morphology of the Arthropoda. [ …
- … before the British Association, 5 September 1867. ] Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 2 ( …
- … Dohrn had sent CD a paper on the morphology of the Arthropoda in 1867 ( …
- … Dohrn 1867 ; see Correspondence vol. …
- … 15, letter to Anton Dohrn, 26 November [1867] ). See also letter to Anton Dohrn, 25 …
- … see Correspondence vol. 15, letter to Anton Dohrn, 26 November [1867] , and letter from …
- … Anton Dohrn, 30 November 1867 and n. 5. See also Heuss 1991 , pp. …
- … on this subject published in Dohrn 1867 (see Correspondence vol. 16, letter to Ernst …
- … larval insects and crustaceans ( Dohrn 1867 , p. 86); see n. 2, above. Limulus (the …
- … in St Petersburg until his retirement in 1867, and was a friend of Carl August Dohrn . The …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869
Summary
Dedication of Malay Archipelago to CD.
Comments on scientific papers.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B73–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6561 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … p. 203). Wallace’s review of C. Lyell 1867–8 appeared in the April 1869 issue of the …
- … Disraeli had passed the Reform Act in 1867 ( Mitchell et al. 1988 ). See n. 8, above. …
- … s Magazine 78: 353–62. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes …
- … Garland Publishing Murchison, Roderick Impey. 1867. Siluria: a history of the oldest rocks …
- … Lyell’s Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ) appeared in the Guardian , 30 December …
- … Impey Murchison’s Siluria ( Murchison 1867 ), ‘Sir Roderick Murchison and modern schools …
From Robert Swinhoe 16 October 1869
Summary
Has a book of photographs of Japanese that CD might be interested in for his work on expression.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6940 |
From A. R. Wallace 18 April [1869]
Summary
Expands upon their differences in regard to man and the question of the existence of forces not yet recognised by science.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Apr [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B79–80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6703 |
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 (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 …
- … the Quarterly Journal of Science ( Wallace 1867 ; see Correspondence vol. 15). For CD’s …
From Federico Delpino 22 August 1869
Summary
Declares himself CD’s defender; but he is a "teleologist".
Sends CD three more papers.
His research confirms his faith and belief in variability of species.
| Author: | Federico Delpino |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6866 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … had sent CD two papers on dichogamy in 1867 ( Delpino 1867a and 1867b; see Correspondence …
- … from Federico Delpino, 5 September 1867 and n. 2). For more on Delpino’s teleological …
- … compiacque aggradire due miei scritti editi nel 1867, mi prendo la libertà di comunicar le …
- … appreciate two works of mine published in 1867, I take the liberty to send you three later …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 13 September 1869
Summary
Since March has been living in Heidelberg, where his wife is studying mathematics and physics.
The Russian translation of Variation has been printed in his absence; he will bring a copy to Down if he receives one from Russia.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6890 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Kovalevsky visited CD at Down in August 1867, not 1866 as Kovalevsky writes in this …
- … of his brother’s embryological papers in 1867 (see Correspondence vol. 15, letter from …
- … V. O. Kovalevsky, 15 March 1867 and n. 6). Emma Darwin , Henrietta Emma Darwin , and …
- … 9) was published in seven parts between 1867 and 1869 and also issued in book form (see …
From J. V. Carus 22 January 1869
Summary
On development of horns in merino sheep. Encloses reports from herdsmen he has approached.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A43–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6569 |
To J. D. Hooker 16 January [1869]
Summary
Finds JDH’s comments of utmost value. Answers some questions, and asks new ones. Transmission of variations. Relation of uniformity of structure to natural selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 112–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6557 |
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 (Add MS 46434: 168–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6591 |
From Edward Burnett Tylor 8 September 1869
Summary
Wishes to borrow a paper by R. G. Haliburton on superstitions connected with sneezing [see 5635].
| Author: | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6883 |
To Alphonse de Candolle 11 October 1869
Summary
Thanks AdeC for his interesting letter [6915]. The experiment strikes CD as a very valuable one. CD has forwarded the letter to Hooker, who is glad to make the trial. CD will have many experiments in progress next spring but he will open the packet of seeds and if they are numerous, will try a few himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6933 |
From Fritz Müller 18 October 1869
Summary
Describes experiments to test the fertility of Abutilon, which appears self-sterile,
and briefly mentions dichogamy in Eschscholzia.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B178, Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6943 |
To A. C. Ramsay 3 February [1869]
Summary
Received and read ACR’s Physical geology. Places him at head of the subaeria denudationists. Unfortunately CD confounded William Whitaker’s article with ACR’s views and gave Whitaker credit for first producing the evidence. Will rectify it now. Has eliminated the rubbish he wrote on the Weald and will add a paragraph on importance of subaerial denudation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.9: 4 (EH 88205977) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6598 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 17 April 1869
Summary
Wants information on plumage of chickens
and table of sex ratios in greyhounds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6698 |
From W. C. Tait 2 March 1869
Summary
Sends a single specimen of Drosophyllum lusitanicum with description from F. de Avellar Brotero’s Flora Lusitanica [1804].
Discusses Portuguese ferns,
inherited mutilation,
and the earth’s geological history.
Evolution of behaviour and beauty by natural selection.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 18a–f |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6639 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … ex typographia regia. Campbell, George Douglas. 1867. The reign of law. London: Alexander …
- … eighth duke of Argyll, and to Campbell 1867 . Campbell suggested that specialised beaks …
- … Forms for new spheres of enjoyment’ ( Campbell 1867 , pp. 241–2). For CD’s response to …
- … 15, letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] . See Whiting 1855 , pp. 98–9 n. 1. The …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 July [1869]
Summary
Further queries on poultry plumage.
WBT’s visit to America.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 21 July [1869] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6839 |
To James Crichton-Browne 22 May 1869
Summary
Thanks for MS observations on expression. Discusses hair standing on end in terror and rage. Asks JC-B to observe contraction of platysma myoides. "Your description of the grinning and exposure of the canine teeth under furious rage is excellent. I presume that you would not object to my quoting it." Asks about contraction of "grief muscles". Comments on blushing. Offers to send book by G. B. A. Duchenne [Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (1862)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 22 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 327 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6755 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … vol. 15, letter from James Paget, 9 July 1867 ). In Expression CD cited both Langstaff …
- … letter to J. P. M. Weale, 27 August [1867] . The enclosure has not been found, but see …
- … letter to J. P. M. Weale, 27 August [1867] ). See n. 10, above. Question 2 refers to …
- … vol. 15, letter from James Paget, 9 July 1867 , and this volume, letter to James Paget, …
To James Croll 31 January [1869]
Summary
Returns book with thanks. "Joyfully accepts" idea of the warming of Southern Hemisphere during glacial period in the Northern. Lyell is unwilling.
Mentions H. N. Moseley’s study of descent of glaciers [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 17 (1869): 202–8].
CD greatly troubled by problem of age of the earth and calculations of Sir William Thomson. Asks about changes in the form of the globe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Croll |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.361) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6585 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (29) |
| Carus, J. V. | (5) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (5) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (47) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (4) |
| Cupples, George | (3) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (76) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (9) |
| Carus, J. V. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (5) |
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 …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Matches: 6 hits
- … a series of experiments, reporting back to Bornet in August 1867 that all but one of the varieties …
- … ( To Fritz Müller, [late December 1866 and] 1 January 1867 ). The following year, his experiments …
- … to the conditions that might affect his results. In March 1867, he told his close friend Joseph …
- … two distinct plants’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1867] ). He noted another factor in a letter to …
- … & so have been rarely crossed’ ( To Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). One of these ‘exotics’ was …
- … for part of the year ( To J. T. Moggridge, 1 October [1867] ). Darwin was beginning to suspect …
A fly on the flower: From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1867
Summary
In March 1867, Hermann Müller, a young teacher of natural sciences at a provincial Realschule (a type of secondary school that emphasised the natural sciences) in Lippstadt in the Prussian province of Westphalia, sent Darwin two papers on the mosses of…
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 …
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
- … 1865 Letter to J. P. M. Weale, 27 August [1867] Letter from J P. M. Weale, [10 …
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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
Summary
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
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…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
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,…
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…
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Religion
Summary
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
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 1 hits
- … A GRAY 15 AUGUST 1868 177 TO A GRAY 15 APRIL 1867 178 C DARWIN TO JD …
