To J. D. Hooker 7 August [1869]
Summary
Replies to JDH on Hallett; doubts that already improved varieties do not vary in other respects.
The North British Review article [see 6841] is worth reading "scientifically"; it made CD feel small.
Awaits JDH’s decision on affinities of Drosophyllum and Drosera.
Is curious to see proportion of males to females in recent census in India.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 7 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 144–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6855 |
Matches: 31 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 7 August [1869] …
- … DAR 94: 144–8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Aug [1869] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 . CD refers to Frederic F. Hallett. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 and n. 2. See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 and n. 1. CD refers to George …
- … Bibliography Campbell, Archibald. 1869. Notes on the mode of capture …
- … of elephants in Assam. [Read 25 February 1869. ] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of …
- … Murray. 1871. [McLennan, John Ferguson. ] 1869. The early history of man. North British …
- … Tait’s anonymous article in the North British Review ( [Tait] 1869 ). See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 ; see also letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 24 July [1869] and n. 7. Tait suggested that a ‘spirit of quibbling’ was …
- … s arguments on the age of the earth ( [Tait] 1869 , p. 426). According to Tait, John …
- … and Pierre Simon, marquis de Laplace ( [Tait] 1869 , pp. 414–15). Huxley had argued that …
- … to John Ferguson McLennan and [McLennan] 1869 ( Wellesley index ). CD refers to Edward …
- … Sabine . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 and n. 9. Letter from …
- … J. D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 . ‘Splenditious’ is an invented Darwin family word (see …
- … 3). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 August 1869 and n. 10. CD refers to George Howard …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 July [1869] and n. 13. CD evidently forwarded a portion …
- … the missing part of the letter from Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 (see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 , and letter to …
- … Fritz Müller, 8 September [1869] ). CD refers to Hooker’s article ‘The monstrous Begonia …
- … in 1867, and one on the census of Oudh in 1869 ( A classified list, in alphabetical order, …
- … was established at a public meeting at the Royal Institution on 21 June 1869 ( The Times , …
- … 22 June 1869, p. 5). See also Correspondence vol. 16, letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 …
- … seed of a monstrous begonia with his letter of 14 March 1869 or later; see also letter …
- … to George Bentham, 10 May [1869] and nn. 5 and 7. In a …
- … Zoological Society of London ( A. Campbell 1869 ), Archibald Campbell stated that twin …
- … birth to twins; see letter from Ponderer to the Athenæum , [before 5 June 1869] and n. 2. …
- … See also letter to the Athenæum , 7 [July] 1869. CD quoted a sentence on …
- … polygamy in elephants from A. Campbell 1869 in Descent 1: 267. …
- … See letter to Walter Elliot, 3 August [1869] and n. 3. A report on the census …
To Ernst Haeckel 3 August [1869]
Summary
Suggests Englishmen who might provide sponge specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6850 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Ernst Haeckel 3 August [1869] …
- … 1: 1–52/22) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1869] Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
- … to A. M. Norman, 29 July [1869] , and letter from A. …
- … M. Norman, 2 August 1869 and enclosure. CD refers to James Scott Bowerbank . …
- … See also letter from A. M. Norman, 2 August 1869 . …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Haeckel, 2 July 1869 . …
- … Letter from Ernst Haeckel, 2 July 1869 . CD refers to Thomas Henry Huxley , the letter to …
- … T. H. Huxley, 9 July [1869] , and the letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 16 July 1869 . See …
- … letter to Albany Hancock, 17 July [1869] , and letter from …
- … Albany Hancock, 25 July 1869 and n. 3. See letter …
To J. D. Hooker 14 August [1869]
Summary
Faraday memorial is an exception.
George [Darwin] has convinced CD that North British Review article is by P. G. Tait [see 6841].
Surprised that leaves of Drosophyllum are always rolled backwards at their tips, but did not know it was unique character.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 149-50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6863 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 14 August [1869] …
- … DAR 94: 149-50 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Aug [1869] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Thomson and Tait 1867). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and n. 10. …
- … of this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and n. 11. CD refers to William Henslow Hooker . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and n. 7. See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and nn. 5 and 6. CD refers to the memorial for …
- … Michael Faraday . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and nn. 15 and 16. See …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 August [1869] and n. 4. …
- … in the North British Review ( [Tait] 1869 ) to Peter Guthrie Tait ; Tait and William …
To Federico Delpino 24 and 25 August [1869]
Summary
Thanks FD for his three publications.
CD is pleased that FD has discussed Pangenesis, although he does not favour the hypothesis. Will seek English publisher.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Federico Delpino |
| Date: | 24 and 25 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.376) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6869 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Federico Delpino 24 and 25 August [1869] …
- … American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.376) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Aug [1869] 25 …
- … Aug [1869] Federico Delpino …
- … between this letter and the letter from Federico Delpino, 22 August 1869 . See …
- … letter from Federico Delpino, 22 August 1869 and n. 2. CD refers to Delpino 1869a . …
- … the 29 September, 6 October, and 13 October 1869 issues of Scientific Opinion ( Delpino …
To Achille Quadri 9 August 1869
Summary
Thanks for two copies of Teoria Darwiniana, one of which has been sent to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Achille Quadri |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | Anon. 1896 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6859F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Achille Quadri 9 August 1869 …
- … Anon. 1896 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Aug 1869 Achille Quadri …
- … Bibliography Quadri, Achille. 1869. Note alla teoria Darwiniana . Bologna: Giuseppe …
- … pp. 73–4. CD annotated the section in his copy of Quadri 1869 ( Marginalia 1: 690). …
- … Beckenham, 9 Agosto 1869 Caro Signore Io ricevei poco fa le due copie della sua opera— …
- … Darwiniana (Notes on Darwinian theory; Quadri 1869 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see …
- … 1: 690). The second copy of Quadri 1869 is in the library of the Royal Society ( …
- … Beckenham, 9 August 1869 Dear Sir I received a short time ago two copies of your work — …
- … RCN 59917). In Quadri 1869 , p. 28, Quadri explained the sharp drop in numbers of …
To W. C. Tait 27 August [1869]
Summary
Will not trouble WCT for more specimens of Drosophyllum. Hooker says genus is closely allied to Drosera, though having such different habits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 27 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 546 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6872 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To W. C. Tait 27 August [1869] …
- … DAR 147: 546 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Aug [1869] William Chester Tait …
- … the letter from W. C. Tait, [23 August 1869] . There are no references in CD’s published …
- … this letter and the letter from W. C. Tait, [23 August 1869] . See letter from W. …
- … C. Tait, [23 August 1869] . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker to Emma Darwin, 29 March 1869 and n. 7. CD refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and n. 10. CD presumably refers to …
To T. H. Farrer 10 August [1869]
Summary
THF’s view, if confirmed, pleases CD in that what appears a mere morphological character is found to be of use. Carl Nägeli has been attacking him on this head.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6859 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 10 August [1869] …
- … 299/8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Aug [1869] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 . The French botanist has not been identified. …
- … See letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 . CD cited Farrer in ‘Fertilization of …
- … this letter and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 . Farrer cited CD on symmetry in the double aperture in Farrer …
- … in papilionaceous flowers in the autumn of 1869 and sent them to CD, he did not send them …
- … and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [ Collected papers 2: 138–56. ] …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 and n. 1. See Correspondence vol. 16, …
- … see also this volume, letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 January 1869 . See letter from T. …
To M. C. Lloyd 4 August [1869]
Summary
Encloses letter from W. B. Dawkins concerning "our old savage progenitors with their ground-down teeth".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Charlotte Lloyd |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.373) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6852 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To M. C. Lloyd 4 August [1869] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.373) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Aug [1869] Mary Charlotte Lloyd …
- … Corwen in north Wales from 29 to 30 July 1869. He was investigating the site where a group …
- … 2007 , p. 326; see also letter to W. B. Dawkins, 19 July [1869] , and letter to M. …
- … C. Lloyd, [24 July 1869] and n. 2. ) Dawkins’s letter to CD has not been found, but …
To John Lubbock 3 August 1869
Summary
Sexual differences in Labidocera darwinii, in Entomostraca, and Myriapoda.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 3 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 66 (EH 88206510) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6851 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Lubbock 3 August 1869 …
- … EH 88206510) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug 1869 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
- … See letter from John Lubbock, 20 July [1869] and n. 2. Entomostraca was formerly used to …
- … Down Aug 3 d . 1869 My dear Lubbock I am at home again & thank Heavens at work again; & I …
- … Darwins arrived home from Wales on 31 July 1869 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 17, …
- … See letter from John Lubbock, 2 July [1869] . In Origin 4th ed. , pp. 532–3, CD wrote: As …
- … 5th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. …
To Louis Rérolle 2 August [1869]
Summary
Gives the definition of ‘distal’ and explains what ‘thrips’ are. Suggests that LR uses his descretion in his translation of Orchids about certain descriptive phrases such as ‘saddle-formed’, but suggests he use them each at least once.
Declines offer to look over LR’s translation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Louis Rérolle |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | Aguttes (dealers) (20 February 2020, lot 240) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6848F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Louis Rérolle 2 August [1869] …
- … dealers) (20 February 2020, lot 240) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Aug [1869] Louis Rérolle …
- … and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [ Collected papers 2: 138–56. ] …
- … and the letter from Louis Rérolle, 30 July 1869 ( Correspondence vol. 17). Rérolle was …
- … vol. 17, letter to A. G. More, 24 June [1869] ). CD’s account of More’s observations is …
To Walter Elliot 3 August [1869]
Summary
Asks whether the wild boar in India is polygamous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter Elliot |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6849 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 August 1869
Summary
Inquires about the differences in plumage between chicks and adults of certain poultry breeds. Is anxious to know whether the chick’s plumage closely approaches the adult’s in those breeds in which the sexes resemble each other in plumage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 25 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6870 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 August 1869 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Aug 1869 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 21 July [1869] and enclosure. CD refers to Edward Hewitt . …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 21 July [1869] and n. 5. CD discussed the plumage of …
To Thomas Spencer Cobbold 9 August [1869]
Summary
Offers TSC specimens of parasitic worms collected by CD in S. America.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Spencer Cobbold |
| Date: | 9 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | Cobbold 1885, p. 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6858 |
| Cobbold, T. S. | (1) |
| Delpino, Federico | (1) |
| Elliot, Walter | (1) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Lloyd, M. C. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
| Quadri, Achille | (1) |
| Rérolle, Louis | (1) |
| Tait, W. C. | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Cobbold, T. S. | (1) |
| Delpino, Federico | (1) |
| Elliot, Walter | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 27 hits
- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition …
- … that is something’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869] ). Much of the remainder of …
- … to be the case’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 ). Hooker went straight to a crucial …
- … probable’ (see also letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 January [1869] , and letter from A. R. Wallace, …
- … in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin had argued ( Origin , pp. …
- … formation’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Croll could not supply Darwin with an …
- … have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). Darwin did not directly …
- … towards [Thomson]’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 19 March [1869] ). Towards Descent …
- … ‘everlasting old Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 1 June [1869] ), he was able to return to work on …
- … ( letter from Robert Elliot to George Cupples, 21 June 1869 ). Details on mating behaviour …
- … in the garden ( letter from Frederick Smith, 8 October 1869 ). Albert Günther, assistant in the …
- … varieties ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 February [1869] ). The data contined to …
- … cocks & hens.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 November [1869] ). Yet completion of the work was …
- … for Descent . Researching emotion In 1869, Darwin still expected that Descent …
- … hatred—’ ( from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May [1869] ). James Crichton-Browne and …
- … ( enclosure to letter from Henry Maudsley, 20 May 1869 ). Darwin had often complained of the …
- … in regard to Man’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). More remarkable still were Wallace …
- … seem to you like some mental hallucination’ ( 18 April 1869 ). Since his marriage to Annie …
- … (Wallace 1869a; letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 March [1869] ), and scolded him for again being too …
- … demands justice’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). Proceeding on all fronts …
- … South American cordillera ( letter to Charles Lyell, 20 May 1869 ), and fossil discoveries in …
- … investigated in depth ( letter from C. F. Claus, 6 February 1869 ). In a letter to the Gardeners …
- … of the soil ( letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 9 May [1869] ). In March, Darwin received …
- … in the early 1860s ( letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 ). This research contributed to …
- … editions ( see letter from Victor Masson, 29 September 1869 ). The work had been undertaken, like …
- … Animals”’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] ). Angered by these proceedings, Darwin …
- … of Fritz Müller’s Für Darwin (Dallas trans. 1869). The book, an explication of Darwinian …
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: 11 hits
- … Crichton-Browne, James 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 19 May 1869 West Riding …
- … Gray, Asa 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
- … Gray, Jane 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
- … Gray, Asa 8 & 9 May 1869 Florence, Italy (about …
- … King, P.G. 25 Feb 1869 Sydney, Australia …
- … Maudsley, Henry 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 17 Jan 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 28 June [1869] Sierra Leone, …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 26 Dec 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
- … Scott, John 2 July 1869 Royal Botanic Gardens, …
Perfect copper-plate hand: From Adolf Reuter, 30 May 1869
Summary
My favourite correspondent was chosen not because he is a brilliant conversationalist or a significant scientific thinker – but after a decade of reading a series of challenging hand writings, my favourite is the one who wrote in a perfect copper-plate…
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- … My favourite correspondent was chosen not because he is a brilliant conversationalist or a …
A beginning, & that is something: To J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869]
Summary
Alison Pearn talks about a letter Darwin wrote to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker after finishing corrections to the fifth edition of Origin of Species in 1869.
Matches: 1 hits
- … corrections to the fifth edition of Origin of Species in 1869. …
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: 5 hits
- … of self-fertility over subsequent generations. In June 1869, Müller remarked, on receiving a new …
- … sometimes depends’ ( From Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 ). By May 1870, Darwin reported that he was …
- … Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …
- … pod were mutually sterile ( From Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 ). ‘The case of the Abutilon sterile …
- … of this plant sent by Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] ). Darwin sent specimens of plants …
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: 4 hits
- … Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 May 1869] Jane Loring Gray, …
- … Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s …
- … - Darwin to Gunther, A. C. L. G., [21 September 1869] Darwin asks Gunther for “a great …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … of Robinia rubra and Pirus malus , 23 September 1869 Alexander Agassiz's …
Jane Gray
Summary
Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
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Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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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…
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…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted …
- … down here on purpose’. Payments to the firm on 25 July 1869 and 5 April 1870 in Darwin’s banking …
- … widely disseminated images of Darwin were taken in summer 1869, and which in summer 1871: the …
- … were dated by Darwin’s daughter Henrietta on the backs to 1869. By 1871-2 some of Elliott and Fry’s …
- … it ‘abt. 1870’, then crossed this date out in favour of 1869 – the date which John van Wyhe assigns …
- … some of the Elliott and Fry group as having been taken in 1869 and 1871, but dates others (still …
- … to this source. It is significant that none of these 1869–71 Elliott and Fry photographs were …
- … as belonging to groups of photographs taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. …
- … letters from Darwin to A.B. Meyer, 27 November [1869], (DCP-LETT-7014), and to Wallace, 5 December …
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…
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
Summary
Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … work on human expression. Donders visited Darwin in 1869 , and a year later Darwin consoled him …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
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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- … he attracted many admirers in German-speaking countries. In 1869, his birthday was celebrated by an …
- … vol. 17, letter from F. M. Malven, 12 February [1869] ). An extract from Darwin’s reply to Malven …
- … with his’ ( letter to F. M. Malven, [after 12 February 1869] ). Accompanying this extract was the …
- … some of whom drew substantially on his theory. In 1869, Hermann Müller (brother to Fritz) sent …
- … theory to flowers and flower-visiting insects; H. Müller 1869)). Darwin was full of admiration and …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Letter 6976 - Darwin to Blackwell, A. B., [8 November 1869] Darwin thanks Antoinette …
3.12 Edwards, second group of photos
Summary
< Back to Introduction Despite the prior difficulties experienced by both photographer and sitter, it is evident that Ernest Edwards portrayed Darwin again in the late 1860s; but exactly when and in what circumstances is not known. There are strong…
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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,…
John Beddoe
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In 1869, when gathering data on sexual selection in humans, Darwin exchanged a short series of letters with John Beddoe, a doctor in Bristol. He was looking for evidence that racial differences that appear to have no benefit in terms of survival - and…
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- … In 1869 Darwin exchanged a short series of letters with a John Beddoe, a doctor in …
3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo
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< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…
