To J. V. Carus 18 August 1870
Summary
Has just sent MS of Descent to printers. Recognises that [because of Franco-Prussian War] the publisher will have given up idea of a German translation.
Though the war is a misfortune for science, CD rejoices at the wonderful success of Germany; has met no one who does not share this feeling.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 60–61) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7305 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 18 August 1870 …
- … Bl. 60–61) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett Down letterhead 18 Aug 1870 Julius Victor Carus …
- … war: the German conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
- … had been sent to the printers, William Clowes & Sons , on 9 August 1870 (see letter from …
- … John Murray, 6 August [1870] , and letter to …
- … Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 ; see also letter to J. …
- … J. Moulinié, 18 August 1870) . The Franco- …
- … Prussian war had begun on 19 July 1870 ( Wawro 2003 , p. 65). The publishing firm E. …
- … in 1871 (Carus trans. 1871). See also letter to J. J. Moulinié, 18 August 1870 . See …
- … letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 , and n. 2. …
- … crossed the border into Prussia on 31 July 1870. Despite suffering heavy casualties, the …
- … did not reach the British press until 19 August ( The Times , 19 August 1870, p. 10). …
- … Kent. S.E. [Bassett, Southampton] Aug 18 1870 My dear Sir I have just sent the MS. of my …
To L. H. Morgan 11 August [1870]
Summary
Thanks LHM for concluding chapter [to Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family (1871)]. Agrees that it is important to study the habits and institutions of savages.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7300 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To L. H. Morgan 11 August [1870] …
- … of Descent to the printers on 9 August ( see letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 ). …
- … Collections and Preservation Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Aug [1870] Lewis Henry Morgan …
- … this letter and the letter from L. H. Morgan, 9 August 1870 . See letter from L. …
- … H. Morgan, 9 August 1870 and n. 2. See letter …
- … from L. H. Morgan, 9 August 1870 ; CD visited William Erasmus Darwin in …
- … Southampton from Saturday 13 to 26 August 1870 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD had sent …
To Jean Jacques Moulinié 18 August 1870
Summary
Under present circumstances [Franco-Prussian War] gives up French translation of Descent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, ff. 16–17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7304 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Jean Jacques Moulinié 18 August 1870 …
- … J. J. Moulinié, 5 November 1869 ). See letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 and n. 2. …
- … ff. 16–17) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett Down letterhead 18 Aug 1870 Jean Jacques Moulinié …
- … sent to the printers, William Clowes & Sons , on 9 August 1870, and to the Franco-Prussian …
- … war, which began on 19 July 1870 (see letter from …
- … John Murray, 6 August [1870] and n. …
- … 3, and letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 ). CD had corresponded with Moulinié about a …
- … Beckenham | Kent [Bassett, Southampton] Aug 18. 1870 My dear Sir I have thought it best to …
From Lewis Henry Morgan 9 August 1870
Summary
Sends last chapter of his book in press [Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family vol. 17 in Smithsonian contributions to knowledge (1871)], which supports CD on man.
Ethnology must study the ages of barbarism as the formative portions of man’s physical and mental history.
| Author: | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 238 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7299 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Lewis Henry Morgan 9 August 1870 …
- … DAR 171: 238 Lewis Henry Morgan London, Bury St, 15 9 Aug 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sciences 7: 436–77. Morgan, Lewis Henry. 1870. Systems of consanguinity and affinity of …
- … London | 15 Bury St. St James. August 9. 1870 Dear Sir I send you by mail an advance copy …
- … In 1870, 15 Bury Street, St James’s, London, …
- … was a lodging house ( Post Office London directory 1870). Morgan refers to Systems …
- … and affinity of the human family ( Morgan 1870 ); he referred to it in his article, ‘A …
- … and G514); there is a copy of Morgan 1870 in the Darwin Library–Down. From an extensive …
- … lineal relationships ( Morgan 1868 and 1870). CD referred to Morgan 1868 in Descent 1: …
From Henry Bence Jones 2 August 1870
Summary
CD has complained of pins and needles keeping him from working on his book [Descent]. If he could spend ten days with HBJ, he would be well and fit.
| Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Henry Bence Jones 2 August 1870 …
- … DAR 168: 79 Henry Bence Jones Folkestone 2 Aug 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … home from school from 22 July to 10 August 1870, but she makes no mention of any illness …
- … 5 Albion Villas | Folkestone Aug 2 1870 My dear M r Darwin Your letter was forwarded to me …
- … n. 5). CD sent the manuscript of Descent to the printers in August 1870 ( letter to John …
- … Murray, 5 [August 1870] ). ‘Sal volatile’ is ammonium carbonate, often used as a smelling …
- … regarded as an invalid (see letter to W. D. Fox, 18 February [1870] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 25 May [1870] ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
To Philip Lutley Sclater 30 August [1870]
Summary
Encloses, for publication, note about Pampas woodpecker, opposing W. H. Hudson [see 7354].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.383) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7311 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Philip Lutley Sclater 30 August [1870] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.383) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Aug [1870] Philip Lutley Sclater …
- … CUL (see Marginalia 1: 595). Hudson 1870 , p. 159. CD added a reference to Hudson’s …
- … viuda de Ibarra. Hudson, William Henry. 1870. On the ornithology of Buenos Ayres. [Letters …
- … 24 March, 26 May, 23 June, 1 and 15 November, and 6 December 1870] Proceedings of the …
- … of London . At the 24 February and 24 March 1870 meetings of the society, letters from …
- … which never climbs a tree’ ( Origin , p. 184; see Hudson 1870 , p. 112, and also n. …
- … 4, below). See Hudson 1870 , p. 158. For CD’s observations of woodpeckers in South …
- … Zoological Society of London (1870): 87–9, 112–14, 158–60, 332–4, 545–50, 671–3, 748–50, …
To Fritz Müller 28 August 1870
Summary
Mimicry in Lepidoptera.
Sexual selection.
The Franco-Prussian war.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 28 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 33) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7310 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To Fritz Müller 28 August 1870 …
- … 10 no 33) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Aug 1870 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … Farrer with his letter of 16 February 1870 . Henry Walter Bates had developed a theory …
- … Collection–CUL. In July and August 1870, a number of issues focused on the debate over …
- … letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 ). A paper by Paul Broca on transformism …
- … in the journal ( Broca 1870a ; see letter from Paul Broca, 4 August 1870 and n. 2). …
- … war: the German conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
- … in endemic butterflies (see letter from Fritz Müller, 29 March 1870 and n. 3). Müller …
- … butterflies in two letters to his brother, Hermann Müller , written on 5 May 1870 and …
- … 14 June 1870 (Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 175–9). Müller suggested two points in favour of …
- … France had declared war on Prussia on 19 July 1870 ( Wawro 2003 , p. 65). Prussia had the …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 2 October 1870 . For more on Anton Dohrn’s service in the …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 7 August [1870]
Summary
Plans to visit Down in a week.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7297 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From V. O. Kovalevsky 7 August [1870] …
- … Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) Nice 7 Aug [1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter and the letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 28 February [1870] . See letters from V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky, 20 February [1870] and …
- … 28 February [1870] . CD was away from home at the time of Kovalevsky’s visit (see Emma …
To Armand de Quatrefages 23 August [1870]
Summary
Thanks QdeB for his continued support of CD’s election to French Academy.
Discusses views of Milne-Edwards on species.
Comments on views of Élie de Beaumont.
"I fear my next book [Descent] … will greatly displease you."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.382) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7308 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Armand de Quatrefages 23 August [1870] …
- … Darwin Bassett Down letterhead 23 Aug [1870] Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) …
- … war: the German conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
- … letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 . CD refers to Quatrefages’s support for …
- … des Sciences (see letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 , and letter to Armand …
- … de Quatrefages, 20 July [1870] ). CD also alludes to …
- … Prussian war, which had begun on 19 July 1870 ( Wawro 2003 , p. 65). Henri Milne-Edwards …
- … Académie des Sciences (see letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 and n. 5). CD …
- … Revue des Cours Scientifiques , of 13 August 1870. It contained a resumé of all the points …
- … les travaux de Ch. Darwin’, Revue des Cours Scientifiques 7 (1870): 588–92). According to …
- … in Revue des Cours Scientifiques , 23 July 1870, p. 529, an academician, believed to be …
From Paul Broca 4 August 1870
Summary
Thanks CD for compliments on the first part of his "discours",
but the later part was critical of natural selection. Nevertheless, CD should see him not as a systematic adversary, but in the camp of Quatrefages de Bréau and Milne-Edwards.
| Author: | Pierre Paul (Paul) Broca |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 313 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7294 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Paul Broca 4 August 1870 …
- … DAR 160: 313 Pierre Paul (Paul) Broca Paris 4 Aug 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … been found, but was evidently written on 29 July 1870. Broca refers to his lecture ‘Sur …
- … delivered at the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris in April 1870 and published in the …
- … 23 July and 30 July 1870 issues of the Revue des Cours Scientifiques ( Broca 1870a ). A …
- … of the French Académie des Sciences. See letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 . …
- … Paris, 4 août 1870 Monsieur, Je suis heureux du témoignage de bienveillance que vous avez …
- … Paris, 4 August 1870 Dear Sir, I am pleased by the mark of benevolence you were so good as …
From William Farr 6 August 1870
Summary
Is glad John Lubbock made the fight he did [to amend Census Bill to enable insertion of questions on consanguineous marriages].
| Author: | William Farr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7296 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From William Farr 6 August 1870 …
- … DAR 164: 33 William Farr General Register Office 6 Aug 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Farr refers to an amendment to the Census Bill of 1870 (see letter from …
- … William Farr, 16 July 1870 and nn. 1 and 2). The friend has not been identified. A …
- … Annotations’ section of the Lancet , 6 August 1870, p. 195. CD’s copy of the notice has …
- … General Register Office | Somerset House 1870 Aug 6 My dear Sir I am glad Sir John …
To H. B. Jones 3 August [1870]
Summary
Despite HBJ’s good aid, CD’s stomach will not permit a visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 3120) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To H. B. Jones 3 August [1870] …
- … Library (Surrogate RP 3120) Charles Robert Darwin 3 Aug [1870] Down Henry Bence Jones …
- … this letter and the letter from H. B. Jones, 2 August 1870 . See letter from H. …
- … B. Jones, 2 August 1870 . CD, with Emma Darwin and Leonard …
- … Darwin in Southampton from 13 to 26 August 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD’s ‘ …
From John Murray 6 August [1870]
Summary
JM informs CD that he will have Clowes give him written assurance that the printing [of Descent] will proceed without interruption.
The [Franco-Prussian] War is a sad damper on international science and his publishing plans.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 377 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7295 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 6 August [1870] …
- … DAR 171: 377 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 6 Aug [1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … war: the German conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
- … letter and the letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 . Murray refers to the printers William …
- … The Franco-Prussian war had begun on 19 July 1870 ( Wawro 2003 , p. 65). Descent was …
To Mr Dorrell 11 August [1870]
Summary
He will not be ready to begin correcting proofs until 28 or 29 August.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mr. Dorrell |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | Jonathan Haile (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7299F |
To John Murray 5 [August 1870]
Summary
MS of Descent, except last chapter, is ready to send to printer. Hopes the printer will be able to keep him steadily at work correcting proof. "It drives me mad to change from job to job."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 5 [Aug 1870] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7265 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 5 [August 1870] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 [Aug 1870] John Murray …
- … between this letter, the letter from John Murray, 6 August [1870] and the letter to …
- … Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 . CD evidently wrote ‘July’ in error. CD refers to Descent. …
- … Sons . CD visited Southampton from 13 to 26 August 1870 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
To F. P. Cobbe 20 August [1870]
Summary
CD writes for Emma, who is ill.
Delighted with FPC’s "most just" article [in Echo?]. Sends £1 subscription.
Thanks for telling CD about the Fraser’s Magazine article [F. W. Farrar, "Hereditary genius (by F. Galton)", n.s. 2 (1870): 251–65].
CD wrote as Justice of Peace for Kent to the Home Secretary about Holder’s case.
Tropaeolum transmits every shade of colour if self-fertilised for six or seven generations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | 20 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 385) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7306 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To F. P. Cobbe 20 August [1870] …
- … Library (CB 385) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 20 Aug [1870] Frances Power Cobbe …
- … Office ; this was received on 19 August 1870 but is no longer extant. CD was active as a …
- … Hereditary genius (by F. Galton)", n.s. 2 (1870): 251–65]. CD wrote as Justice of Peace …
- … the case of Stephen Holder . On 14 August 1870, Holder was sentenced to two months’ hard …
- … 13 August ( Bromley Telegraph , 20 August 1870; Randal Keynes and Richard Milner, personal …
- … a leading article in the Echo on 18 August 1870 denouncing the sentence given to Holder. …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 15 August [1870]
Summary
Wishes to visit Down.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7302 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From V. O. Kovalevsky 15 August [1870] …
- … Онуфриевич Ковалевский) London, Bloomsbury St, 31 15 Aug [1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter and the letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 7 August [1870] . See letter from V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky, 7 August [1870] . Neither CD’s letter nor Kovalevsky’s reply has been …
From William Johnson Raybould to Abraham Dee Bartlett 22 August 1870
Summary
Offers a polydactylous cat to the Zoological Gardens. [Offer declined and letter forwarded to CD.]
| Author: | William Johnson Raybould |
| Addressee: | Abraham Dee Bartlett |
| Date: | 22 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7307 |
To ? 23 August [1870–80]
Summary
Discusses evolution of species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1870-80] |
| Classmark: | Charles Hamilton (dealer) (3 November 1966) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13884 |
From Charles Lawford Acland 17 August 1870
Summary
Is studying Variation, especially Pangenesis. Reports earlier notion of Dr Robert Lee, that resemblance between husband and wife may be partly owing to her having man’s blood circulating in her during pregnancies; thus spouses most resemble each other in large families.
| Author: | Charles Lawford Acland |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: A7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7303 |
| letter | (22) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (2) |
| Acland, C. L. | (1) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
| Broca, Paul | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Dorrell, Mr. | (2) |
| Bartlett, A. D. | (1) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (2) |
| Dorrell, Mr. | (2) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (2) |
| Morgan, L. H. | (2) |
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
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…
Matches: 29 hits
- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The …
- … machine’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 December [1870] ). Finishing Descent; …
- … some weeks’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ). Darwin was still working hard on …
- … I shall be’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). She had previously read proof-sheets …
- … shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Henrietta disagreed: ‘Certainly …
- … of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February 1870] ). Darwin was also encouraged …
- … sense of mankind’ ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] ). Cobbe accused Darwin of smiling in …
- … great philosophy?’ ( letter from F. P. Cobbe, 28 March [1870?] ). Humans as animals: ears …
- … [1868] ; this volume, letter to Thomas Woolner, 10 March [1870] ). Darwin included Woolner’s …
- … findings ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March 1870 ). Indeed, Darwin noted the same …
- … bane of existence!’ ( letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 ). Researching expression: …
- … spirits were white ( letter from W. W. Reade, 9 November 1870 ). Keen for more evidence of …
- … hurting it much?’ ( letter to A. D. Bartlett, 5 January [1870] ). Darwin made a similar request of …
- … not succeed’ ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 8 June [1870] ). Darwin’s queries were part …
- … of a baby’s brows ( letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [5 May 1870] ). He also wrote to a leading Dutch …
- … on this subject’ ( letter from F. C. Donders, 17 May 1870 ). Human evolution: debates and …
- … more fully in a collection of essays published in April 1870 (Wallace 1870a). Wallace wrote to …
- … naturalist’ (letter to A. R.Wallace, 26 January [1870]). Despite their increasing …
- … in one sense rivals’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 April [1870] ). Darwin alluded here to the …
- … No one but yourself’ ( letter from H. W. Bates, 20 May 1870 ). Darwin very rarely used the …
- … never write reviews’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). St George Jackson Mivart …
- … to answer objectors’ ( letter to W. H. Flower, 25 March [1870] ). In his letters to Mivart, Darwin …
- … on the Primates’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 April [1870] ). He also tried to recruit Mivart’s …
- … lump of granite’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 22 April 1870 ). Mivart hinted that his …
- … his “origin” ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 25 April 1870 ). In his critical essays (later revised …
- … Charles Darwin et ses précurseurs français (Quatrefages 1870), that gave a detailed account, as …
- … many others’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 28 May [1870] ). Quatrefages had …
- … discord’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 30 March 1870 ). In proposing Darwin for election, …
- … them’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 ). The assertion had been made by Emile …
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: 12 hits
- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 Nov 1870 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 15 March 1870 West Riding …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 18 March 1870 Down, Kent, …
- … Donders, F.C. 27 May 1870 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Forbes, David 13 June 1870 Portman Square, London W. …
- … Nicol, Patrick 13 May 1870 Sussex Lunatic Asylum, …
- … Reade, Winwood W. [c.8 or 9 Apr 1870] Accra, West …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 4 June 1870 Lagos, Africa …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 3 Sept 1870 Conservative Club, St …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [25 May 1870] Bedford, Cape of Good …
- … Weir, J.J. 27 June 1870 Blackheath, London, England …
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: 4 hits
- … Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin seeks Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 September 1870] Written shortly before …
- … Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, J., [29 September 1870] Darwin asks Murray to …
- … Letter 7177 - Cupples, G. to Darwin, [29 April 1870] George Cupples tells Darwin about a …
Francis Darwin
Summary
Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … behaviour of her dog (letter from J. L. Gray, 14 February 1870 ), she also passed on information …
Casting about: Darwin on worms
Summary
Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
Matches: 1 hits
- … on my mind’ ( letter to W. T. Preyer, 17 February [1870 ])) that without earthworms aerating the …
Francis Galton
Summary
Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … more litters & no happy results”, he wrote on 26 April 1870 . In the following year, Galton …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
Matches: 1 hits
- … of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Audio of more …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
Summary
Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … grateful I shall be.”(Letter to Darwin, H. E., [8 Feb 1870] ) Although Miranda acknowledges that …
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…
Experimenting with emotions
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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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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…
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- … you owe any more … Darwin to his son Francis, 1870. …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … Photograph: Authenticity, Science and the Periodical Press, 1870 – 1890 (London and New York: …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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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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- … & I feel deeply for you. ( Letter to F. C. Donders, 19 May 1870 ) …
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…
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…
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Key letters : Letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] Letter from Mary Treat, …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
