From John Murray 24 October [1870]
Summary
Sends table of sales [of Journal of researches]. 2000 copies sold since 1860.
Descent has gone to press for 2500 copies.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 380 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7350 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From John Murray 24 October [1870] …
- … DAR 171: 380 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 24 Oct [1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1 and 2, and 11 October [1870] and n. 3). Murray had agreed …
- … of most of the illustrations in Descent (see letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] ). …
- … by the reference to Descent , which first went to press in 1870 (see n. 8, below). …
- … See letter to John Murray, 22 October [1870] . Murray refers to the different editions of …
- … see letter to John Murray, 22 October [1870] and n. 3). Journal of researches 2d ed. was …
- … researches (1852) , and Journal of researches (1860) . Journal of researches (1870) . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 22 October [1870] . The references are to the first printing of …
- … translations, and the US edition (letters to John Murray , 26 September 1870 and nn. …
- … John Murray. 1860. Journal of researches (1870): Journal of researches into the natural …
- … Darwin. New edition. London: John Murray. 1870. Journal of researches 2d ed. : Journal of …
From John Murray 10 October [1870]
Summary
Cannot find the [indelicate] passage he referred to in last letter.
Various publication arrangements.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 379 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7339 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From John Murray 10 October [1870] …
- … DAR 171: 379 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 10 Oct [1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Descent in a letter of 13 September 1870 (National Library of Scotland, John Murray …
- … the letter from John Murray, 28 September [1870] . Murray had written to William Sweetland …
- … the index for Descent (see letter to John Murray, 26 September 1870 , and letter from …
- … John Murray, 28 September [1870] ). The enclosure has not been found. For Murray’ …
- … proof-sheets of Descent , see the letter from John Murray, 28 September [1870] and n. 7; …
- … the letter to John Murray, 29 September [1870] . CD wrote Descent 2: 345 n. 53 in Latin, …
- … See letter to John Murray, 26 September 1870 . CD had promised the American publisher of …
- … see letter to John Murray, 29 September [1870] and n. 3). Hendrik Adrianus Kramers asked …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 5 October 1870
Summary
Forwards Alexander Kovalevsky’s letter [7326] with the information on the vertebrate character of ascidian larvae.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7334 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From V. O. Kovalevsky 5 October 1870 …
- … Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) Sandown 5 Oct 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the Darwins at some point between 15 August and 1 September 1870 (see letter from V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky, 15 August [1870] , and letter from S. V. Kovalevskaya …
- … and V. O. Kovalevsky, 1 September 1870). For Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky’s account …
- … from A. O. Kovalevsky, 25 September 1870 . CD evidently gave copies of his monographs on …
- … from V. O. Kovalevsky, 20 September 1870 ). Kovalevsky had been in England since mid- …
- … see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 15 August [1870] ). He and his wife, Sofia Vasilyevna …
- … Sandown 5 Octob. 1870. Dear Sir I communicated the wish You expressed to put in Your new …
To C. W. Thomson 10 October 1870
Summary
Testimonial letter hoping that CWT will be successful in getting Chair of Natural History at Edinburgh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
| Date: | 10 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (13 July 2022, lot 59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7337 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To C. W. Thomson 10 October 1870 …
- … 13 July 2022, lot 59) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Oct 1870 Charles Wyville Thomson …
- … see Correspondence vol. 18, letter from C. W. Thomson, 7 October 1870 and n. 2. …
- … Thomson was appointed to the position on 7 November 1870 (see Swinney 1999 , p. 57). …
- … letter from C. W. Thomson, 7 October 1870. A draft of this letter was published in …
- … vol. 18 with the date [after 7 October 1870]; a version from a pamphlet containing a copy …
- … that accompanied it ( C. W. Thomson 1870 ) was published in Correspondence vol. 24 …
- … Down. | Beckenham. | Kent. S.E. Oct 10 1870 My dear Sir I am very glad to hear that you …
- … 11: 51–70. Thomson, Charles Wyville. 1870. Regius professorship of natural history in the …
From Francis Darwin [before 18 October 1870]
Summary
Needs more money to pay his tutoring bills.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 18 Oct 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7345F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [before 18 October 1870] …
- … DAR 274.1: 14 Francis Darwin Cambridge [before 18 Oct 1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the letter to Francis Darwin, 18 October [1870] ( Correspondence vol. 18). Robert Burn …
- … Francis was an undergraduate from 1866 until 1870, when he received his BA ( Admissions to …
- … 5: 329, Cambridge University calendar 1870, p. xxiv; see also Correspondence vol. 13, …
- … a payment to Francis of £115 on 18 October 1870 in his Account books–cash account (Down …
From J. V. Carus 2 October 1870
Summary
The outbreak of war and war work have interfered with JVC’s scientific work.
Publisher does not, however, think the war will hurt success of Descent in Germany, and JVC asks for corrected sheets for his use in translating it.
Wishes struggle between Romanic and Teutonic races could be fought out in a form more appropriate to their cultures and civilisation.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7332 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 2 October 1870 …
- … DAR 161: 76 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 2 Oct 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Carus refers to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, and the letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 18 August 1870 . Metz, a city in north-eastern France, was the headquarters of …
- … Second Army from 3 September to 23 October 1870 ( Howard 1981 , pp. 257–72). The French …
- … since the battle of Sedan on 2 September 1870 ( ibid. , pp. 204–23). Carus earned his …
- … presentation copies were released in late 1870 ( Freeman 1977 , pp. 129–30). The first …
- … Prussian War; the German invasion of France, 1870–1871. London and New York: Routledge. …
- … Leipzig, Oct. 2, 1870. My dear Sir, This most horrid war put me entirely out of my …
- … see the letter to J. V. Carus, 18 August 1870 . E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung, …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 11 October [1870]
Summary
Leaving England.
Asks CD to send four sheets [of Descent proofs].
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7342 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From V. O. Kovalevsky 11 October [1870] …
- … Онуфриевич Ковалевский) London Bloomsbury St, 31 11 Oct [1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 5 October 1870 . Kovalevsky refers to Henrietta Emma or …
- … was Kovalevsky’s London address ( letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 5 September [1870] . …
- … between this letter and the letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 22 November 1870 . CD …
- … was to leave Down on 13 October 1870 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The reference is to …
To J. V. Carus 5 October [1870]
Summary
Sympathetic to JVC’s views on Franco-Prussian war [see 7332].
Astonished at JVC’s readiness to begin work. Will send sheets as soon as possible. Has asked Murray to charge for stereotypes of 64 woodblocks at cost. JVC must make his own agreement with publisher.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 16–17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7333 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 5 October [1870] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 16–17) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Oct [1870] Julius Victor Carus …
- … See letter to John Murray, 26 September 1870 . The first volume of Descent was 423 pages …
- … this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 2 October 1870 . See letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 2 October 1870 . Carus was to translate Descent into German; the publisher of …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 2 October 1870 and n. 4). CD’s letter to William Clowes , …
From Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870]
Summary
Thanks CD for the cheque. Gives account of money owed for tutoring and tennis.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 18 Oct 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7346F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870] …
- … DAR 274.1: 20 Francis Darwin Cambridge [after 18 Oct 1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … accounts (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter to Francis Darwin, 18 October [1870] ). …
- … this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 18 October [1870] ( Correspondence vol. 18). …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 18 October 1870] and n. 2. CD had sent Francis £115 to settle …
From George Cupples 8 October 1870
Summary
Delay in sending deerhound puppy.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 294 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7338 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From George Cupples 8 October 1870 …
- … DAR 161: 294 George Cupples Guard Bridge 8 Oct 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from George Cupples, 17 September 1870 ). King’s Cross railway station is a major …
- … central London. The puppy was evidently born close to 15 August 1870 (see letter from …
- … George Cupples, 20 June 1870 ). ‘Polly’ was a white rough-haired fox-terrier belonging to …
- … he was to be away from 13 to 20 October 1870 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No letter to …
To J. V. Carus 11 October [1870]
Summary
Sends first four sheets [of Descent]. Murray charges £14 for the 64 stereotypes.
Cannot supply copies of woodcuts from Brehm’s Illustrirtes Thierleben [1864–9]. Hopes JVC’s publisher will be able to arrange to include them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7340 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 11 October [1870] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 18) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Oct [1870] Julius Victor Carus …
- … the letter to J. V. Carus, 5 October [1870] . John Murray had written that he would soon …
- … letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] ); Carus was to translate Descent into German ( …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 2 October 1870 , and Carus trans. 1871). …
- … See letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] . Carus’s publisher was E. Schweizerbart’ …
To J. D. Hooker 14 October [1870]
Summary
Does not think so poorly of Nature as JDH does, by any means; fears Popular Science Review is rather ephemeral but more durable than Nature.
The case of the charlock.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 184–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7344 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 14 October [1870] …
- … DAR 94: 184–5 Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place 14 Oct [1870] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 October 1870 . CD was visiting the home of his sister …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 October 1870 ). Pop. Sc. R. : Popular Science Review. …
- … and Hooker’s ongoing joke about ‘wriggling’, see the letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1870] . …
To Alexander Agassiz [23 October 1870?]
Summary
Suggests time for AA to visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Date: | [23 Oct 1870?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6595 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Alexander Agassiz [23 October 1870? ] …
- … DAR 143: 7 Charles Robert Darwin Down [23 Oct 1870? ] Alexander Agassiz …
- … the letter from Alexander Agassiz, 22 October 1870 , and from the fact that if the letter …
- … Agassiz ed. 1913, pp, 97, 99, 114). See letter from Alexander Agassiz, 22 October 1870 . …
From John Gage 19 October 1870
Summary
Convinced by CD’s Origin.
As a "student of spirit intercourse", he asks CD for more details about the scene of the dancing spoon in Journal of researches [p. 546].
| Author: | John Gage |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7347 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Gage 19 October 1870 …
- … DAR 165: 2 John Gage Vineland, N.J. 19 Oct 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Child was a physician in Philadelphia, and a spiritualist (US Federal Census, 1870, and …
- … Britten 1870 , pp. 273– …
- … 5). Prior to 1870, the American edition of Journal of researches US ed. (1846) was …
- … Peace Studies. Britten, Emma Hardinge. 1870. Modern American spiritualism: a twenty years’ …
To Francis Darwin 18 October [1870]
Summary
Sends a cheque to pay off FD’s debts. Warns him of the dangers of overspending his income and advises him strongly to keep accounts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7346 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 18 October [1870] …
- … DAR 211: 6 Charles Robert Darwin The Moat, Tunbridge 18 Oct [1870] Francis Darwin …
- … Cambridge since 1866; he graduated in 1870 ( ODNB ), taking third place in first class …
- … honours in the natural science tripos in December ( The Times , 19 December 1870, p. 6). …
- … returned to Down on Thursday 20 October 1870 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No letter from …
From Hermann Hoffmann 8 October 1870
Summary
Cancelled. Now enclosure to S7695.
| Author: | Karl Heinrich Hermann (Hermann) Hoffmann |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 October 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 193: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7338F |
To Robert Main 6 October 1870
Summary
Regrets he is unable to correct his "little manual" ["Geology" in Manual of scientific enquiry (1849)]. Recommends that John Phillips revise it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Main |
| Date: | 6 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.384) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7335 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Robert Main 6 October 1870 …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.384) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Oct 1870 Robert Main …
- … was away from home from 13 to 20 October 1870 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD refers to …
- … Beckenham | Kent S.C. Octr 6. 1870 Dear Sir I regret much that I am unable to correct my …
To John Murray 11 October [1870]
Summary
Glad to hear Dallas will do index of Descent, but he needs keeping up to the mark. Agrees to a Dutch edition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 41–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7341 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 11 October [1870] …
- … Murray archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 41–2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Oct [1870] John Murray …
- … this letter and the letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] . The references are …
- … the letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] , and to William Sweetland Dallas , who had …
- … the letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] and n. 6. CD’s enclosed list of woodcuts …
From W. D. Fox 28 October [1870]
Summary
Has heard of CD’s forthcoming book [Descent] from J. D. Hooker.
Leaves next week for winter quarters in Sandown.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7353 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Alexander Agassiz 22 October 1870
Summary
Asks whether he may see CD before leaving England.
| Author: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | G. R. Agassiz ed. 1913, p. 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7349 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Alexander Agassiz 22 October 1870 …
- … G. R. Agassiz ed. 1913, p. 113 Alexander Agassiz London 22 Oct 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Dobbs 2005 , p. 105). During the summer of 1870, HMS Porcupine dredged off the coasts of …
- … London, Oct. 22, 1870. My dear Mr. Darwin:— Hearing you are in town, I write to ask you …
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| Agassiz, Alexander | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Carus, J. V. | (2) |
| Murray, John (b) | (2) |
| Agassiz, Alexander | (1) |
| Blore, E. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (26) |
| Murray, John (b) | (4) |
| Carus, J. V. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Agassiz, Alexander | (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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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
Summary
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
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…
Matches: 3 hits
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … you owe any more … Darwin to his son Francis, 1870. …
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…
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 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,…
