To M. C. Lloyd 5 June [1872]
Summary
Thanks her for drawing of dog.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Mary Charlotte Lloyd |
Date: | 5 June [1872] |
Classmark: | Sherman Bull (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8370 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To M. C. Lloyd 5 June [1872] …
- … Bull (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 June [1872] Mary Charlotte Lloyd …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … through Samuel Butler at the end of May 1872, when he was already in possession of those …
- … see letter from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, [before 30 May 1872] , and letter from …
- … Samuel Butler, 30 May 1872 ). …
- … see Expression pp. 52–5; see also letter to Briton Riviere, 29 May 1872 , and letter from …
- … Samuel Butler, 30 May 1872 and n. 2). Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter had provided CD with …
To Briton Riviere 4 April 1872
Summary
Thanks for kindness. BR must not think of trying until he feels inclination and strength for task.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Briton Riviere |
Date: | 4 Apr 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 319 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8274 |
To John Murray 13 November 1872
Summary
Thanks JM for £210 on last reprint of Origin [6th ed.]. Pleased by its sale
and by the success of Expression.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 13 Nov 1872 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 291–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8623 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 13 November 1872 …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 291–2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Nov 1872 John Murray …
- … See letter from John Murray, 12 November [1872] . The …
- … sixth edition of Origin , first published in 1872, was reprinted in 1873 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Nov 13 th 1872 My dear M r Murray Many thanks for the 210 £ for …
To Friedrich Hildebrand 9 February 1872
Summary
Comments on FH’s paper ["Verbreitungsmittel der Compositenfrüchte", Bot. Ztg. 30 (1872): 1–14].
Discusses function of mucus filaments on seeds of Compositae and other plants.
Comments on Eugen Askenasy’s publication [Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre (1872)].
Comments on evolutionary views of Carl Nägeli.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Date: | 9 Feb 1872 |
Classmark: | Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8206 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Friedrich Hildebrand 9 February 1872 …
- … 2018 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Feb 1872 Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand …
- … der Compositenfrüchte", Bot. Ztg. 30 (1872): 1–14]. Discusses function of mucus filaments …
- … Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre (1872)]. Comments on evolutionary views of Carl …
- … Askenasy supported Nägeli’s view and countered CD’s response in Askenasy 1872 , pp. 9–27. …
- … Bibliography Askenasy, Eugen. 1872. Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre. Leipzig: …
- … from Friedrich Hildebrand, 5 February 1872 and n. 4. The reference is to Hildebrand …
- … on criticisms of Darwinian theory ( Askenasy 1872 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL. Carl …
To R. F. Cooke 23 August 1872
Summary
CD has given translation right [for Expression] to Dutch publisher Joh. Ijkema.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 23 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 269–70) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8482 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 23 August 1872 …
- … 42152 ff. 269–70) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Aug 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … See letter from Johan IJkema, 21 August 1872 . Cooke had recommended charging £75 per …
- … being printed by the Heliotype Company (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 16 August 1872 ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 23. 1872 My dear Sir Thanks for the enclosed. Herr Ijkema of …
To C. L. Dodgson 14 December [1872]
Summary
His thanks for the excellent photograph. [See 8668.]
He is no longer working on expression but appreciates the obliging offer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
Date: | 14 Dec [1872] |
Classmark: | A Dodgson family member (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8680A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To C. L. Dodgson 14 December [1872] …
- … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Dec [1872] Charles Lutwidge Dodgson …
- … the letter to C. L. Dodgson, 10 December 1872 . For details of the photograph, see the …
- … letter to C. L. Dodgson, 10 December 1872 , n. 2. Dodgson’s note has not been found. …
- … and on Drosera in particular, on 23 August 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that on 15 December 1872 CD was ill in bed. …
To J. D. Hooker 12 July [1872]
Summary
Overjoyed at the way the newspapers have taken up JDH’s case. The memorial has done great good this way, whatever the wretched Government does. It is enough to make one a Tory. JDH has done a service to all men of science by showing governments that they cannot be trampled on.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 July [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 222–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8406 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 July [1872] …
- … DAR 94: 222–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … critical of Ayrton; the Daily News , 10 July 1872, p. 5, claimed that his meddling would …
- … letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 and enclosure). There were …
- … articles about the dispute in The Times , 8 July 1872, p. …
- … 11; the Daily News , 10 July 1872, p. 5; …
- … and the Pall Mall Gazette , 11 July 1872, pp. 10–11, all of which were favourable to …
To Amy Ruck [1 November 1872]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
Date: | [1 Nov 1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8590 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Amy Ruck [1 November 1872] …
- … 185: 48 Charles Robert Darwin Down [1 Nov 1872] Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck/Amy Richenda (Amy) …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … Darwin (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 3 May [1872] and n. 5); she had also helped CD with …
- … work on earthworms (see letters from Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin , [20 January 1872] and [ …
- … 1 February 1872] ). Ruck’s name appears on CD’s presentation list for Expression (Appendix …
To W. W. Baxter [after 4 December 1872]
Summary
Thanks for information about the Atropia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
Date: | [after 4 Dec 1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 249: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8659F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. W. Baxter [after 4 December 1872] …
- … DAR 249: 70 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 4 Dec 1872] William Walmisley Baxter …
- … this letter and the letter from W. W. Baxter, 4 December 1872 . See letter from W. …
- … W. Baxter, 4 December 1872 . See letter from W. …
- … W. Baxter, 4 December 1872 and n. 3. …
To Francis Galton 29 March [1872]
Summary
Comments on FG’s description of a séance at the house of William Crookes.
Will use FG’s words about [H. M. Butler’s] hereditary habit [in Expression, p. 33 n. 8].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 29 Mar [1872] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8258 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Galton 29 March [1872] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Mar [1872] Francis Galton …
- … letter from Francis Galton, [before 28 March 1872] and n. 6. In the passage referred to, …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872 . See …
- … letter from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872 and n. 3. The reference …
- … See letter from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872 . CD quoted Galton on the inheritance of a …
To W. E. Darwin 26 January [1872]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 26 Jan [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 138 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8183 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 26 January [1872] …
- … DAR 210.6: 138 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Jan [1872] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … The eleventh edition of Charles Lyell’s Principles of geology appeared in 1872 ( C. …
- … Lyell 1872 ). The sixth edition of Lyell’s Elements of geology appeared in 1865 ( C. …
- … of geology. London: J. Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern …
To Thomas Rivers 3 April 1872
Summary
Thanks for vines and for all the information given him. Fears experiment will be more difficult than he had expected.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
Date: | 3 Apr 1872 |
Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 61) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8268 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Thomas Rivers 3 April 1872 …
- … John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 61) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1872 Thomas Rivers …
- … See letter from Thomas Rivers, 29 March 1872 . Rivers had sent two vines, together with …
- … CD refers to an article in Revue horticole 44 (1872): 111–12 on the apricot-plum, Prunus …
- … see letter from Thomas Rivers, 29 March 1872 ). Amygdalus was the genus of peaches and …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap. 3. 1872 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for yr kind …
To J. V. Carus 3 August [1872]
Summary
Has sent sheets of Expression.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 3 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 86–87) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8446 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 3 August [1872] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 86–87) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1872] Julius Victor Carus …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … and the letter to J. V. Carus, 16 July 1872 . Carus was translating Expression into …
- … the letter from J. V. Carus, 16 July 1872 . CD was correcting proof-sheets of Expression …
- … 22 August (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 . …
To Edwards & Kidd 30 July [1872]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edwards & Kidd. |
Date: | 30 July [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 144 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8436 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Edwards & Kidd 30 July [1872] …
- … DAR 96: 144 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 July [1872] Edwards & Kidd. …
- … the letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 . …
- … and the letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 . CD refers to Ernest Edwards of Edwards and …
- … of the Post Office London directory 1872). CD refers to his publisher, John Murray , and …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
To Henry Johnson 2 May [1872]
Summary
Thanks for notes on worm-castings. Amount of ammonia surprises CD. David Forbes asserts that published analysis of carbon in vegetable matter valueless. Suspects that worms search for food and do not blindly swallow earth.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Johnson |
Date: | 2 May [1872] |
Classmark: | Torquay Museum Society (AR470) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8306 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Henry Johnson 2 May [1872] …
- … Torquay Museum Society (AR470) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 May [1872] Henry Johnson …
- … See also Earthworms , p. 238. See letter from Asa Gray, 2 February 1872 , and letter from …
- … John Scott, 22 March 1872 . See Earthworms , chapter 2, for CD’s conclusions on worms’ …
- … found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. CD visited Forbes on 1 March 1872 ( letter from David …
- … Forbes, 1 March 1872 ). Water of composition: water that is chemically (rather than …
To J. D. Cooper 21 May 1872
Summary
Please to send to Briton Riviere the block with the drawing of the dog, and a new block of the same size.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Davis Cooper |
Date: | 21 May 1872 |
Classmark: | Princeton University Library, Special Collections, Manuscripts Division (Briton Rivière Family Correspondence C 1637) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8342F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Cooper 21 May 1872 …
- … Family Correspondence C 1637) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 May 1872 James Davis Cooper …
- … was engraving them (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter from Briton Riviere, 20 May 1872 ). …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. May 21. 1872 Dear Sir Will you be so good as to send to Mr …
To Albert Günther 13 May [1872]
Summary
Is the horned toad of Oregon a batrachian or a lizard?
Hopes AG will be promoted in the British Museum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
Date: | 13 May [1872] |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8324 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Albert Günther 13 May [1872] …
- … Library Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 May [1872] Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … of the class Reptilia. See letter from Albert Günther, 10 May 1872 , and letter to …
- … Albert Günther, 11 May [1872] . CD refers to the British Museum . …
- … and the letter from Albert Günther, 10 May 1872 . CD discussed Tapaya douglasii (now …
To J. T. Moggridge 9 October [1872]
Summary
Discusses JTM’s research on habits of insects. "How incomparably more valuable are such researches than the mere description of a thousand species."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
Date: | 9 Oct [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 378 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8550 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. T. Moggridge 9 October [1872] …
- … DAR 146: 378 Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks 9 Oct [1872] John Traherne Moggridge …
- … CD stayed in Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter …
- … from J. T. Moggridge, 6 October 1872 and n. 1. …
- … this letter and the letter from J. T. Moggridge, 6 October 1872 . See letter from J. …
- … T. Moggridge, 6 October 1872 . CD refers to Moggridge’s book, Harvesting ants and trap- …
To Leonard Darwin 11 July [1872]
Summary
CD wants no more alterations than are necessary [to proofs of Expression]. Warns LD that "any alteration seems at first an improvement".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
Date: | 11 July [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8404 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Leonard Darwin 11 July [1872] …
- … DAR 153: 90 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 July [1872] Leonard Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … sheets of Expression , which was published in November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). See also …
- … Supplement, letter to Leonard Darwin, 26 July [1872] ; the two letters were copied on the …
- … of Expression (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). …
To Asa Gray 22 October 1872
Summary
Spiralling of tendrils.
Has worked hard on Drosera.
Is interested in tracing the "nerves" of Dionaea which follow the vascular bundles. Finds he can paralyse half of the leaf by pricking it at a certain point.
Wishes AG to carry out two experiments on D. filiformis.
Has received AG’s Dubuque address [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 4 (1872): 282–98].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 22 Oct 1872 |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (100) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8568 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Asa Gray 22 October 1872 …
- … University (100) Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks Down letterhead 22 Oct 1872 Asa Gray …
- … recommenced experimenting on Drosera in August 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Drosera …
- … D. filiformis . Has received AG’s Dubuque address [ Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 4 (1872): 282–98]. …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 6 October 1872 and nn. 8 and 9. CD evidently received the …
- … Loring Gray . In his letter of 6 October 1872 , Gray had argued that the coiling motion in …
- … the Common, Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 10 October [1872] )). Many temperate species of Drosera (sundew) die back …
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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
Matches: 29 hits
- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can …
- … as evolution’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 July [1872] ). By the end of the year Darwin …
- … s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872 ). Always closely involved in …
- … translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September 1872 ). He recapped the history of the French …
- … of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November 1872 ). To persuade his US publisher, …
- … Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening breach The …
- … beautiful’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 3 March 1872 ). I consider that you have …
- … Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, Mivart flung back by return of post …
- … errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin likened the affair to the …
- … towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). Despite Darwin’s request that he …
- … world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January 1872 ). Darwin, determined to have the last …
- … acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate controversy,’ Darwin …
- … I do it badly’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] ). Darwin's theories under …
- … the world moves!’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 ). 'Here is a bee' …
- … it at least in part ( letter to August Weismann, 5 April 1872 ). ‘I wanted some encouragement’, he …
- … to believe it’ ( letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Müller had sent him a …
- … of natural and sexual selection to bees (H. Müller 1872), and with his reply Darwin enclosed an …
- … standing’ ( letter to Hermann Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Finishing Expression …
- … doing nothing’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 October [1872] ). He was far from idle during their …
- … to be more erect’ ( letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ). Riviere had been suggested to …
- … clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 ) and invited Butler to dinner the …
- … from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, [before 30 May 1872] , and letter from Samuel Butler, 30 …
- … feels no doubts’ ( letter to F. C. Donders, 17 June 1872 ). Right up to the beginning of June, …
- … Buckley Litchfield ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 13 May 1872 ). Delivery to the press brought only …
- … myself’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). A battle for the independence of …
- … partisan reply ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1872 ). On 13 June, a messenger arrived in …
- … to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ). Darwin was quietly using his …
- … an old honest Tory’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1872] ). Darwin and Wallace: …
- … Wallace’s defence ( letter to Nature , 3 August [1872] ). Although the two men were …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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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,…
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
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The website has been updated with an interactive timeline (try it!) and enhanced secondary school resources for ages 11-14. What's more, the full texts of the letters for 1872 are now online for the first time, and a selection of Darwin's…
Darwin’s queries on expression
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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…
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.…
Matches: 7 hits
- … Letter 8321 - Darwin to Litchfield, H. E., [13 May 1872] Darwin consults his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
- … Letter 8427 - Darwin to Litchfield H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [1 February 1872] Amy Ruck sends a second …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
- … Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to Darwin, [17 December 1872] Dora Roberts reports an …
- … 8144 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [5 January 1872] Darwin asks his niece, Lucy, …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 8169 - Wedgwood, L. to Darwin, [20 January, 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, gives the …
- … 8427 - Darwin to Litc hfield, H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8153 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William …
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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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…
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- … Lydia Becker, 2 August 1863 ; to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). Click on the play …
Language: key letters
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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),…
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
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The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … the fittest’ as ‘survival of the better’ (see Spencer 1872, and the letter to Herbert Spencer, 10 …
Women as a scientific audience
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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…
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'
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< Back to Introduction Ernest Griset’s drawing titled ‘Emotional!’ was published in Fun magazine on 23 November 1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s recently published Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. A hippopotamus had been…
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
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- … for the prosperity I have long enjoyed” ( 29 March 1872 ). …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
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< Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or photograph of a comic painting by the American artist William Holbrook Beard. Titled The Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories, it…
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Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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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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- … book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born …
- … him in May, August and October 1871, and in March and August 1872, but some of these payments, and …
- … April 1871, and reproduced in the London Journal in June 1872. Darwin also sent it to various …
- … one of Huxley, in The London Journal , 55:1426 (8 June 1872), p. 357, illustrating an article …
4.20 Frederick Waddy, caricature
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< Back to Introduction A series of portrait caricatures drawn by Frederick Waddy appeared in the journal Once a Week through 1872. It clearly emulated the more famous series in Vanity Fair, and indeed, Waddy’s drawing of Darwin has the same title or…