From J. D. Hooker 8 November 1872
Summary
Has been asked to take shares in the Artizans’ Dwellings Co., in which CD is a shareholder. If it is really a project for public good, he would be glad to be associated.
Owen has answered his letter in Nature [7 (1872): 5–7].
A letter from Tyndall [from America] was read at the X Club.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 130–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8609 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 8 November 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 130–2 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 8 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … has answered his letter in Nature [7 (1872): 5–7]. A letter from Tyndall [from America] …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: …
- … Six lectures on light delivered in America in 1872–1873. London: Longmans, Green and Co. …
- … see letter from J. R. Martin, 27 March 1872 and n. 4). The company was founded in 1867 …
- … Ltd [1967] , pp. 6–7). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1872 and n. 6. Hooker …
- … plants (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 October [1872] ). CD’s annotation is …
- … a note for his letter to Hooker of 9 November [1872] . …
- … national herbarium’, in Nature , 7 November 1872, pp. 5–7. Owen argued that staff at the …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 October [1872] and nn. 3 and 4. Alfred William Bennett …
- … 209). Hooker replied in Nature , 21 November 1872, pp. 45–6. Acton Smee Ayrton , first …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 1). Hooker’s name appears on CD’s …
- … light in the United States in the winter of 1872 and 1873; his lectures were published in …
- … 1998 ). The Boston Globe , 16 October 1872, p. 8, commented of Tyndall: ‘He has just a …
From J. D. Hooker to W. E. Darwin [13 June 1872]
Summary
Asks WED to direct bearer of letter to CD, as he has an address [memorial from men of science to W. E. Gladstone] for him to sign.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 June 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 116–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8379 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker to W. E. Darwin [13 June 1872] …
- … DAR 103: 116–17 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [13 June 1872] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … at Bassett, Southampton, from 8 June to 20 June 1872 ( Emma Darwin’s diary ((DAR 242)). …
- … See also letter from John Tyndall, 8 June [1872] . …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 June [1872] . …
- … The Thursday before 14 June 1872 was …
- … 13 June 1872. CD signed a memorial supporting Hooker in a dispute over the administration …
- … minister, William Ewart Gladstone , on 20 June 1872 ( letter from John Lubbock to W. …
- … E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ). CD and Emma Darwin stayed with …
From J. D. Hooker 28 November 1872
Summary
Is reading W. R. Greg’s Enigmas of life [1872]: "One of the most eloquent books I ever read".
Owen’s communications are doing incalculable mischief to science in the eyes of Government officials. "This ignorant, careless, unobservant government."
The Nature editors, J. N. Lockyer and Bennett, blame each other for printing Owen’s letter.
Huxley looks wretched.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 135–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8651 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 28 November 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 135–7 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 28 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Greg, …
- … William Rathbone. 1872. Enigmas of life. London: Trübner. North, John S. 1997. The …
- … reading W. R. Greg’s Enigmas of life [1872]: "One of the most eloquent books I ever read". …
- … in the field’, in Punch , 23 November 1872, p. 217. See plate on p. 532. Hooker had four …
- … William Rathbone Greg’s Enigmas of life ( Greg 1872 ) contained chapters titled, ‘Malthus …
- … letter from J. S. Craig, 4 November 1872 and n. 1). Huxley was elected to the post. …
- … Botanic Gardens, Kew, came. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 November 1872 and n. 3. …
- … of Hooker’s apology was probably in the 19 November 1872 issue of the Echo . The Echo was …
- … not unfailingly favourable to Ayrton, reporting criticism of him on 20 November 1872. …
- … The Standard , 20 November 1872, p. 4, commented with heavy irony, ‘The report that the …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 November 1872 . Hooker refers to Norman Lockyer and Alfred …
- … of the Royal School of Mines; in 1872 the department transferred to new buildings in South …
From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1872
Summary
Miscellaneous personal matters.
What does CD think of Robert Mallet’s earthquake theory? Would it not account for strata dipping at base of range of mountains?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 121–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8547 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 121–3 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 7 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was his butler. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872] and n. 2. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872] and n. 5. William Spottiswoode bought Combe Bank, a …
- … 1871, pp. 5893–4). Robert Mallet’s paper on volcanic energy was read in June 1872 ( …
- … Mallet 1872 ). Mallet noted that earthquakes occurred ‘within the area of great seismic …
- … the mountain-chains of the world’ ( Mallet 1872 , p. 148; for more on Mallet’s theory of …
- … Annals of Science 48: 39–67. Mallet, Robert. 1872. Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop …
- … and cosmical relations. [Read 20 June 1872. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
From J. D. Hooker 26 October 1872
Summary
Has initiated inquiries about Dionaea.
Sends George King’s address.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 126–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8578 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 26 October 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 126–7 Joseph Dalton Hooker unstated 26 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 October [1872] and n. 2. Mentone (now Menton) is a town …
- … stayed in Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 22 October [1872] . See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 24 October [1872] and n. 4. CD was interested in Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872] ). Veitch & Sons was a London firm of …
From J. D. Hooker 8 November 1872
Summary
Writes, as a P.S. to his previous letter, stating his friends have advised him not to answer Owen’s attack.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 133–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8610 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 8 November 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 133–4 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 8 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ) was, however, reproduced …
- … in Nature , 11 July 1872, pp. 211–16. The signature of the letter has been …
- … excised. CD’s annotation is a note for his letter to Hooker of 9 November [1872] . …
- … first letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 November 1872 and nn. 3 and 5. Thomas Henry Huxley . …
- … Treasury minutes, see The Times , 30 July 1872, p. 5. A memorial in support of Hooker in …
From J. D. Hooker 11 May 1872
Summary
The die is cast on Ayrton affair. Lord Derby has called for all of the correspondence, as a result of pressure by men of science on JDH’s behalf.
Has just had a Greenland collection, which supports his views altogether; "I am ready to do fight for these with you."
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 109–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8317 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 11 May 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 109–10 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 11 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the commissioner of works. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 1. The …
- … Ayrton dispute was discussed in the House of Lords at the end of July 1872 ( The Times , …
- … 29 July 1872, p. 5). …
- … was printed in Parliamentary Papers , 1872 ( 335) XLVII.527. John Tyndall , Thomas Henry …
- … debate in the House of Lords, 29 July 1872, see Hansard parliamentary debates 3d ser. , …
- … vol. 213 (1872), cols. 2–23. Harriet Anne Hooker , Hooker’s daughter. Hooker refers to …
From J. D. Hooker 29 October 1872
Summary
Sends Mrs Barber’s address.
Gratified that CD hates Owen. Hopes Owen will not answer Nature letter and draw JDH into controversy. Owen’s letter was not intended for Ayrton to use. Its appearance must have horrified him.
State of Huxley’s health makes JDH uneasy.
Willy is in a stockbroker’s office in London and likes it.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 128–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8584 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 29 October 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 128–9 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 29 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in his letter to Hooker of 27 October [1872] . Barber’s brother James Henry Bowker had …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 October [1872] . Hooker refers to Richard Owen . See …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 October [1872] and n. 3. Richard Owen’ …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 October [1872] and n. 4). William Henslow Hooker . …
- … commissioner of works, was written on 16 May 1872, and printed on 25 July, by order of the …
- … South Kensington ( Parliamentary Papers 1872 (335) XLVII.527, p. 175). Ayrton had reduced …
From J. D. Hooker 29 August 1872
Summary
Encloses letter and cheque [from John Scott].
Again in thick of Ayrton matter. Tyndall and Huxley have shown themselves equal to the occasion in grasp of subject, tenacity of purpose, independence, and good-will.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 118–19; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 156 f. 1075) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8492 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 29 August 1872 …
- … Correspondence 156 f. 1075) Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 29 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … worms in his letter to Scott of 15 January 1872 ; he had received a box of worm castings …
- … August, but without any accompanying letter (see letter to John Scott, 12 August 1872 ). …
- … and his wife Francis Harriet Hooker visited Down on 7 September 1872 (see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 29 August [1872] and n. 2). On Hooker’s dispute with Acton Smee …
- … governor-general) of India from 1869 to 1872; he was replaced by Thomas George Baring , …
- … see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 August [1872] and n. 1. Hooker also refers to John …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 August [1872] , n. 4). CD and Hooker had helped Scott to …
From J. D. Hooker 14 May 1872
Summary
More on Ayrton affair. Conduct of Gladstone and the Ministry despicable. They have owned him to be in right but will not raise a finger until exposure in Parliament is imminent.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 112–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8327 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 14 May 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 112–13 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 14 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Hooker had written to Gladstone on 19 August 1871 (see Nature , 11 July 1872, p. 213). …
- … The Whitsuntide recess lasted until the end of May 1872. …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 May [1872] . Hooker refers to his dispute with Acton Smee …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 11 May 1872 and n. 1). William Ewart Gladstone became …
From J. D. Hooker [5 February 1872?]
Summary
Sends a communication [missing] from Gov. J. H. Lefroy of Bermuda.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Feb 1872?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 105–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8200 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [5 February 1872? ] …
- … DAR 103: 105–6 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [5 Feb 1872? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 242), Emma was ill from 17 to 29 January 1872. There is no mention of in the diary George …
- … according to F. Darwin 1916 , p. xiv, his health deteriorated over the course of 1872. …
- … 242), Hooker arrived at Down on 3 February 1872. The first Monday following that date was …
- … s Account book–bank account for 29 January 1872 records a payment of £1 for ‘Lefroy—Castle …
From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1872
Summary
William [Hooker] is in first division of matriculation list of London University.
Other family news.
No news on Ayrton affair. Ayrton has taken staff appointments out of JDH’s hands.
Asks whether CD knows about Zizania aquatica – can hardly believe it is an annual.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 103–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8176 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 103–4 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 24 Jan 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … or qualifications ( Nature , 11 July 1872, p. 215; L. Huxley ed. 1918, 2: 163). …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 1). Hooker presumably refers to …
- … 242), Hooker did visit Down on 3 February 1872. Ayrton had directed that appointments at …
From J. D. Hooker 7 January 1873
Summary
Fascinated by Greg’s Enigmas, though its matter is weak.
Is vexed at being drawn into hostility toward British Museum through William Carruthers’ insolence and presumption.
Recounts visit with Edward Cardwell [Secretary for War].
Has sent Candolle’s book to Gladstone.
JDH indignant at Gladstone’s speech putting English science below French and German.
Thinks it is an accepted dogma that glandular hairs are excreting only. Will ask others to confirm.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 140–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8727 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … of prizes in the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, Decr. 21, 1872. London: John Murray. …
- … before that was the letter of 9 November [1872] ( Correspondence vol. 20). See letter to …
- … Rathbone Greg’s Enigmas of life ( Greg 1872 ). There is no record of Greg’s visiting Down. …
- … Greg, William Rathbone. 1872. Enigmas of life. London: Trübner. ODNB : Oxford dictionary …
- … department at the British Museum . In 1872, Hooker and Richard Owen , superintendent of …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 November 1872 , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 9 November [1872] and n. 2). Carruthers’s evidence …
- … on Science was published in Nature , 3 October 1872, pp. 449–52. Norman Lockyer , William …
- … de Candolle’s Histoire des sciences (Candolle 1872; see also letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 …
- … was published in The Times , 23 December 1872, p. 8, and published by John Murray in …
- … Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 . Eleven men of science, including CD, signed a …
- … a member of the council ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 21 (1872–3): 32). …
- … Smith died on 26 December 1872 at Putney, not far from Kew ( ODNB ). See letter to J. …
From J. D. Hooker 30 April [1872]
Summary
Does not know Dr Mahoney.
Thanks CD for offer of photographs.
His mother’s health is no worse.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Apr [1872] |
| Classmark: | Barton L. Smith MD (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7729A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 30 April [1872] …
- … L. Smith MD (private collection) Joseph Dalton Hooker 30 Apr [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to Hooker’s mother, who died in October 1872 ( Allan 1967 , p. 224). No letters from …
- … s last known letter to CD of [5 February 1872 ? ]. Dr Mahoney has not been identified. …
From J. D. Hooker 2 September 1872
Summary
Kew’s Drosera capensis is at CD’s service.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Sept 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8505 |
From J. D. Hooker 1 January 1872
Summary
Gladstone’s private secretary [West] has written that the Government plans to alter JDH’s position with regard to the First Commissioner of Works [Ayrton].
Huxley is not better after his Brighton trip.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 101–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8136 |
Matches: 4 hits
From J. D. Hooker 15 June 1872
Summary
Expects the memorial to make Gladstone frantic. Government regrets granting Lord Derby the correspondence and Lubbock has been advised to postpone calling for it in Lower House. This looks fishy. Is exhausted by the affair.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 114–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8386 |
From J. D. Hooker to Charles Lyell 30 March 1872
Summary
Sends, for signature, a statement approving change in rules of the Leopoldino Academy [Dresden] to be forwarded to CD to sign.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 107–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8261 |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [13 May 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8320 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872] …
- … DAR 103: 111 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [13 May 1872] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 11 May 1872 . …
- … The Monday following 11 May 1872 was 13 May. See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 11 May 1872 . Mount …
- … Vesuvius began erupting on 24 April 1872 ( The Times , …
- … 26 April 1872, p. 12). Hooker’s wife was Frances Harriet Hooker ; Harriet Anne Hooker was …
From J. D. Hooker 30 August 1873
Summary
Identifies three plants sent by CD.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 173; DAR 209.6: 205 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9034 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Naturelles ( Botanique ) 5th ser. 14 (1872): 243–5. Cross and self fertilisation : The …
- … ser. 15: 109–60. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1872–97. The flora of British India. Assisted by …
- … originally introduced—(Revue Scient. Sept r . 1872 p. 279) Linnæus on Sleeping Plants is …
- … employed part-time at Kew from the end of 1872, editing Hooker’s Flora of British India ( …
- … J. D. Hooker 1872–97 ) and also describing Indian species of six families of flowering …
- … la France et de l’étranger , 21 September 1872, pp. 279–80. The pitchers of Nepenthes are …
| letter | (49) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (45) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (45) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
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
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,…
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
Summary
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
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…
Referencing women’s work
Summary
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
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: 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…
