To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 April 1874
Summary
Wants some plants for observation and for experimentation on their powers of movement.
Asks WTT-D to make observations on plants with sensitive stamens or pistil.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 5–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9387 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 5–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Apr …
- … J. D. Hooker, 30 October [1873] ). CD had …
- … Acacia farnesiana from Kew in October 1873 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Outwards book , …
- … on leaves in his letter to CD of 14 August 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21; see also letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 20 December [1873] ). …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 October 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21). The list has not …
- … to the book ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1873 ). CD …
- … ordered plants from George Rollisson in 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letters to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 18 October [1873] and …
- … 3 November [1873] ). Stapelia is a genus of stem succulent plants; most are native to …
- … lusitanicum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine) in 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to …
To Nature 11 February [1874]
Summary
Prefaces Fritz Müller’s observations on termites and stingless bees [see 9281].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 19 February 1874, pp. 308–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9283 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Bibliography Müller, Fritz. 1873–5. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Termiten. I. Die …
- … to the first three parts of F. Müller 1873–5 , published in Jenaische Zeitschrift für …
- … running series, ‘Fertilisation of flowers by insects’, in Nature ( H. Müller 1873–7 ). …
- … 63; 9 (1875): 241–64. Müller, Hermann. 1873–7. On the fertilisation of flowers by insects …
- … and on the reciprocal adaptations of both. Nature , 3 July 1873, pp. …
- … 187–9; 10 July 1873, pp. …
- … 205–6; 25 September 1873, pp. …
- … 433–5; 20 November 1873, pp. 44–6; 1 January 1874, pp. 164–6; 18 June 1874, pp. 129–30; 12 …
To Williams & Norgate 13 April [1874]
Summary
Asks correspondent to obtain odd numbers of Flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.440) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9406 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … the book is not very expensive I w d have if necessary the whole vol. for the year 1873. …
- … Bibliography Batalin, Alexander Fedorovich. 1873. Ueber die Ursachen der periodischen …
- … I very much want no rs . 28 & 29 of the year 1873. Or if necessary half a volume for the …
- … 28 and 29 of the German journal Flora (1873) contained a two-part article by the Russian …
- … on nyctitropism in leaves ( Batalin 1873 ). CD’s annotated copy with a separate sheet of …
To J. D. Hooker 25 March [1874]
Summary
Thanks for information about Hedychium. Hopes wings of Sphinx will be found covered with pollen for that will be a fine bit of prophecy from the structure of a flower to special and new means of fertilisation.
Has been at Descent so hard he has done nothing, not even H. Spencer’s answer.
Has not yet read Croll ["Ocean currents", London Edinburgh & Dublin Philos. Mag. 47 (1874): 94–122, 168–90].
Has heard nothing about Carter and Eozoon. Eozoon, he infers, is done for.
Has read Belt [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)]: best of all natural history travel books.
Has written to Fritz Müller about leaf-carrying ants.
Hopes to resume work on Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 317–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9372 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [24] April 1873 (DAR 219.9: 101), and the letter from …
- … Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [25 April 1873] (DAR 258: 574)). CD also refers to Horace …
- … Murray. 1875. [Moulton, John Fletcher. ] 1873. Herbert Spencer. British Quarterly Review …
- … of Descent since the end of November 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, Appendix II). See …
- … proof of the laws of motion ( Spencer 1873 ). John Fletcher Moulton , in an anonymous …
- … without experimental evidence ( [Moulton] 1873 ). Spencer discussed ‘physical truths’ in …
- … a waxy substance called bloom) in August 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 and n. 2). He carried out experiments to compare the effects …
- … but had come to a halt in November 1873 owing to shortage of time (see Correspondence …
- … 21, letter from J. D. Hooker, 25 November 1873 and n. 4). CD had spent the first three …
To J. D. Hooker 7 [April 1874]
Summary
C. V. Riley’s case of Pronuba moth and the fertilisation of Yucca, is the most wonderful case of fertilisation ever published [Am. Nat. 7 (1873): 619–23].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 7 [Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 321 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9395 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Riley, Charles Valentine. 1873. On the oviposition of the Yucca moth. …
- … is the most wonderful case of fertilisation ever published [ Am. Nat. 7 (1873): 619–23]. …
- … House, and by the reference to Riley 1873 (see nn. 2 and 3, below). Charles Valentine …
- … of the yucca moth Pronuba yuccasella (now Tegeticula yuccasella ), in Riley 1873 . …
- … An offprint of Riley 1873 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL, and is annotated by …
To Ludwig Rütimeyer 20 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for LR’s essay on living and fossil turtles [Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 9 (1873): 439–41].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl Ludwig (Ludwig) Rütimeyer |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriften (G IV 91, 6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9306 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 28 [June 1874]
Summary
Must stop work on "bloom" and leaf movements if he is ever to get anything published on Drosera, etc.
Sends thanks for seeds. Encloses memorandum in case WTT-D wishes to communicate information to Royal Horticultural Society. Has not time to prepare article.
Discusses condition of plants borrowed from Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 28 [June 1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 19–22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9571 |
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- … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 19–22) Charles Robert Darwin Abinger …
- … J. D. Hooker, [1 November 1873] and nn. 3 and 4). Epiphytic species of Utricularia ( …
- … see Correspondence vol. 21, letters to J. D. Hooker, 12 September [1873] and …
- … 24 November 1873 ; see also letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 ( Calendar no. 10960; ML …
- … albida and Acacia farnesiana in November 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter from …
- … water sprayed onto various specimens since 1873 as part of his research into movement in …
To G. H. Darwin 30 January [1874?]
Summary
Returns and sends comments on Clarke Hawkshaw’s essay ‘The persistence of forms of life in the depths of the sea’.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1874?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7466F |
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- … of which appeared on 18 September 1873 (see n. 6, below). The enclosure is headed: ‘ …
- … Co. Thomson, Charles Wyville. 1873d. Notes from the ‘Challenger’. Nature , 8 May 1873, pp. …
- … 28–30; 15 May 1873, pp. …
- … 51–3; 5 June 1873, pp. …
- … 109–10; 10 July 1873, pp. …
- … 246–9; 31 July 1873, pp. …
- … 266–7; 28 August 1873, pp. …
- … 347–9; 18 September 1873, pp. 400–3. …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. In Report of the scientific results of …
- … of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. Volume I . London: Her Majesty’s …
- … in Nature between 8 May and 18 September 1873 ( C. W. Thomson 1873b ). This is one of a …
To B. J. Sulivan 6 January [1874]
Summary
Thanks BJS for the missionary pamphlet and his good account of the Fuegians.
Is under the care of Andrew Clark, and feels "very old & helpless".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9229 |
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- … son George Howard Darwin in April 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, [3 April 1873] ). Clark was known for his belief in the connection between …
- … Thomas Edward Sulivan , died in January 1873 (see letter from B. J. Sulivan, 5 January …
- … CD probably began consulting Andrew Clark around August 1873 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 21, letter from Andrew Clark, 3 September 1873 ); he had recommended Clark to his …
To G. E. Dobson 25 May [1874]
Summary
Thanks for note and paper ["Secondary sexual characters in Cheiroptera", Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1873): 241–52].
Has corrected error in new edition of Descent [1874].
Sees nothing strange in geckos inhabiting frost-clad land and having no claws.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Edward Dobson |
| Date: | 25 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9467 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Cheiroptera", Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1873): 241–52]. Has corrected error in new edition …
- … vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Dobson, G. E. 1873. On secondary sexual characters in the …
- … Chiroptera . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1873): 241–52. …
- … from G. E. Dobson, 23 May 1874 . Dobson 1873 appeared in Proceedings of the Zoological …
To J. D. Hooker 20 July [1874]
Summary
"It is grand about Nepenthes."
JDH is welcome to notice in any way any of CD’s published or unpublished results with insectivorous plants. Gives an abstract of his observations on Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 20 July [1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873–8: 32–37) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9555 |
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- … Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873–8: 32–37) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 …
- … 18 July 1874 and n. 2). In the summer of 1873, CD had described his work on Drosera ( …
- … made the comment in his letter of 10 October 1873 ( Correspondence vol 21). Acetic series: …
- … vol 21, letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 13 August [1873] , and letter to J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 15 August 1873 ). Burdon Sanderson had lectured on electrical …
To William Crookes 9 May [1874]
Summary
Regrets he cannot comply with request because of his work and poor health.
Delighted to have seen correspondent’s "wonderful experiment" at Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crookes |
| Date: | 9 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9449 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 13 October 1874
Summary
Discusses the powers of digestion of Drosera and why certain substances produce less excitement in the plant than others.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9678 |
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- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 25 July 1873 ), and he described them in Insectivorous plants , …
- … pp. 110–12. In Klein et al. 1873, 1: 445, Thomas Lauder Brunton described the preparation …
- … on the digestion of gelatine by Drosera (sundew) in 1873 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … 21, letter to Edward Frankland, 12 July 1873 , and letter to J. …
To C. H. Merriam 29 April 1874
Summary
Asks CHM to send his paper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Clinton Hart Merriam |
| Date: | 29 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, New York (dealers) (November 1997) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9433A |
To J. D. Hooker [before 15 July 1874]
Summary
Suggests experiments to try [with Nepenthes]. Asks JDH to test whether cabbage seeds and peas exposed to the ferment germinate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [before 15 July 1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873–8: 38–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9523 |
To Fritz Müller 1 January 1874
Summary
Thanks for two pamphlets.
Sends Thomas Belt’s [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)], "the best Nat. Hist. book of travels ever published".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9223 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … understanding of termites; F. Müller 1873–5 ). CD’s annotated copies are in the Darwin …
- … 7: 22–45, 441–50. Müller, Fritz. 1873–5. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Termiten. I. Die …
- … in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ) was published in December 1873 ( Publishers’ circular , …
- … 18 December 1873, p. 1062). Belt described chambers in the ant nest filled with a spongy …
- … part of his study of termites ( F. Müller 1873–5 , pp. 333–9), Müller had described two …
To Edmund Hartnack 1 March 1874
Summary
Has been waiting several months for a microscope objective and would like it without delay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edmund Hartnack |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9326 |
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- … s letter has not been found. In October 1873, CD had decided to order an immersion lens (a …
- … vol. 21, letter to Francis Darwin, 10 October 1873 ), having purchased a microscope …
- … from Hartnack in June 1873 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] and n. 9). Hartnack had developed a …
To J. D. Hooker 8 January 1874
Summary
Thanks JDH for Asa Gray’s interesting letter.
Would like JDH’s copy of Coral reefs. Needs it for corrections for a new edition. Cannot buy one.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 310; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Asa Gray Correspondence: Letter from Gray to Hooker, folio 658) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9231 |
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- … the Royal Society of London on 27 November 1873 ( Record of the Royal Society of London ). …
- … the letter from Asa Gray of 26 December 1873 has not been found, but Gray’s letter, which …
- … the publisher, Smith, Elder & Co , in December 1873 about producing a new edition of the …
- … letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 17 December [1873] ). Coral reefs 2d ed. was published in …
To T. L. Brunton 4 March 1874
Summary
On digestive powers of Drosera and those of higher animals.
Comments on expression on two halves of human face.
Responds to TLB’s views of serpent- and fire-worship.
Poison of venomous snakes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9334 |
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- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 19 November [1873]); the results of Burdon Sanderson’s experiments …
- … gelatine’ in Medical Record , 22 January 1873, pp. 36–7. See letter from T. L. Brunton, …
- … on the two sides of the face in December 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter from …
- … T. L. Brunton, 2 December 1873 ). There is no reference to Brunton in Expression 2d …
- … Society of London (Brunton and Fayrer 1873–4, pp. 74–5). CD’s lightly annotated copy of …
To Down School Board 16 November 1874
Summary
Must resign because of his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Down School Board |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/10/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9720 |
| letter | (86) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (4) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (86) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (4) |
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved …
- … A large portion of the letters Darwin received in 1873 were in response to The expression of the …
- … to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ). Drosera was the main focus of …
- … leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). Darwin found that the …
- … copy of the Handbook for the physiological laboratory (1873), a detailed guide to animal …
- … Darwin’s other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 was cross- and self-fertilisation, work …
- … & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). Darwin worried, however, that …
- … when it will be ready” ( letter to John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). Keeping it in the family …
- … their burrows” ( letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin …
- … will be created” ( letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ). Erasmus, who had studied medicine …
- … work” ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
- … 1872 and sold quickly. He wrote to Hooker on 12 January [1873] , “Did I ever boast to you on the …
- … anonymously in the Edinburgh Review in April ([Baynes] 1873). Darwin asked one of his Scottish …
- … before hand” ( letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). Readers' lives …
- … letter from L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield, 20 February 1873 ). The surgeon Francis Stephen …
- … ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] ). Some readers proposed alternative …
- … that accompanied sexual intercourse? (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main …
- … with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The zoologist Henry Reeks suspected …
- … and good breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). Robert Swinhoe wrote from Ning …
- … a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 ). One of the leading …
- … the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 ). Crichton-Browne was trying …
- … the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 ). Instinct In …
- … to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February 1873 ). Darwin soon became …
- … shops ( letter to Nature , [before 13 February 1873] ). Huggins’s letter prompted replies from …
- … to Nature ( letter to Nature , [before 13 March 1873] ) about a horse who had pulled a mail …
- … with his finger ( letter to Nature , [before 3 April 1873] ). Moggridge suggested the …
- … fellow species” ( letter to Nature , [before 24 July 1873] ). Character and genius …
- … as “utopian” ( letter to Francis Galton, 4 January [1873] ). Continuing the line of research he …
- … money very well” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Among character traits, he listed …
- … honest & industrious” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Supporting science, …
- … father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ). In April, Darwin also …
All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin
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To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…
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- … of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. We have also …
- … Here are some highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1873: I do not think any …
- … in Drosera. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 October [1873] ) In 1873, Darwin continued …
- … work to do ( Letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ) As well as working on …
- … of them sold! ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ) Expression of the …
- … brother. ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ) Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … and marvellous ( Letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ) Darwin was invited to …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … Darwin was very interested in hay fever. On 14 June [1873] he wrote to Blackley to thank him for …
- … Aestivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma). And on 5 July 1873 Darwin wrote again, saying: ‘The …
- … in every direction. (Letter to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] ) Blackley wrote back …
- … regions of the atmosphere. Blackley wrote on 7 July 1873 that his high altitude experiments had …
- … remained elusive. He wrote to Darwin on 11 July 1873 : The problem of cure has still …
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February 1873, he asked Hooker for names of …
- … system to follow ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 February 1873 ). Despite also working on experiments with …
- … with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, the …
- … Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). In reply to his German …
- … when it will be published’ ( To J. V. Carus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller also wrote from …
- … my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had found Müller’s …
- … them by different routes’ ( To Hermann Müller, 30 May 1873 ). Although Darwin had completed a …
- … must turn to the vegetable kingdom’ In June 1873, Delpino informed Darwin that …
- … to avoid crossing ( From Federico Delpino, 18 June 1873 ). Darwin was intrigued. ‘I am very glad …
- … Bees’, he told Delpino ( To Federico Delpino, 25 June [1873] ). Darwin’s suspicion that sweet peas …
- … his crossing experiments through the early summer, by August 1873, Darwin decided to shift focus …
- … effects of Interbreeding’ ( To J. V. Carus, 2 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin wrote a …
- … conditions of life’ ( To Nature , 20 September [1873] ). Just as the free-swimming barnacle …
- … of their parents’ ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to …
Your letter eternalized before us: From N. D. Doedes, 27 March 1873
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Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch student fans of Darwin and the photographs they exchanged with each other.
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- … Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch …
Frank Chance
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The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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Darwin and religion: a definitive web resource
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I am aware that if we admit a first cause, the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose. Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more notorious than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in the…
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- … Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more …
Francis Galton
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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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- … including photography, anthropometry, and fingerprinting. In 1873, he proposed founding a society to …
- … difficult to judge on these latter heads” ( 4 January [1873] ). Like most of his contemporaries, …
- … particular inherited talents, except for business ( 28 May 1873 ). Galton grew increasingly …
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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- … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
- … had suggested a new edition of the coral book in December 1873, when he realised the difficulty a …
- … vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble …
- … of human evolution and inheritance himself. In August 1873, he had published in the Contemporary …
- … the use of the Down schoolroom as a winter reading room in 1873 (see Correspondence , vol. 21, …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 July [1874] ). In 1873, Hooker had begun a series of …
- … vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted several weeks in …
- … Moulinié, who had died after a period of ill health in 1873. Edmond Barbier corrected defects in …
- … was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms 1873), which contained Darwin’s portrait to …
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…
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- … Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, wife of naturalist …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat reports in detail on her …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat provides a detailed …
- … 9156 - Wallace, A. R . to Darwin, [19 November 1873] Wallace reassures Darwin that …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
- … Letter 8719 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 January 1873] Darwin gives Mary Treat close …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
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),…
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- … 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 July 1873 In the 1870s, Darwin corresponded …
Francis Darwin
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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…
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- … work” (letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
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,…
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- … in different species of Gasteria , 7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch …
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…
4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'
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< Back to Introduction Another satirical print by ‘Gegeëf’, The Battle Field of Science and the Churches, is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate in a twopenny journal, The Gauntlet, which, like Our National Church and…
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- … Science and the Churches , is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate …
- … not to have progressed beyond its first issue of December 1873. A detached and damaged copy of The …
- … (pseudonym) date of creation 30 November 1873 computer-readable date 1873-11 …
- … references and bibliography The Gauntlet 1 (Dec. 1873). Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley Papers: …
2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust
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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a …
- … on at least two occasions during the construction (1872–1873). Most of the money for the building …
- … saloon where Darwin’s bust was to be placed in 1873, together with a bust of Karl Ernst von Baer, …
- … image Adolf von Hildebrand date of creation 1873 computer-readable date …
- … ‘The Zoological Station at Naples’, Nature 8 (29 May 1873), p. 81. Thomas Huxley’s letter to …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
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…
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- … Weale, J.P.M. [Jan 1873] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, …
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…
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- … Letter 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 August 1873] Darwin thanks Treat for sending over …
