To ? [June–September 1873?]
Summary
Printed memorandum giving reasons why there should be subsidy on a large scale of scientific research unencumbered with teaching.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [June–Sept 1873?] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (T. H. Huxley papers Mss.B.H981) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9040G |
From László Dapsy 1 June 1873
Summary
The Natural Philosophical Society [Academy of Sciences] will publish his translation of Origin in August, before Descent.
A distinguished member of the Hungarian Parliament attacked CD’s theory. LD answered, and a controversy ensued.
LD has noted many signs of public support for CD.
| Author: | Laszlo Dapsy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8931 |
To Anton Dohrn 2 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks AD for kind review of Expression. AD’s remarks on necessity of tracing development of functions are novel and valuable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 2 June [1873] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (D.O. autogr. 12/50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8933 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Anton Dohrn 2 June [1873] …
- … D.O. autogr. 12/50) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 June [1873] Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
- … CD may refer to the article in the 29 May 1873 issue of Nature on the …
- … zoological station at Naples ( Dohrn 1873 ). …
- … Bibliography Dohrn, Anton. 1873. The Zoological Station at …
- … Naples. Nature , 29 May 1873, p. 81. Expression : The expression of the emotions in man …
- … s review appeared in the Academy , 2 June 1873, pp. 209–12. Dohrn praised Expression for …
- … chemistry (see also letter from Anton Dohrn, 7 June 1873 , and Nyhart 1995 , pp. 67–80). …
To B. T. Lowne 3 June 1873
Summary
Comments on BTL’s book [The philosophy of evolution (1873)].
"You are a bold man to speak in favour of pangenesis."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Benjamin Thompson Lowne |
| Date: | 3 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8934 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To B. T. Lowne 3 June 1873 …
- … DAR 146: 57 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 June 1873 Benjamin Thompson Lowne …
- … s book [ The philosophy of evolution (1873)]. "You are a bold man to speak in favour of …
- … Bibliography Lowne, Benjamin Thompson. 1873. The philosophy of evolution. London: John Van …
- … Down, June 3—1873 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for the present of your book, which I …
- … s Philosophy of evolution ( Lowne 1873 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: …
- … was as yet ‘incapable of proof’ ( Lowne 1873 , p. 60). Lowne outlined a theory that had …
- … through nutrition and excretion ( Lowne 1873 , pp. 67–76). Paget had described how many …
- … ensure ‘the survival of the race’ ( Lowne 1873 , p. 76). CD’s heavily annotated copy of …
From George Cupples 4 June 1873
Summary
J. V. Carus’ lecture.
Edinburgh intellectual climate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s visit to Edinburgh.
J. H. Stirling did not write anonymous review of Expression in Edinburgh Review. Suggests T. Spencer Baynes of St Andrews. [? T. S. Baynes, "Darwin on expression", 137 (1873): 492–528.]
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 299 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8935 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From George Cupples 4 June 1873 …
- … DAR 161: 299 George Cupples Guard Bridge 4 June 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Baynes of St Andrews. [? T. S. Baynes, "Darwin on expression", 137 (1873): 492–528. ] …
- … Bibliography [Baynes, Thomas Spencer. ] 1873. [Review of Expression . ] Edinburgh Review …
- … of the unfavourable review of Expression that had appeared in the April 1873 issue of the …
- … Edinburgh Review ( [Baynes 1873] ; see letter to …
- … George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). CD had suggested that James Hutchison Stirling might …
- … be the author of the review in his letter to Cupples of 28 April [1873] . See …
- … also letter from George Cupples, 1 May 1873 . The review was in fact by Thomas Spencer …
- … Waldo Emerson visited England and Scotland in the spring of 1873; he was in Edinburgh …
- … for one day, 8 May 1873, to visit Stirling ( Ireland 1882 , p. 21). Emerson had visited …
- … see letter from George Cupples, 1 May 1873 and n. 3). Cupples had given CD an Irish …
From A. A. L. P. Cochrane 7 June 1873
Summary
Invites CD on a voyage to the western coast of North and South America.
| Author: | Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8938 |
To George Cupples 7 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks for report on J. V. Carus’ lecture.
Glad to hear suspicion about J. H. Stirling groundless.
CD has not seen R. W. Emerson. In last two or three years has seen several Yankees. Saw a good deal of the Nortons [Charles Eliot and Susan Ridley Sedgwick].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 7 June [1873] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.428) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8936 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To George Cupples 7 June [1873] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place Down letterhead 7 June [1873] George Cupples …
- … See letter from George Cupples, 4 June 1873 and nn. 2 and 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson . …
- … September 1872), and Jane Norton (January 1873). Tappy’s chicks: and other links between …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from George Cupples, 4 June 1873 . …
- … Letter from George Cupples, 4 June 1873 . The previous extant …
- … letter from Cupples is that of 1 May 1873. He evidently enclosed a report of a lecture …
From Anton Dohrn 7 June 1873
Summary
News of Naples Zoological Station developments.
His remarks on physiology in the Academy were aimed at Prof. Ludwig and his school.
The usual "exact" methods in experimental physiology want only a little pushing to put an end to superstition.
Recounts how he had worked out the explanation of Rhizocephala morphology via the Anelasma – an example of both the power of inheritance and the power of genealogical investigation. R. Kossman’s work has now confirmed AD’s explanation.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 213 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8937 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … From Anton Dohrn 7 June 1873 …
- … DAR 162: 213 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn Naples 7 June 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Anton Dohrn, 2 June [1873] . Dohrn’s review …
- … of Expression appeared in the Academy , 2 June 1873, pp. 209–11. The Academy was a weekly …
- … see also letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). St George Jackson Mivart had written …
- … 1874): 97–136. Kossmann, Robby August. 1873. Suctoria und Lepadidae. Untersuchungen über …
- … of Habilitationsschrift, Würzburg, 1873. ] Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen …
- … Dohrn Naples. Palazzo Torlonia. | 7. June 1873. P.S. — It will perhaps interest You as in …
- … see letter from Anton Dohrn, 27 January 1873 ). He was probably visited by William Erasmus …
- … from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, 28 [January 1873] (DAR 258: 572), letter from G. H. …
- … Darwin to Emma Darwin, [6? March 1873] (DAR 210.2: 27)). Dohrn had approached the Prussian …
- … see letter from Anton Dohrn, 27 January 1873 and n. 2, and Correspondence vol. 20, …
- … 1872 ). See letter to Anton Dohrn, 2 June [1873] and n. 3. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig …
- … essentia est existentia” ’ ( Academy 4 (1873): 212). The quotation attributed to Baruch de …
- … squalicola in his letter of 27 January 1873 . See Living Cirripedia (1851) , pl. IV, …
- … were reported in his Habilitationsschrift of 1873, later published in Arbeiten aus dem …
- … Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg ( Kossmann 1873 ). Kossmann concluded that the filaments …
To A. A. L. P. Cochrane [after 7 June 1873]
Summary
Is obliged because of health to decline the invitation [see 8938] to make a voyage on the Admiral’s ship. "… I must rest contented with past memories …"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane |
| Date: | [after 7 June 1873] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (20–1 July 1988) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8938A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To A. A. L. P. Cochrane [after 7 June 1873] …
- … Leith Hill Place, Dorking [after 7 June 1873] Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane …
- … from A. A. L. P. Cochrane, 7 June 1873 . CD had been invited to join Cochrane on the …
- … from A. A. L. P. Cochrane, 7 June 1873 ). The original letter is complete and is …
From W. P. Ayres 8 June 1873
Summary
Has been discussing spontaneous generation with William Robinson of the Garden. Reports having found grubs that developed in an undamaged, hard-boiled egg. Has similarly treated eggs if CD wants to investigate.
| Author: | William Port Ayres |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8939 |
To László Dapsy 9 June 1873
Summary
Is glad to hear LD’s translation [of Origin (1873–4)] progresses well.
Offers to send a photograph of himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Laszlo Dapsy |
| Date: | 9 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8940 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To László Dapsy 9 June 1873 …
- … DAR 96: 155 Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place 9 June 1873 Laszlo Dapsy …
- … Is glad to hear LD’s translation [of Origin (1873–4)] progresses well. Offers to send a …
- … Letter from László Dapsy, 1 June 1873 . CD refers to Dapsy’s …
- … translation of Origin (Dapsy trans. 1873–4). …
- … See letter from László Dapsy, 1 June 1873 and n. 2. An illustration based on a …
From Hermann Müller 10 June 1873
Summary
Reports on insects fertilising Viola tricolor and on the fertilisation of the two wild forms [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 124 n., 125].
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 154–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8941 |
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- … From Hermann Müller 10 June 1873 …
- … 5 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 10 June 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on Befruchtung der Blumen (Fertilisation of flowers; H. Müller 1873 ) in his letter to …
- … Hermann Müller, 30 May 1873 . Müller refers to Cross and self fertilisation. …
- … found, but see the letter from Hermann Müller, 27 May 1873 and n. 1. Müller had sent …
- … tricolor in his letter to CD of 19 May 1873 . Apis mellifica is now A. mellifera , the …
- … See letter from Hermann Müller, 19 May 1873 . Müller was interested in an article by …
- … see letter from Hermann Müller, 27 May 1873 and n. 1). Poa annua is a meadow-grass. …
- … Garland Publishing. 1990. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten …
- … Lippstadt June 10 1873. My dear Sir Your letter has been a great pleasure to me by your …
- … hoverfly. On Viola tricolor , see the letter from Hermann Müller, 19 May 1873 , and H. …
- … Müller 1873 , p. 145. Charles Valentine Riley had described a new species of moth ( …
From Albert Günther 11 June 1873
Summary
Apologises for having given CD some unreliable information.
| Author: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 254 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8942 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Albert Günther 11 June 1873 …
- … Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther British Museum 11 June 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Society. Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf. 1873. Contribution to our knowledge of …
- … British Museum June 11. 1873 My dear Sir I enclose the copy of a note of mine which I …
- … description had been reported by CD ( Günther 1873 , p. 419). CD removed this example in …
- … CD was in London from 15 March to 10 April 1873 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)), and had invited …
- … lunch ( letter to Albert Günther, 12 April [1873] ). Günther was assistant keeper at the …
To C. H. Blackley 14 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks for sending Experimental researches. He will read it as soon as he finishes a book in hand. [See 8965.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Date: | 14 June [1873] |
| Classmark: | Arbor 441–2 (September–October 1982): 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8943A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To C. H. Blackley 14 June [1873] …
- … October 1982): 148 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 June [1873] Charles Harrison Blackley …
- … letter from C. H. Blackley, 7 July 1873 . CD’s annotated copy of Experimental researches …
- … hay-fever or hay-asthma) ( Blackley 1873 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: …
- … Bibliography Blackley, Charles Harrison. 1873. Experimental researches on the causes and …
To Albert Günther 14 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks AG for information [unspecified]; so trifling an error will not alter his opinion that AG is "the most accurate of men".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 14 June [1873] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (37) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8943 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Albert Günther 14 June [1873] …
- … 37) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 June [1873] Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) …
- … See letter from Albert Günther, 11 June 1873 and n. 1. Günther had retracted an earlier …
- … See letter from Albert Günther, 11 June 1873 and n. 3. Günther hoped to observe a …
From Charles Hinton 15 June 1873
Summary
Observations on expression.
| Author: | Charles Hinton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 222 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8944 |
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From Federico Delpino 18 June 1873
Summary
Sends information on Lathyrus odoratus, Phaseolus multiflorus and Pisum sativum.
| Author: | Federico Delpino |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 152–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8945 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Federico Delpino 18 June 1873 …
- … DAR 77: 152–3 Federico Delpino Vallombrosa 18 June 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by means of insects and their mutual adaptations; H. Müller 1873 ) in his letter to …
- … Delpino of 1 May 1873 . ‘Melittophilous’ refers to plants that rely on bees for …
- … pp. 94–5. CD’s annotation is a note for his letter to Delpino of 25 June [1873] . …
- … John Murray. 1876. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und …
- … Vallombrosa 18. giugno 1873 Onorevole Signore! La prego a volermi perdonare se ho tardato …
- … see letter to Federico Delpino, 1 May 1873 ). Oidium is a genus of fungi that causes …
- … Vallombrosa 18. June 1873 Esteemed Sir! I beg you to forgive the long delay in replying to …
To E. W. Lane 23 June 1873
Summary
Thanks EWL for his book about hydropathy [Old medicine and new (1873)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Wickstead Lane |
| Date: | 23 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.429) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8946 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To E. W. Lane 23 June 1873 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.429) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 June 1873 Edward Wickstead Lane …
- … Thanks EWL for his book about hydropathy [ Old medicine and new (1873)]. …
- … Old medicine and new ( E. W. Lane 1873 ). CD had attended water spas periodically between …
- … Press. 1985–. Lane, Edward Wickstead. 1873. Old medicine and new. London: J. and A. …
From C. F. Martins 23 June 1873
Summary
CM and Henri Sicard have given what CM thinks is the first zoology course in France based on descent of species.
In Rome he was struck by ancient Greek statues of mythical figures which use the idea of environmental influence. Ascribes these ideas to both CD and Lamarck.
| Author: | Charles Frédéric Martins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8947 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From C. F. Martins 23 June 1873 …
- … Frédéric Martins Jardin des Plantes de Montpellier 23 June 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1873. Philosophie zoologique, ou, Exposition de …
- … de | Montpellier. | Montpellier, le 23 Juin 1873. Mon cher Maitre, C’est à Rome ou j’étais …
- … Lamarck’s Philosophie zoologique ( Lamarck 1873 ), for which he had written a biographical …
- … de | Montpellier. | Montpellier, 23 June 1873. My dear Master, It was at Rome, where I was …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 24 June 1873
Summary
Wishes JSBS to look over an abstract of his Drosera experiments and to answer some questions on it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 24 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8948 |
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- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 24 June 1873 …
- … 1-10) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 June 1873 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … however, the letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 25 June 1873 . On CD’s experiments with …
- … Drosera (sundew), see the letter to Mary Treat, 1 January 1873 , and the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 5 January [1873] . In …
- … a letter to Nature , 19 June 1873, pp. 141–3, Burdon Sanderson reported on some of the …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 24 1873 My dear D r Sanderson I am going to beg a great …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Ayres, W. P. | (1) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (1) |
| Cheeseman, T. F. | (1) |
| Cochrane, A. A. L. P. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
| Blackley, C. H. | (1) |
| Cochrane, A. A. L. P. | (1) |
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (34) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (3) |
| Cochrane, A. A. L. P. | (2) |
| Cupples, George | (2) |
| Dapsy, Laszlo | (2) |
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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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 …
