To G. H. Darwin 22 January 1873
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 22 Jan 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8747 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 March [1873]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 Mar [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8799 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 5 March [1873] …
- … DAR 210.1: 9 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Mar [1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … to Emma Darwin sent from Cannes in February 1873, George recounted a meeting with Edward …
- … this letter and the letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 January 1873 . George Howard Darwin …
- … and Horace Darwin left home on 10 January 1873 to travel to Cannes ( Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … 242); letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 January 1873 ). Two of George’s letters to Emma Darwin …
- … G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 27 February [1873] (DAR 210.2: 25)); he and Horace had also …
- … Montague Street, London, from 15 March 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Robert Waring …
From H. F. H. Elliot to G. H. Darwin [before 11 March 1873?]
Summary
Instinctive responses in animals.
Author: | Hugh Frederic Hislop Elliot |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [before 11 Mar 1873?] |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7422 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From H. F. H. Elliot to G. H. Darwin [before 11 March 1873? ] …
- … 163: 17 Hugh Frederic Hislop Elliot unstated [before 11 Mar 1873? ] George Howard Darwin …
- … Darwin that can be dated to early March 1873 (see n. 2, below), and from the reference to …
- … third Irish bill was defeated on 11 March 1873 (see n. 4, below). CD had given a number …
- … George’s letter to Emma of [early March 1873] (DAR 210.2: 27). George wrote, ‘I send an …
- … defeated in a vote in Parliament on 11 March 1873, forcing the resignation of the prime …
To G. H. Darwin [3 April 1873]
Summary
Anxious to have GHD come home because of his poor health. Recommends Huxley’s physician (Andrew Clark) – an advocate of milk diet.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [3 Apr 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8839 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [3 April 1873] …
- … 210.1: 10 Charles Robert Darwin London, Montague St, 16 [3 Apr 1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin, [6? March 1873] (DAR 210.2: 27)). He had been suffering …
- … DAR 242), George arrived in London on 5 April 1873. Andrew Clark was Thomas Henry Huxley’s …
- … 16 Montague Street, London, from 15 March to 10 April 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … In 1873, the Thursday before 10 April was 3 April. …
- … George had been in Cannes, France, since January 1873 ( letter from G. H. Darwin …
- … to H. E. Darwin, 25 January 1873 (DAR 210.2: 24)). He had written to Emma Darwin that he …
From G. H. Darwin to John Tyndall [7 April 1873]
Summary
CD particularly wishes to see JT "On business not connected with himself" [the fund for Huxley’s holiday]. Asks whether CD may call that afternoon. GHD adds postscript saying CD very fatigued. He hopes JT can come to see CD instead, but he should not mention that GHD suggested it.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | John Tyndall |
Date: | [7 Apr 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 12 (EH 88205950) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8846 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin to John Tyndall [7 April 1873] …
- … 12 (EH 88205950) George Howard Darwin London, Montague St, 16 [7 Apr 1873] John Tyndall …
- … subscription was handled by Lubbock’s bank (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ). …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 April 1873] . …
- … The Monday after 6 April 1873 was 7 April. The business referred to was the plan to raise …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 April 1873] and n. 2). CD had probably visited John …
From G. H. Darwin 8 July 1873
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 July 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 55: 160–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8969 |
To G. H. Darwin 2 August [1873]
Summary
Thinks highly of GHD’s article [probably "On beneficial restrictions to liberty of marriage", Contemp. Rev. 22 (1873): 412–26]. A good omen for the future.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8997 |
Matches: 4 hits
From G. H. Darwin to Richard Strachey [29 August 1873]
Summary
Writes for CD to thank RS for his very valuable information.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Strachey |
Date: | [29 Aug 1873] |
Classmark: | The British Library (IOL Mss Eur F127) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9031 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin to Richard Strachey [29 August 1873] …
- … Library (IOL Mss Eur F127) George Howard Darwin Down [29 Aug 1873] Richard Strachey …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Richard Strachey, 25 August 1873 . …
- … The Friday following 25 August 1873 was 29 August. According to Emma Darwin’ …
- … CD was very unwell on 26 and 28 August 1873, but much better in the next couple of days. …
- … bed on 31 August. See letter from Richard Strachey, 25 August 1873 and n. 3. The meeting …
- … of Science was held in Bradford in September 1873. Strachey’s home was in Clapham. …
From G. H. Darwin [25 September – 3 October 1873]
Summary
Criticises CD’s letter to Nature ["Complemental males in certain cirripedes", Collected papers 2: 177–82].
On the elimination of useless parts.
GHD fails to see the point of CD’s use of the law of distribution about a mean.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [25 Sept – 3 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.1: 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9070 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [25 September – 3 October 1873] …
- … DAR 205.1: 74 George Howard Darwin unstated [25 Sept – 3 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the publication of CD’s letter to Nature on 25 September 1873 (see letter to …
- … Nature , 20 September [1873] and n. 1), and the letter to Nature from …
- … G. H. Darwin, 4 October [1873]. CD had drawn on Adolphe Quetelet’s statistical work to …
- … rudimentary male cirripedes (see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873] and n. 10). …
From G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873]
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8702 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873] …
- … 210.2: 29 George Howard Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [1 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … at Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1873 ( ODNB ). George refers to Erasmus (Ras). …
- … The visit took place on Wednesday 8 October 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the …
- … in a letter to Horace Darwin, [10 June 1873] (DAR 258: 579), Emma Darwin wrote: ‘D r …
From G. H. Darwin [before 3 October 1873]
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 3 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9084 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [before 3 October 1873] …
- … 28 George Howard Darwin New University Club [before 3 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to G. H. Darwin, 3 October [1873] . CD had …
- … published a letter in Nature , 25 September 1873, pp. 431–2, headed ‘On the males and …
- … see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]). George’s draft has not been found, but was a …
- … of organs (see letter from G. H. Darwin to Nature , 4 October [1873]). George took …
- … at Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1873 ( ODNB ). Leonard Darwin was working at the …
- … at Down House. Andrew Clark began treating both CD and George in 1873 (see letter from …
- … Andrew Clark, 3 September 1873 , and letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] ). Edmund Langton was George’s cousin. …
To G. H. Darwin 3 October [1873]
Summary
CD thinks GHD’s letter is an excellent clarification [of CD’s conjectural view on the elimination of useless parts in species], but does not want to publish it as his [CD’s] own. Asks GHD to think carefully before he publishes it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 3 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9085 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 3 October [1873] …
- … DAR 210.1: 12 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … see n. 3, below). See letter from G. H. Darwin, [before 3 October 1873] . CD had …
- … published a letter in Nature , 25 September 1873, pp. 431–2, headed ‘On the males and …
- … see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]). George had drafted a clarification of CD’s …
- … see letter to Nature from G. H. Darwin, 4 October [1873]); George’s letter was published …
- … in the issue of 16 October 1873. The second part of CD’s letter in Nature (see n. 2, …
- … residence at Trinity College in October 1873 ( ODNB ). Both George and his cousin Edmund …
- … Clark about their health (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [before 3 October 1873] ). …
From G. H. Darwin to Nature 4 October [1873]
Summary
Sends, with CD’s approval, a clarification of CD’s explanation of how useless organs might diminish [see 9061]. Using Quetelet’s law of normal distribution GHD shows how horns of cattle, having become useless, would gradually diminish and finally disappear.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Nature |
Date: | 4 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | Nature, 16 October 1873, p. 505 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9087 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin to Nature 4 October [1873] …
- … Nature , 16 October 1873, p. …
- … 505 George Howard Darwin Down 4 Oct [1873] Nature …
- … is established by the fact that this letter was published in Nature , 16 October 1873. …
- … See letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]. See letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, [before 3 October 1873] , and letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 3 October [1873] . George refers to Adolphe Quetelet and Quetelet 1869 , 1: …
From G. H. Darwin 5 October 1873
Summary
Has decided to send the letter ["Variation of organs", Nature 8 (1873): 505].
Writes of his poor health and problems of settling in at Trinity.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9088 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 5 October 1873 …
- … 210.2: 30 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 5 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter ["Variation of organs", Nature 8 (1873): 505]. Writes of his poor health and …
- … Bibliography Goodman, John. 1873. White corpuscles, their nature and origin in the animal …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science (1873), Transactions of the sections, pp. 129– …
- … organs (see letter from G. H. Darwin to Nature , 4 October [1873] and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1873 ( ODNB ). Horace Darwin was an undergraduate …
- … to the south of France for their health in January 1873 ( letter from G. H. Darwin …
- … house in Down for Francis Darwin (see letter to Frederick Allen’s agent, [October 1873] ). …
- … to H. E. Litchfield, 25 January 1873 (DAR 210.2: 24)). George was following the dietary …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] and n. 2). Gyp-room: a room where the …
- … was printed in the Proceedings ( Goodman 1873 ); the abstract mentioned that corpuscles …
- … in a letter in Chemical News , 23 May 1873, p. 255. Henry Fisher Cox of the Examiner , a …
To G. H. Darwin 12 October [1873]
Summary
Asks GHD whether he can tell him what inclination a polished or waxy leaf ought to hold to the horizon in order to let vertical rain rebound off as much as possible.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 12 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9096 |
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From G. H. Darwin [c. 16 October 1873?]
Summary
Sends table showing relative force of impact of weight dropped on a plane inclined at different angles.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 16 Oct 1873?] |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9078 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [ c. 16 October 1873? ] …
- … DAR 162: 62 George Howard Darwin unstated [ c. 16 Oct 1873? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter from G. H. Darwin, 16 October 1873 . George’s letter may have to do with CD’s …
- … as possible ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 October [1873] , and letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 16 October 1873 ). …
From G. H. Darwin 16 October 1873
Summary
On bodies of varying elasticity bouncing off inclined planes [see 9096].
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9097 |
To G. H. Darwin 21 October [1873]
Summary
CD gives his criticisms of GHD’s essay on religion and the moral sense. Urges him to delay publishing for some months and then to consider whether it is new and important enough to counterbalance the effects of its publication. J. S. Mill would never have influenced the age as he has done had he not refrained from expressing his religious convictions. Cites John Morley’s Life of Voltaire [1872]: direct attacks produce little effect; real good comes from slow and silent side attacks. "My advice is to pause, pause, pause."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 21 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1:14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9105 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 21 October [1873] …
- … DAR 210.1:14 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct [1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … at Down from 25 September to 22 October 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD refers …
- … Bibliography Arnold, Matthew. 1873. Literature & dogma: an essay towards a better …
- … the letter to G. H. Darwin, 24 [October 1873] . George’s essay on religion and the moral …
- … to Matthew Arnold , who had sent CD Literature & dogma ( Arnold 1873 ); see letter to …
- … Matthew Arnold, 9 February [1873] . …
- … In Arnold 1873 , p. 43 n. 1, Arnold wrote: ‘All good and fruitful prayer is in truth, …
- … s Magazine 26: 410–16. Mill, John Stuart. 1873. Autobiography. London: Longmans, Green, …
- … more real. ’ John Stuart Mill’s Autobiography ( J. S. Mill 1873 ) was published in the …
- … second half of October 1873 ( Publishers’ …
- … Circular 1873, p. 774); it …
- … reviewed in the Daily News , 18 October 1873, p. 2. Albert Venn Dicey and Richard Buckley …
To G. H. Darwin 24 [October 1873]
Summary
"It is a fearfully difficult moral problem about speaking out on religion, & I have never been able to make up my mind."
An Irishman, a "grand breeder" of short-horns, declared at lunch that CD’s books had been "a great help to [him] in breeding!"
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 24 [Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9111 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 24 [October 1873] …
- … DAR 210.1: 15 Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 [Oct 1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … See letter to G. H. Darwin, 21 October [ 1873] and n. 4. Henrietta Emma Litchfield . …
- … Horace Darwin . See letter to John Downing, 20 October [1873] , and letter from …
- … John Downing, 13 November 1873 . …
- … Bibliography Maxwell, James Clerk. 1873. On the final state of a system of molecules in …
- … motion subject to forces of any kind. Nature , 23 October 1873, pp. 537–8. …
- … between this letter, the letter to G. H. Darwin, 21 October [1873] , and the letter from …
- … John Downing, 13 November 1873 . The letter has not been found. James Clerk Maxwell’ …
- … subject to forces of any kind’ ( Maxwell 1873 ) was full of equations. CD refers to Albert …
To G. H. Darwin 15 November [1873]
Summary
CD writes about organising a subscription for Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples. Has drawn up a draft circular for naturalists to sign to show their support for the Station.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 15 Nov [1873] |
Classmark: | National Records of Scotland (GD433/2/103A/1/1–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9142 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 15 November [1873] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead 15 Nov [1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … this letter and the letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 November 1873 . See letter from F. …
- … M. Balfour, 11 November 1873 . CD refers to Francis Maitland Balfour and Anton Dohrn . CD …
- … T. H. Huxley to Anton Dohrn, 15 November 1873 . CD’s original draft of the circular is …
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Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
Darwin, G. H. | (10) |
Elliot, H. F. H. | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (13) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Nature | (1) |
Strachey, Richard | (1) |
Tyndall, John | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | |
Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
Elliot, H. F. H. | (1) |
Nature | (1) |
Strachey, Richard | (1) |
Tyndall, John | (1) |
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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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
Summary
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
Summary
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 …