To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1877]
Summary
CD notes growth of Royal Society may force it to hire officers.
Speculates on cold resistance of bacterial germs.
Will communicate to Royal Society Frank’s paper on the ingestion of solid particles by the protoplasmic protrusions of Dipsacus glands.
CD working on plant dimorphism.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 25 Jan [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 430–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10814 |
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- … to Richard Owen’s address on 3 December 1873 to the fellows of the Royal Society on the …
- … elections, presidents, and payment of secretaries ( R. Owen 1873 ). Owen had hinted …
- … 10 (1869): 393–437. Owen, Richard. 1873. [Address to the fellows of the Royal Society on …
- … that Hooker, who was elected president on 1 December 1873 ( The Times , …
- … 2 December 1873, p. 7), would accept payment as president of the Royal Society (see …
- … 21, letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 December [1873] ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 January …
From C. W. Thomson 1 May 1877
Summary
Is sorting material collected by the Challenger and wonders whether CD would care to examine the cirripedes.
Author: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 May 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10947 |
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- … of the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part XXV. Report …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
- … the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part XXVIII. Report …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
From Hermann Müller 25 January 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for calling attention to a "considerable error" in his observations on Hottonia fertility [in Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)]. [See Forms of flowers, p. 52.]
Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: A26–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10815 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … fertility [in Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)]. [See Forms of flowers , p. 52. ] …
- … flowers through insect agency; H. Müller 1873 ) has not been found; CD evidently pointed …
- … John Murray. 1877. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und …
- … fertility as legitimate crosses; H. Müller 1873 , p. 352). CD double-scored the passage in …
- … discussed Müller’s suggestion ( H. Müller 1873 , p. 352) that homostyled plants might have …
From William Saunders 22 November 1877
Summary
Sends plant specimens of a hybrid he has raised by crossing two species of Rubus. Describes procedure by which he obtained them. Cites his paper on hybridisation.
Author: | William Saunders |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Nov 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11248 |
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- … 1872 report is in the Darwin Library–Down; his copy of the 1873 report has not been found. …
- … In the report of 1873, there was an account of a visit to Saunders’s fruit farm, including …
- … Doolittle–Philadelphia hybrids (Beadle et al. 1873, pp. 258–9). The paper on hybridity is …
- … of agriculture for Ontario for 1872 and 1873 in which you will find further details in …
From Hyde Clarke 27 December 1877
Summary
Informs CD of his work on the "unity of language in its development".
Author: | Henry Hyde (Hyde) Clarke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Dec 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 161 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11292 |
From C. W. Thomson 30 June 1877
Summary
Wants CD’s advice on who would undertake describing the Crustacea from the Challenger expedition [1872–6].
Author: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 June 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11026 |
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- … of the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part X. Report …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
- … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. 3 vols. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. …
From Charles Layton 20 March 1877
Summary
Encloses statement of sales for Origin, Expression, Descent and Insectivorous plants and sends a cheque for the balance due to CD.
Author: | Charles James (Charles) Layton; D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Mar 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10907 |
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- … ed. was published from stereotypes of the sixth London edition in 1873. Expression US ed. …
- … stereotypes of the English edition but has an 1873 imprint on the title page. Descent 2d …
- … By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1873. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … By Charles Darwin. From the 6th London edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1873. …
To J. D. Hooker 25 May [1877]
Summary
CD has again become interested in "bloom" on plants; requests JDH’s help with seeds and plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 25 May [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 440–1; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 69) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10972 |
To J. D. Hooker 28 November [1877]
Summary
Suggests revisions in JDH’s 1877 Presidential Address to the Royal Society [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (1877): 427–46].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 28 Nov [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 465 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11257 |
To C. H. Blackley 9 March 1877
Summary
Thanks for CHB’s essay [New observations on hay-fever (1877?)]. The calculation of the weight of pollen-grains is wonderful. Suggests he consult Cross and self-fertilisation, pp. 376, 405 for information on this subject.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
Date: | 9 Mar 1877 |
Classmark: | Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10886 |
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- … Bibliography Blackley, Charles Harrison. 1873. Experimental researches on the causes and …
- … he cited some of CD’s comments on Blackley 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to C. …
- … H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] ). In Cross and self fertilisation , pp. 376–7, CD …
- … in dry conditions than wet ( Blackley 1873 ), and cited other authors who had estimated …
From Hermann Müller 2 April 1877
Summary
Is pleased that CD agrees with HM’s suggestions and criticisms of CD’s work. Will undertake experiments with Viola tricolor seeds to see if they produce both large- and small-flowered plants.
Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Apr 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 111: A88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10921 |
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- … of flowers through insect agency; H. Müller 1873 , p. 145), Müller had described insect …
- … John Murray. 1877. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und …
- … V. tricolor and the self-fertilising form of the species in letters of 19 May 1873 and …
- … 10 June 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21). Rhinanthus or rattle is a genus of hemiparasitic …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 September [1877]
Summary
Thanks for Australian leaves for "bloom" experiments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 27 Sept [1877] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 99) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11156 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 99) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 16 February 1877
Summary
Pleased and honoured by WTT-D’s review ["Darwin on fertilisation", Nature 15 (1876–77): 329–32]. Comments on review.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 16 Feb 1877 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 60–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10848 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 60–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [20–4 August 1877]
Summary
Discusses plants sent for experiments and "bloom" on leaves of Trifolium.
Sends enclosure for R. I. Lynch.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | [20–4 Aug 1877] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 87–8) (Image reproduced with the kind permission of the Board of Trustees) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11086 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 [July 1877]
Summary
Thanks for the plants.
Is doubtful whether he will make out anything about "bloom".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 26 [July 1877] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 78) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11072 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 78) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 [ …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 28 July [1877]
Summary
Thanks R. I. Lynch for his MS on Averrhoa.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 28 July [1877] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 79) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11076 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 79) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [before 24 August 1877]
Summary
Would like specimen of Cassia mimosoides.
Offers books to R. I. Lynch in return for services rendered.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | [before 24 Aug 1877] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 83–4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11085 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 83–4) Charles Robert Darwin Down [ …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 7 August 1877
Summary
Requests plants that show movement, and any with "bloom" living near the sea.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 7 Aug 1877 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 80–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11094 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 80–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 17 January 1877
Summary
Thanks WTT-D for praise of Cross and self-fertilisation
and for information about Mussaenda.
Has some algae from Queensland if WTT-D is interested.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 17 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 58–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10798 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 58–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 July [1877]
Summary
Asks for advice on how to care for previously sent species.
Occurrence of "bloom".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 9 July [1877] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 67–8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11043 |
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- … Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 67–8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 …
letter | (59) |
Darwin, C. R. | (30) |
Carus, J. V. | (2) |
Müller, Fritz | (2) |
Müller, Hermann | (2) |
Thomson, C. W. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (19) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Darwin, Francis | (2) |
Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (55) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (20) |
Müller, Fritz | (4) |
Darwin, Francis | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
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
Summary
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 …