From Fritz Müller [c. January 1874]
Summary
Agrees with Bates that neuter termites are not modified imagos (sterile females), but modified larvae (of both sexes).
Systematic relations of stingless honey-bees (Melipona and Trigona) are not yet well established.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. Jan 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 19 February 1874, p. 309 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9281 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … in 5. Jena: Gustav Fischer. Müller, Fritz. 1873–5. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Termiten. I. …
- … 451–63; 9 (1875): 241–64. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten …
- … on termites in November 1872 and it was published in 1873 in the Jenaische Zeitschrift für …
- … Naturwissenschaft ( F. Müller 1873–5 , pp. 451–63). Müller argued that the two forms of …
- … possible) in some plants ( F. Müller 1873–5 , pp. 458–9). Müller’s interest in stingless …
- … of flowers by insect agency ( H. Müller 1873 ) and initially he tried to find the bee …
- … Möller ed. 1915–21 , 2: 208–10). In January 1873, Fritz sent around forty bee specimens, …
- … Fritz Müller to Hermann Müller , 29 January 1873, Möller ed. 1915–21 , 2: 214– 18). For …
To Fritz Müller 1 January 1874
Summary
Thanks for two pamphlets.
Sends Thomas Belt’s [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)], "the best Nat. Hist. book of travels ever published".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9223 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … understanding of termites; F. Müller 1873–5 ). CD’s annotated copies are in the Darwin …
- … 7: 22–45, 441–50. Müller, Fritz. 1873–5. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Termiten. I. Die …
- … in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ) was published in December 1873 ( Publishers’ circular , …
- … 18 December 1873, p. 1062). Belt described chambers in the ant nest filled with a spongy …
- … part of his study of termites ( F. Müller 1873–5 , pp. 333–9), Müller had described two …
From E. P. T. Houk 3 January 1874
Summary
Sends paper she read before AAAS, but which was not accepted for Proceedings.
| Author: | Eliza Phillips Thruston Houk |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 272 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9225 |
From H. H. Howorth 3 January [1874]
Summary
On the extinction of populations. [See Descent, 2d ed., p. 183.]
| Author: | Henry Hoyle Howorth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 28–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8722 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Kilda (see n. 4, below). Howorth wrote ‘1873’ in error. CD’s letters to Howorth have not …
- … letter from H. H. Howorth, 31 December 1873 . Howorth sent CD a copy of the first part …
- … an article, ‘A visit to St Kilda in 1873’, in Good Words in 1875 (Angus Smith 1875 ). No …
- … Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 2 (1873): 21–40. Morgan, John Edward. 1861. The …
- … 4: 104–11. Smith, Angus. 1875. A visit to St. Kilda in 1873. Good Words 16: 141–4, 264–9. …
To B. J. Sulivan 6 January [1874]
Summary
Thanks BJS for the missionary pamphlet and his good account of the Fuegians.
Is under the care of Andrew Clark, and feels "very old & helpless".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9229 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … son George Howard Darwin in April 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, [3 April 1873] ). Clark was known for his belief in the connection between …
- … Thomas Edward Sulivan , died in January 1873 (see letter from B. J. Sulivan, 5 January …
- … CD probably began consulting Andrew Clark around August 1873 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 21, letter from Andrew Clark, 3 September 1873 ); he had recommended Clark to his …
From Hubert Airy 8 January 1874
Summary
W. J. Beal’s paper ["Phyllotaxis of cones", Am. Nat. 7 (1873): 449–53] shows incompleteness of HA’s theory, but does not invalidate his basic principles on origin of leaf arrangement or the broad applicability of the theory.
| Author: | Hubert Airy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9232 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … s paper ["Phyllotaxis of cones", Am. Nat. 7 (1873): 449–53] shows incompleteness of HA’s …
- … Bibliography Airy, Hubert. 1873. On leaf-arrangement. Abstract. …
- … by Charles Darwin. [Read 27 February 1873. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … Read 30 April 1874. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 22 (1873–4): 298–307. …
- … Beal, William James. 1873. Phyllotaxis of cones. American Naturalist 7: 449–53. …
- … CD had lent Airy the August 1873 issue of American Naturalist ; it contained William James …
- … were necessarily excluded by the geometry of the case ( Beal 1873 , p. 451). For Beal’s …
- … patterns in cones from five different tree species, see Beal 1873 , pp. 451–2. Airy’s …
- … leaf arrangement) was published in H. Airy 1873 ; he corrected and extended his theory in …
To J. D. Hooker 8 January 1874
Summary
Thanks JDH for Asa Gray’s interesting letter.
Would like JDH’s copy of Coral reefs. Needs it for corrections for a new edition. Cannot buy one.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 310; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Asa Gray Correspondence: Letter from Gray to Hooker, folio 658) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9231 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the Royal Society of London on 27 November 1873 ( Record of the Royal Society of London ). …
- … the letter from Asa Gray of 26 December 1873 has not been found, but Gray’s letter, which …
- … the publisher, Smith, Elder & Co , in December 1873 about producing a new edition of the …
- … letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 17 December [1873] ). Coral reefs 2d ed. was published in …
To Smith, Elder & Co. 8 January 1874
Summary
Pleased they will publish a new edition of Coral reefs, and he will soon consider any addenda and write a short preface.
Will return the wood-blocks of Journal of Researches the following week.
Could his copy of Coral Reefs please be returned.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 43127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9233F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 17 December [1873] ( Correspondence vol 21), CD had asked to …
To Horace Darwin 9 January [1874]
Summary
CD is glad Horace has done "pretty well" in his examination.
Smith and Elder will publish new edition of Coral reefs [1874]; thanks HD for aid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9234 |
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- … in his letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 17 December [1873] ( Correspondence vol. 21). …
To Andrew Clark 10 January [1874]
Summary
Invites AC to visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Andrew Clark, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.436) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9236 |
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- … II)). Clark, who had been CD’s doctor since 1873, resided at 16 Cavendish Square, which …
From Robert Swinhoe 14 January 1874
Summary
Wants CD to propose him for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9242 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Society of London in January 1874 ( Swinhoe 1873 ; Morning Post , 23 January 1874, p. 6). …
- … index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. Swinhoe, Robert. 1873. On the white stork …
- … of Japan. [Read 20 May 1873. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1873): 512–14. …
- … boyciana ) was described by Swinhoe in 1873; these two were presented to the Zoological …
From ? [after 14 January 1874]
Summary
Extract from the Honolulu Gazette on the decreasing population of the Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Jan 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8794 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … published in the Hawaiian Gazette , 12 March 1873. CD added information on the decreasing …
From H. T. Stainton 15 January 1874
Summary
Encloses R. McLachlan’s certificate of nomination for Royal Society. Hopes CD will sign it, as McLachlan is the most philosophic member of the Entomological Society in years.
| Author: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9243 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … served as treasurer for the society between 1873 and 1875. He was also the first editor …
From William Dealtry 16 January 1874
Summary
On the increases in crossbred English and Tahitian population of Pitcairn islanders. [See Descent, 2d ed., p. 190.] Includes copy of letter from George Hunn Nobbs about the population of Norfolk Island.
| Author: | William Dealtry |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 30–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9244 |
From C.-F. Reinwald 17 January 1874
Summary
French translation of Expression sent for CD’s approval.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9245 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … from C. F. Reinwald, 4 March 1873 . CD’s copy of Moulinié trans. 1872 has not been …
- … editions of Origin ( Moulinié trans. 1873 ), Variation ( Moulinié trans. 1868 ), and …
- … Pozzi was assisted by René Benoît from around May 1873 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … 21, letter from Samuel Jean Pozzi, 11 May 1873) . Edmond …
- … Barbier was employed by Reinwald in March 1873, after Moulinié’s death, in order to …
- … the second French edition ( Moulinié trans. 1873–4 ). See Correspondence vol. 21, letter …
- … Cie. Moulinié, Jean Jacques, trans. 1873–4. La descendance de l’homme et la sélection …
- … Reinwald & Cie. Moulinié, Jean Jacques, trans. 1873. L’origine des espèces au moyen de la …
From J. V. Carus 19 January 1874
Summary
A new German edition of Descent is planned. Would like to work on proofs before leaving for lectures at Edinburgh.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9248 |
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- … at the University of Edinburgh in the summers of 1873 and 1874, replacing Charles Wyville …
From J. H. Martin 19 January 1874
Summary
JHM, who has not read CD’s works, must conduct a discussion on Darwinism and theology at a local literary society. He asks CD to define briefly his position on the origin of man and on descent.
| Author: | James Hales Martin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9249 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Martin is listed in the Dundee directory 1873–4 as ironmonger, tinsmith, and gas-fitter at …
From J. D. Hooker 20 January 1874
Summary
An awful row at the Linnean Society. William Carruthers and Co. packed a meeting to throw out a decision of the Council. He was beaten by one vote (more than two-thirds majority needed).
Spent two hours with Lyell talking about Thomas Belt’s book [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)]: "the tropical old Glaciers beat the seance I do think".
Lyell agrees that the glacial epoch is the great geological crux of the day. Lowering of the ocean level must also be investigated.
Curious about A. C. Ramsay’s paper coming at Royal Society on 29th ["On the comparative value of certain geological ages", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 22 (1874): 145–8].
Huxley’s new book [? Critiques and addresses (1873)].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 187–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9250 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … R. Soc. Lond. 22 (1874): 145–8]. Huxley’s new book [? Critiques and addresses (1873)]. …
- … Henry Huxley’s most recent book was Critiques and addresses ( T. H. Huxley 1873 ). …
- … It was published in May 1873 ( Publishers’ circular , …
- … 16 May 1873, p. 338). …
- … president of the Royal Society on 30 November 1873; Huxley was a secretary of the society …
- … of the Royal Society of London ). In 1873, Huxley had suffered a breakdown from overwork …
- … of the Linnean Society of London 86 (1873–4): xi–xiii). Two of the alterations to the …
- … Academic Press. Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1873. Critiques and addresses. London: Macmillan. …
- … of the Royal Society of London 22 (1873–4): 334–43. Record of the Royal Society of …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 20 January 1874
Summary
Russian Expression has sold nearly 2000 copies.
Plans to come to England to study collections of vertebrate fossils from the Chalk. This will complement his work in the south of France.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9251 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of his monograph on Anthracotherium , published in September 1873 and January 1874 ( V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky 1873–4 ). The dedication reads ‘Herrn Charles Darwin in tiefster Verehrung …
- … 38–48. Kovalevsky, Vladimir Onufrievich. 1873–4. Monographie der Gattung Anthracotherium …
- … zur Naturgeschichte der Vorwelt 22 (1873–6): 131–347. Kovalevsky, Vladimir Onufrievich. …
- … and only began work on Cross and self fertilisation in February 1873; he returned to work …
- … on Drosera in mid-June 1873 (see Correspondence vols. 20 and 21, Appendix II). Kovalevsky …
To J. V. Carus 21 January 1874
Summary
Is glad to hear of new German edition of Descent, but owing to his extensive revisions, corrected sheets will not be ready for about three months.
Is working on a new edition of Coral reefs, which he thinks would sell in Germany.
Would like to hear "out of curiosity & vanity" how many copies of his books have been sold in Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibilothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 110–111) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9252 |
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- … his condition had improved in the summer of 1873, when he was teaching in Edinburgh (see …
| letter | (189) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (86) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
| Carus, J. V. | (4) |
| Brunton, T. L. | (3) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (100) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (4) |
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved …
- … A large portion of the letters Darwin received in 1873 were in response to The expression of the …
- … to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ). Drosera was the main focus of …
- … leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). Darwin found that the …
- … copy of the Handbook for the physiological laboratory (1873), a detailed guide to animal …
- … Darwin’s other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 was cross- and self-fertilisation, work …
- … & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). Darwin worried, however, that …
- … when it will be ready” ( letter to John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). Keeping it in the family …
- … their burrows” ( letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin …
- … will be created” ( letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ). Erasmus, who had studied medicine …
- … work” ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
- … 1872 and sold quickly. He wrote to Hooker on 12 January [1873] , “Did I ever boast to you on the …
- … anonymously in the Edinburgh Review in April ([Baynes] 1873). Darwin asked one of his Scottish …
- … before hand” ( letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). Readers' lives …
- … letter from L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield, 20 February 1873 ). The surgeon Francis Stephen …
- … ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] ). Some readers proposed alternative …
- … that accompanied sexual intercourse? (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main …
- … with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The zoologist Henry Reeks suspected …
- … and good breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). Robert Swinhoe wrote from Ning …
- … a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 ). One of the leading …
- … the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 ). Crichton-Browne was trying …
- … the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 ). Instinct In …
- … to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February 1873 ). Darwin soon became …
- … shops ( letter to Nature , [before 13 February 1873] ). Huggins’s letter prompted replies from …
- … to Nature ( letter to Nature , [before 13 March 1873] ) about a horse who had pulled a mail …
- … with his finger ( letter to Nature , [before 3 April 1873] ). Moggridge suggested the …
- … fellow species” ( letter to Nature , [before 24 July 1873] ). Character and genius …
- … as “utopian” ( letter to Francis Galton, 4 January [1873] ). Continuing the line of research he …
- … money very well” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Among character traits, he listed …
- … honest & industrious” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Supporting science, …
- … father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ). In April, Darwin also …
All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin
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To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…
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- … of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. We have also …
- … Here are some highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1873: I do not think any …
- … in Drosera. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 October [1873] ) In 1873, Darwin continued …
- … work to do ( Letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ) As well as working on …
- … of them sold! ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ) Expression of the …
- … brother. ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ) Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … and marvellous ( Letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ) Darwin was invited to …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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
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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
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 …
