From James Paget [1872]
Summary
"I am at work on the nervous mimicry of organic disease: I have some hope that, during my work, I may fall on some facts which may be of interest to you, and you may be sure that I shall send them to you."
| Author: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1872] |
| Classmark: | S. Paget ed. 1901, p. 408 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8130 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … on the nervous mimicry of organic disease were published in the Lancet in 1873 ( J. …
- … Paget 1873 ). …
- … Bibliography Paget, James. 1873. Clinical lectures on the nervous mimicry …
- … of organic diseases. Lancet , 11 October 1873, pp. …
- … 511–13; 18 October 1873, pp. …
- … 547–9; 1 November 1873, pp. …
- … 619–21; 22 November 1873, pp. …
- … 727–9; 29 November 1873, pp. …
- … 763–5; 13 December 1873, pp. 833–5. …
From J. D. Hooker 1 January 1872
Summary
Gladstone’s private secretary [West] has written that the Government plans to alter JDH’s position with regard to the First Commissioner of Works [Ayrton].
Huxley is not better after his Brighton trip.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 101–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8136 |
From J. J. Moulinié 1 January 1872
Summary
The difficulties of incorporating the reorganised chapters of the 6th English edition of Origin into JJM’s translation, which was made from the 5th edition.
| Author: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 277 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8138 |
To J. J. Moulinié 4 January 1872
Summary
Was unaware that chapter headings [of Origin] had been printed off [in French edition (1873)]. Suggests that new part of chapter 7 be printed as appendix.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66 ff. 26–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8142 |
To Mary Treat 5 January 1872
Summary
Praises MT’s observations and asks her to repeat experiments on the the relation of sexes of butterflies to the nutrition of the larvae.
Is glad she will publish her observations on Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | Amy Nagashima (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8146 |
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- … the results in American Naturalist ( Treat 1873 ). See Gianquitto 2007 , pp. 155–9. See …
To [Walter Besant?] 10 January [1872–4]
Summary
Refuses an invitation on the grounds of ill-health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter Besant |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | eBay UK: worthpoint.com/worthopedia/emma-darwin-original-letter-1871-286171432, accessed 30 January 2020 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9236F |
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- … January 2020 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan 1872 10 Jan 1873 1O Jan 1874 Walter Besant …
To Arthur Hough 15 January [1872–4]
Summary
His thanks for the curious photograph. Since he has similar ones he will not "rob" AH of it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Hough |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Tipped into Origin 5th ed. Strong Room E 920 D1 (4)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7442A |
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- … E 920 D1 (4)) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Jan 1872 15 Jan 1873 15 Jan 1874 Arthur Hough …
To W. W. Baxter? 17 January [1872–4]
Summary
Requests a prescribed physic [not specified].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 17 Jan [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8165 |
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- … D) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Jan 1872 17 Jan 1873 17 Jan 1874 William Walmisley Baxter …
From Raphael Meldola 21 January [1872]
Summary
Discusses his paper on mimicry and natural selection [Land and Water 9 (1871): 321]. Believes natural selection tends to fix mimetic characters rigidly.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8170 |
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- … In fact Meldola’s paper was not published until 1873, and then it was in the Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London ( Meldola 1873 ). Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Meldola, Raphael. 1873. On a certain class of cases of …
- … variable protective colouring in insects. [Read 4 February 1873. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1873): 153–62. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national …
From Raphael Meldola 25 January 1872
Summary
Discusses the roles of natural and sexual selection in producing mimicry, and the problem of explaining the cause of the first mimetic variation; considers the ideas of A. R. Wallace and Fritz Müller on this problem.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8180 |
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- … for the imitation of inanimate or vegetable structures ( Meldola 1873 , p. 154). …
- … and n. 4. The published paper ( Meldola 1873 ) did not mention sexual selection. For CD’s …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Meldola, Raphael. 1873. On a certain class of cases of …
- … variable protective colouring in insects. [Read 4 February 1873. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1873): 153–62. Origin 5th ed. : On the origin of …
To John Murray 30 January 1872
Summary
Requests that JM make stereotype plates of 6th edition of Origin available to D. Appleton. This will be last edition and CD is "extremely anxious" to spread his views.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 272–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8188 |
To J. J. Moulinié 1 February 1872
Summary
Encloses a letter to be prefixed to JJM’s translation of the Origin.
Expresses his satisfaction that JJM has undertaken the translation [of a fourth French edition] of Origin. Urges the use of the sixth English edition so as to include corrections and additions.
His interest in influencing the eminent men of science in France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library); Paul C. Richards (dealer) (Cat. 241) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8191 |
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- … sixth editions of Origin (Moulinié trans. 1873). A version of CD’s enclosed letter, with …
- … translation, was published in Moulinié trans. 1873, although it was dated 23 September …
- … was the publisher of Moulinié trans. 1873. CD refers to Origin 6th ed. ; he finished …
- … Moulinié’s translation (Moulinié trans. 1873) was based on both the fifth and the sixth …
From W. W. Reade 13 February 1872
Summary
Sending sheets of his forthcoming work on Africa [Martyrdom of man (1872)] with views that differ from CD’s on music and sexual selection.
The Pall Mall Gazette will review the new [6th] edition of the Origin, together with Mivart’s Genesis of species [1871].
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8210 |
From Anton Dohrn 15 February 1872
Summary
AD is sorry CD thinks publication of Descent a mistake. The excitement shows it was necessary for someone to speak plainly.
His great difficulties (Italian indolence, dishonesty, hatred) in establishing zoological station. Can at last start construction.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 208 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8214 |
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- … the family Sipunculidae (see Lankester 1873 ). Dohrn had visited CD on 26 September 1870 ( …
To ? 15 February [1872–4]
Summary
Seeks permission for his son to look for a paper for him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | University of California Berkeley, Marian Koshland Bioscience, Natural Resources and Public Health Library Special Collections (Darwin Collection QH365.D251) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9292 |
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- … QH365.D251) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Feb 1872 15 Feb 1873 15 Feb 1874 Unidentified …
From D. Appleton & Co. 17 February 1872
Summary
Accepts CD’s proposal for new revised edition of Origin; will pay $50 [dollars or pounds!?] for casts of the plates and pay CD on sales.
Appleton edition of CD’s Journal of researches [1871] still selling well.
Also wants plates sent with CD’s new work on Expression. CD should arrange this with Murray’s.
| Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8217 |
To W. E. Darwin 23 [February 1872 – October 1874]
Summary
Asks for investment advice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [Feb 1872 - Oct 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 132 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13800 |
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- … 23 July 1872 23 Aug 1872 23 Sept 1872 23 Oct 1872 23 Nov 1872 23 Dec 1872 23 Jan 1873 23 …
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- … Dec 1873 23 Jan 1874 23 Feb 1874 23 Mar 1874 23 Apr 1874 23 May 1874 23 June 1874 23 July …
From David Forbes 1 March 1872
Summary
Sends information on composition of chalk at Shoreham and Folkestone.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8233 |
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- … 27 (1871): xlviii–xlix n. , and Thomson 1873 , pp. 467 ff. ). CD cited the results of …
From Ernst Haeckel 1 March 1872
Summary
Thanks CD for Origin, 6th ed.
Has declined chair at Strasbourg.
Describes research on calcareous sponges.
Criticises Pangenesis.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8232 |
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- … was published in December 1872 or early 1873 (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December …
From Raphael Meldola 12 March 1872
Summary
Wishes to use some of Fritz Müller’s observations in his paper on mimicry.
CD’s reply and Huxley’s article ["Mr Darwin’s critics", Contemp. Rev. 18 (1871): 443–76] have answered all of Mivart’s objections to natural selection as applied to man.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8240 |
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- … 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Meldola, Raphael. 1873. On a certain class of cases of …
- … not mention Müller in his paper ( Meldola 1873 ; see also letter from Raphael Meldola, 21 …
- … did not mention these examples in Meldola 1873 . No published statement by Alfred Russel …
- … variable protective colouring in insects. [Read 4 February 1873. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1873): 153–62. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of species …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (67) |
| Unidentified | (8) |
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| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Moulinié, J. J. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (105) |
| Airy, Hubert | (8) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
| Reade, W. W. | (8) |
| Unidentified | (8) |
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
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The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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Darwin and religion: a definitive web resource
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I am aware that if we admit a first cause, the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose. Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more notorious than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in the…
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- … Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more …
Francis Galton
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Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … including photography, anthropometry, and fingerprinting. In 1873, he proposed founding a society to …
- … difficult to judge on these latter heads” ( 4 January [1873] ). Like most of his contemporaries, …
- … particular inherited talents, except for business ( 28 May 1873 ). Galton grew increasingly …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
- … had suggested a new edition of the coral book in December 1873, when he realised the difficulty a …
- … vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble …
- … of human evolution and inheritance himself. In August 1873, he had published in the Contemporary …
- … the use of the Down schoolroom as a winter reading room in 1873 (see Correspondence , vol. 21, …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 July [1874] ). In 1873, Hooker had begun a series of …
- … vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted several weeks in …
- … Moulinié, who had died after a period of ill health in 1873. Edmond Barbier corrected defects in …
- … was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms 1873), which contained Darwin’s portrait to …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, wife of naturalist …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat reports in detail on her …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat provides a detailed …
- … 9156 - Wallace, A. R . to Darwin, [19 November 1873] Wallace reassures Darwin that …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
- … Letter 8719 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 January 1873] Darwin gives Mary Treat close …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 July 1873 In the 1870s, Darwin corresponded …
Francis Darwin
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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
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- … work” (letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … in different species of Gasteria , 7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'
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< Back to Introduction Another satirical print by ‘Gegeëf’, The Battle Field of Science and the Churches, is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate in a twopenny journal, The Gauntlet, which, like Our National Church and…
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- … Science and the Churches , is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate …
- … not to have progressed beyond its first issue of December 1873. A detached and damaged copy of The …
- … (pseudonym) date of creation 30 November 1873 computer-readable date 1873-11 …
- … references and bibliography The Gauntlet 1 (Dec. 1873). Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley Papers: …
2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust
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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a …
- … on at least two occasions during the construction (1872–1873). Most of the money for the building …
- … saloon where Darwin’s bust was to be placed in 1873, together with a bust of Karl Ernst von Baer, …
- … image Adolf von Hildebrand date of creation 1873 computer-readable date …
- … ‘The Zoological Station at Naples’, Nature 8 (29 May 1873), p. 81. Thomas Huxley’s letter to …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … Weale, J.P.M. [Jan 1873] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Letter 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 August 1873] Darwin thanks Treat for sending over …
