To W. Thistleton-Dyer [December? 1873?]
Summary
Asks for Cassia plants.
What books could CD give R. I. Lynch to show his gratitude?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [Dec? 1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 402 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9165 |
To T. H. Farrer 1 December [1873]
Summary
Suggests a reference to Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1 Dec 1873, p. 497, when THF takes up Coronilla.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/17a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9166 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 1 December [1873] …
- … 299/17a) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Dec [1873] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … Annals and Magazine of Natural History , 1 Dec 1873, p. 497, when THF takes up Coronilla . …
- … in Annals & Mag. of Nat. Hist. December 1 1873. p. 497. C. Darwin Down | Dec. 1 st . …
- … Bibliography Gentry, Thomas George. 1873. [Report on fertilization of …
- … Pedicularis canadensis . ] [Read 10 June 1873. ] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural …
- … Sciences of Philadelphia 25: 287–90. Meehan, Thomas. 1873. Fertilization of Pedicularis …
- … canadensis. [Read 3 June 1873. ] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of …
- … made self-fertilisation impossible in Meehan 1873 ; his paper was summarised in Annals and …
- … of Natural History 4th ser. 12 (1873): 497–8. In the Annals , Meehan’s observations were …
- … terrestris and described the process of pollen transfer (see also Gentry 1873 ). Farrer …
- … and CD had corresponded in August 1873 on the floral morphology of Coronilla (see, for …
- … example, letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). …
From T. L. Brunton 2 December 1873
Summary
Offers to experiment on the digestibility of chondrin and chlorophyll by Dionaea for CD.
Has noticed that painters depicting complex expressions give different expressions to the two sides of the face.
| Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9167 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From T. L. Brunton 2 December 1873 …
- … Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet London, Somerset St, 23 2 Dec 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … t . Portman Sq | London W. Dec r . 2 nd . 1873 Dear Sir D r . Burdon Sanderson informs me …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 19 November [1873] ). Chondrin is a protein–carbohydrate substance …
- … the physiological laboratory (Klein et al. 1873, pp. 444–7). The painting by Jusepe de …
From Alfred Moschkau 2 [December] 1873
Summary
Discusses variation and selection in Harz canaries.
| Author: | Otto Carl Alfred (Alfred) Moschkau |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 [Dec] 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 249 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9125 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Alfred Moschkau 2 [December] 1873 …
- … Carl Alfred (Alfred) Moschkau Niederoderwitz (Zittau) 2 [Dec] 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Nied. Oderwitz, d. 2. Nov. 1873. Hochverehrter Meister! Sehr geehrter Herr! Besten Dank …
- … Nied. Oderwitz, 2. Nov. 1873. Most respected master! Highly honoured Sir! Many thanks for …
- … the letter from Alfred Moschkau, 10 November 1873 . Moschkau evidently wrote ‘November’ in …
- … the letter from Alfred Moschkau, 10 November 1873 . Haeckel 1868b . The Harz mountains in …
To T. L. Brunton 3 December 1873
Summary
Is interested in comparative nutritive values of chondrin and gelatin. The former seems to excite Drosera more, though albumen does so to a higher degree than either. Also asks if chlorophyll is digested by animals; Drosera digests it hardly at all.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9168 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. L. Brunton 3 December 1873 …
- … Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Dec 1873 Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet …
- … See letter from T. L. Brunton, 2 December 1873 . See letter from T. …
- … L. Brunton, 2 December 1873 and n. 1. Albumen is the clear part of an egg (egg white), …
- … plants , pp. 125–6. See letter from T. L. Brunton, 2 December 1873 and n. 2. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Dec 3 1873 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for your kind …
From T. H. Huxley 3 December 1873
Summary
A letter from Anton Dohrn declines the proposed fund [that THH and others suggested be raised in England for marine biological station at Naples].
Hooker’s inaugural as President of Royal Society a success.
R. Owen distinguished himself in his way.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 330; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 13: 252) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9169 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 3 December 1873 …
- … 13: 252) Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 3 Dec 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … York: Springer Verlag. Owen, Richard. 1873. [Address to the fellows of the Royal Society …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | NW Dec r . 3 rd . 1873 My dear Darwin I have had a letter from Dohrn …
- … on 30 November (St Andrew’s day), but in 1873, 30 November was a Sunday so the dinner was …
- … held instead on 1 December ( The Times , 2 December 1873, p. 7). …
- … to the fellows of the Royal Society ( Owen 1873 ) touched on the subject of payment to …
- … at the anniversary meeting ( The Times , 2 December 1873, p. 7). For a translation of the …
- … from T. H. Huxley to Anton Dohrn, 15 November 1873 ). This enclosure is Dohrn’s reply. …
- … The cholera epidemic in Naples in 1873 lasted for about four months and resulted in over …
To Richard Fordman 4 December [1873]
Summary
Thanks RF for his kind note; cannot quite believe or disbelieve stories of children raised by wolves.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Fordman |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | Massachusetts Historical Society (Grenville H. Norcross Autograph Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9170 |
From Jonathan Peel 4 December 1873
Summary
On the vermiform appendix,
snipes breeding in England,
and the horns of crossbred sheep.
| Author: | Jonathan Peel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 132–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9172 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 December 1873
Summary
Wishes to identify a species of Cassia whose movements interest him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 4 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 1–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9171 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 December 1873 …
- … Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 1–2) Charles …
- … Robert Darwin Down 4 Dec 1873 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Dec 4 1873 My dear Mr Dyer As Hooker is so busy I sh d be very …
- … letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 and n. 2). Cassia is a genus in the family …
To T. H. Huxley 5 December [1873]
Summary
Sorry to hear of Dohrn’s troubles. Has written to prospective donors saying that nothing can be done because of attitude of Dohrn’s father.
New [2d] edition of Descent is an awful job.
Diet no longer doing much for his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 5 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 305) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9173 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 5 December [1873] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 305) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Dec [1873] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … CD began working on the new edition on 20 November 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … this letter and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 . CD refers to Anton Dohrn and Carl August Dohrn . Anton Dohrn …
- … Balfour (see letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 November 1873 ). See letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 and n. 2. Joseph Dalton Hooker had been elected president of …
- … Owen . Huxley’s letter of 3 December 1873 is incomplete; the section discussing Huxley’s …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 6 December 1873
Summary
Movement in plants.
Information on species of Cassia.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9174 |
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- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 6 December 1873 …
- … Turner Thiselton-Dyer London, Gloucester Rd, Kew, 10 6 Dec 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 December 1873 . Cassia floribunda is now Senna floribunda . …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 December 1873 . The scarlet pimpernel, Angalis arvensis , is …
- … 10 Gloucester Road, Kew Dec 6. 1873 Dear M r Darwin Your Cassia is one well known in …
From Hubert Airy 7 December 1873
Summary
Illustrates, with reference to different species of Gasteria, the role of twisting in the development of leaf arrangement.
| Author: | Hubert Airy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9175 |
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- … From Hubert Airy 7 December 1873 …
- … DAR 159: 27 Hubert Airy Blackheath 7 Dec 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Beal, William James. 1873. Phyllotaxis of cones. American Naturalist 7: 449– …
- … Grove. | Blackheath, London S.E. 7. December 1873. My dear Sir It is not easy to reject …
- … the letter from Hubert Airy, 17 March 1873 and n. 2. Gasteria is a genus of succulent …
- … of the Royal Society of London took place at Burlington House on 26 April 1873 ( Nature , …
- … 24 April 1873, p. 490). Airy refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker . Gasteria subnigricans is a …
- … excluded by the geometry of the case ( Beal 1873 , p. 451; see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … has not been found. CD sent the August 1873 issue of American Naturalist ; it contained …
From Richard Strachey 9 December 1873
Summary
Sends observations from a friend in India confirming CD’s view that bees cut the tubes of flowers to extract [nectar] in order to save time.
Also observations on snails descending from trees on threads suspended from their tails.
| Author: | Richard Strachey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 46.2: C56–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9176 |
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- … From Richard Strachey 9 December 1873 …
- … DAR 46.2: C56–7 Richard Strachey Clapham Common 9 Dec 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the British Association for the Advancement of Science in September 1873 (see letter from …
- … Richard Strachey, 25 August 1873 and n. 3). …
- … Strachey visited Down on 23 August 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Simla (now …
To Jonathan Peel 10 December [1873]
Summary
Obliged for letter about horns of sheep.
Mentions case of death from objects impacted in appendix.
Is aware of his error about snipe breeding.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jonathan Peel |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9178 |
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- … To Jonathan Peel 10 December [1873] …
- … DAR 147: 241 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Dec [1873] Jonathan Peel …
- … the letter from Jonathan Peel, 4 December 1873 . Peel found that when he bred Lonk sheep ( …
- … horns while the females lost them (see letter from Jonathan Peel, 4 December 1873 . See …
- … letter from Jonathan Peel, 4 December 1873 and n. 1. Vermiform appendage: the appendix. …
- … did not breed in Britain (see letter from Jonathan Peel, 4 December 1873 and n. 3). …
To Richard Strachey 10 December [1873]
Summary
The case of the bees interests CD. He does not doubt that because of the size of their jaws humble-bees will be found all over the world to be the biters and hive-bees to profit from their work.
Thinks he has heard of land shells descending in the manner described by RS.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Strachey |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (IOL Mss Eur F127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9177 |
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- … To Richard Strachey 10 December [1873] …
- … Library (IOL Mss Eur F127) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Dec [1873] Richard Strachey …
- … the letter from Richard Strachey, 9 December 1873 . CD refers to bees’ cutting holes in …
- … to get at the nectar (see letter from Richard Strachey, 9 December 1873 and n. 3). …
- … See letter from Richard Strachey, 9 December 1873 and n. 4. George …
- … designed a portable globe (see letter from Richard Strachey, 9 December 1873 and n. 5). …
To W. W. Baxter 11 December [1873–5?]
Summary
Requests hydrated magnesia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1873-5] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772G |
To F. S. B. François de Chaumont 17 December [1873]
Summary
Thanks FdeC for his note and invites criticisms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (RAMC/473/3) Trustees of the Army Medical Service Museum |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9179 |
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- … To F. S. B. François de Chaumont 17 December [1873] …
- … de Chaumont (see letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] and n. 4). …
- … Service Museum Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Dec [1873] Francis Stephen Bennet François de …
- … F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] . The printed stationery is of a sort that …
To J. E. Lee 17 December 1873
Summary
Formal note enclosing five guineas for William Pengelly testimonial fund.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Edward Lee |
| Date: | 17 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (John Edward Lee letterbook, #4700 bd ms 3+) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9180 |
From Alfred Moschkau 17 December 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for book.
Mentions controversy involving Haeckel.
Describes his lectures on Darwinism.
| Author: | Otto Carl Alfred (Alfred) Moschkau |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 251 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9182 |
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- … From Alfred Moschkau 17 December 1873 …
- … Carl Alfred (Alfred) Moschkau Niederoderwitz (Zittau) 17 Dec 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Nied. Oderwitz, d. 17. Dec. 1873. Hochverehrter Herr! Vor Allem herzlichsten Dank für …
- … Nied. Oderwitz, 17 Dec. 1873. Highly honoured Sir! First of all my most heartfelt thanks …
- … letter from Alfred Moschkau, 2 [December] 1873 . CD had evidently sent English-language …
To Smith, Elder & Co 17 December [1873]
Summary
Suggests that his Coral reefs be republished.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 159–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9181 |
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- … To Smith, Elder & Co 17 December [1873] …
- … DAR 96: 159–60 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Dec [1873] Smith, Elder & Co …
- … 2d edition. Norwich: Harrod & Co. 1873. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … Cambridge ( Harrod & Co. ’s directory of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 1873). CD had been …
- … for a second edition since 20 November 1873 and had also been working on Insectivorous …
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| Ffinden, G. S. | (1) |
| Fordman, Richard | (1) |
| François de Chaumont, F. S. B. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
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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
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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 …
