To A. R. Wallace 13 January [1873]
Summary
Response to ARW’s criticisms in his review [of Expression, Q. J. Sci. n.s. 3 (1873): 113–18].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 13 Jan [1873] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8735 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 13 January [1873] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Jan [1873] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … to ARW’s criticisms in his review [of Expression , Q. J. Sci. n.s. 3 (1873): 113–18]. …
- … the review was published in January 1873. Wallace’s review of Expression was published in …
- … the Quarterly Journal of Science ( A. R. Wallace 1873 ). See A. …
- … R. Wallace 1873 , p. 116, and Expression , pp. 46–7. Wallace had doubted CD’s account …
- … expression of indifference ( A. R. Wallace 1873 , p. 116; Expression , pp. 287–8). See …
- … when it had both feet ( A. R. Wallace 1873 , p. 116, Expression , pp. 35–6). Wallace’s …
From James Crichton-Browne 12 September 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for his praise of West Riding Asylum Medical Reports.
Hopes CD will come to Asylum if he attends BAAS meeting at Bradford.
Author: | James Crichton-Browne |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Sept 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 320 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9053 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From James Crichton-Browne 12 September 1873 …
- … 320 James Crichton-Browne West Riding Asylum, Wakefield 12 Sept 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to James Crichton-Browne, 7 September [1873] and n. 2. Crichton-Browne had evidently sent …
- … Yorkshire, from 17 to 24 September 1873 ( Report of the 43rd meeting of the British …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Bradford (1873), p. lxix). …
- … Riding Asylum, | Wakefield. 12 th . Sept. 1873. My dear Sir, I have just returned from …
To Frank Chance 10 August [1873]
Summary
Thanks [FC] for his letter concerning a pony changing colour during the winter,
and remarks on the erection of human body hair, goose-skin, and the influence of colour and temperature on skin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frank Chance |
Date: | 10 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 139 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9003F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Frank Chance 10 August [1873] …
- … Expression , p. 101 and n. 19. See letter from Frank Chance, 31 July – 7 August 1873 . …
- … DAR 185: 139 Charles Robert Darwin [Bassett] Down letterhead 10 Aug [1873] Frank Chance …
- … between this letter and the letter from Frank Chance, 31 July – 7 August 1873 . See letter …
- … from Frank Chance, 31 July – 7 August 1873 . CD visited William Erasmus …
- … Darwin in Basset, Southampton, from 9 to 21 August 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See …
To George Cupples 28 April [1873]
Summary
Asks whether GC knows who gave CD a scolding in last Edinburgh Review [Apr 1873].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Cupples |
Date: | 28 Apr [1873] |
Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, MS. 84.2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8886 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To George Cupples 28 April [1873] …
- … Asks whether GC knows who gave CD a scolding in last Edinburgh Review [Apr 1873]. …
- … Manuscript Collection, MS. 84.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Apr [1873] George Cupples …
- … Bibliography [Baynes, Thomas Spencer. ] 1873. [Review of Expression . ] Edinburgh Review …
- … CD refers to the essay review of Expression that appeared in the April 1873 issue of the …
- … Edinburgh Review ( [Baynes] 1873 ). James Hutchison Stirling was not, in fact, the …
- … Baynes ( Wellesley index ). See [Baynes] 1873 , pp. 507–8. Baynes asserted that CD’s …
To John Tyndall 25 April [1873]
Summary
Sends Huxley’s "charming letter". Asks whether it should be sent to Lady Millicent Jones. CD is "so happy about the whole affair".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Tyndall |
Date: | 25 Apr [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 16 (EH 88205954) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8877 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Tyndall 25 April [1873] …
- … DAR 261.8: 16 (EH 88205954) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Apr [1873] John Tyndall …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, [25 April 1873] and nn. 2 and 3, and Appendix V. …
- … to the letter from T. H. Huxley, 24 April 1873 , a copy of which was enclosed with the …
- … to T. H. Huxley’s gift, [25 April 1873] . Millicent Bence Jones was the widow of Henry …
- … Jones , a subscriber to the Huxley fund. Bence Jones had died on 20 April 1873 ( ODNB ). …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 15 August 1873
Summary
Thinks it would be worth while testing for electrical changes in the leaves of insectivorous plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 15 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9013 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 15 August 1873 …
- … 1-13) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 15 Aug 1873 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … See letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 13 August [1873] . CD stayed …
- … in Bassett, Southampton, from 9 to 21 August 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Burdon …
- … the Congress of the British Medical Association on 8 August 1873, was reported in detail …
- … in The Times , 9 August 1873, p. 10. See letter from …
- … J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 13 August [1873] and n. 6. Drosera is the genus of sundews; …
- … Bassett Southampton Aug 15. 1873 My dear Dr Sanderson I am much obliged for your letter …
- … from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 13 August [1873] and n. 7. Burdon Sanderson was appointed …
- … J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 13 August [1873] and n. 7. Burdon Sanderson did not experiment …
From John Tyndall 8 April [1873]
Summary
William Spottiswoode was not at home, but JT sought out Herbert Spencer. Spencer will come with JT to see CD [about the Huxley fund].
Author: | John Tyndall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Apr [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 106: C10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8849 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Tyndall 8 April [1873] …
- … DAR 106: C10 John Tyndall Royal Institution 8 Apr [1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … reference to a meeting that took place on 8 April 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
- … letter to William Spottiswoode, [8 April 1873] ). William Spottiswoode . Herbert Spencer …
- … Henry Huxley , including CD, met on 8 April 1873 to discuss a plan to raise a subscription …
- … him out of financial difficulties (see letter to William Spottiswoode, [8 April 1873] ). …
To John Tyndall 25 April [1873]
Summary
Sends another copy [of Huxley’s letter of thanks for holiday fund].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Tyndall |
Date: | 25 Apr [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 17 (EH 88205955) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8878 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Tyndall 25 April [1873] …
- … DAR 261.8: 17 (EH 88205955) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Apr [1873] John Tyndall …
- … and the letter to John Tyndall, 25 April 1873 . CD refers to another copy of the letter …
- … from T. H. Huxley, 24 April 1873 . A copy was enclosed with the letter to subscribers to …
- … T. H. Huxley’s gift, [25 April 1873] . …
To William Bowman 27 November [1873]
Summary
"As the disease hypermetropia is not very rare, & as it is known to be hereditary, I will not give the case (about which I was very doubtful) & am glad to decide in the negative".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
Date: | 27 Nov [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9162 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To William Bowman 27 November [1873] …
- … DAR 221.5: 3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Nov [1873] William Bowman, 1st baronet …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from William Bowman, 26 November 1873 . …
- … Letter from William Bowman, 26 November 1873 . CD probably refers Hermanus Hartogh Heijs …
- … Correspondence vol. 19). See letter from William Bowman, 26 November 1873 and n. 1. …
From Charles Voysey 7 April 1873
Summary
Sends his 6th volume.
Author: | Charles Voysey |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Apr 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 180: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8848 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Charles Voysey 7 April 1873 …
- … DAR 180: 17 Charles Voysey Dulwich 7 Apr 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was Frances Annesley Voysey . In early 1873, debates over the use of the Athanasian Creed …
- … s periodical The sling and the stone was published in April 1873 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 17 April 1873, p. 261). …
- … Camden House | Dulwich S.E April 7. 1873 My dear Sir I can hardly hold my pen for laughter …
To W. W. Baxter 4 September 1873
Summary
Orders list of chemical salts. Ashamed to order from Hopkins and Williams because they charge him such an extremely low rate.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
Date: | 4 Sept 1873 |
Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (August 2015) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9042 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … plants , pp. 174–6). See also letter to Francis Darwin, [ 4 September 1873] . …
- … To W. W. Baxter 4 September 1873 …
- … dealer) (August 2015) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Sept 1873 William Walmisley Baxter …
- … Hopkin and Williams £1 2 s . on 14 August 1873. The enclosure has not been found. It was …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 4. 1873 Dear Sir I want to beg some assistance from you. I …
To G. H. Darwin 20 November 1873
Summary
CD is looking for editorial assistance in preparing a new edition of Descent, and inquires whether GHD might be interested in taking on such a tedious job.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9157 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 20 November 1873 …
- … DAR 210.1: 17 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Nov 1873 George Howard Darwin …
- … See letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 November 1873 , and letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, [19 November 1873] . George Howard Darwin had been suffering with stomach …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] ); he was a fellow of Trinity College, …
- … Down Nov 20. 1873 My dear George I have got to prepare a new ed. of the Descent, & in …
From J. D. Hooker 14 August 1873
Summary
Has observed CD’s points. Except for leaves of Nelumbium, would have supposed both wax and hairs were connected with absorption or respiratory functions. May subserve some function connected with rays of sun. Watering most prejudicial in the hot sun: a splendid subject for experiments.
Adam is a good man.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 167–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9011 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 14 August 1873 …
- … DAR 103: 167–8 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 14 Aug 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 and n. 3. The reference is to Oxalis …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 and n. 1. The reference is to Richard …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 and n. 2. CD had noted that leaves and …
- … on plant hairs (trichomes) and cuticular waxes, see Sachs 1873 , pp. 85–8. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 and n. 4. Acton Smee Ayrton was the former first …
To J. D. Hooker 23 October [1873]
Summary
Neptunia is evidently a hopeless case.
Good news that fluid of Nepenthes is acid.
No discovery ever gave him more pleasure than proving a true act of digestion in Drosera.
Has become profoundly interested in Desmodium. Asks whether Frank [Darwin] can look over the whole dried collection of the genus.
Has JDH any seed of Lathyrus nissolia?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 23 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 282–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9108 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 23 October [1873] …
- … DAR 95: 282–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Oct [1873] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 22 October 1873 . Hooker was working on insectivorous plants …
- … sundew or dewy pine; letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 October 1873 and nn. 1 and 3). See …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 October 1873 . CD discussed Neptunia oleracea (a synonym of …
- … on Desmodium in Movement in plants. See letters to Francis Darwin , 22 October 1873 and …
- … 23 October [1873] . CD also refers to Leonard Darwin and William Huggins . Desmodium …
- … the grass vetchling), see the letter to Francis Darwin, 23 October [1873] and n. 2. …
To John Tyndall 25 April 1873
Summary
It has just occurred to CD that he ought not to leave a copy of Huxley’s confidential letter in the hands of anyone. Asks JT to write to ask recipients to return the copies to CD at Down.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Tyndall |
Date: | 25 Apr 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 18 (EH 88205956) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8879 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Tyndall 25 April 1873 …
- … DAR 261.8: 18 (EH 88205956) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Apr 1873 John Tyndall …
- … the letter from T. H. Huxley, 24 April 1873 , a copy of which was enclosed in the letter …
- … to subscribers to T. H. Huxley’s gift, [25 April 1873] . …
- … Down. Beckenham. April 25 th 1873. My dear Tyndall. I am very sorry to give you trouble; …
From G. M. Humphry [before 14] March 1873
Summary
A circular advertising a meeting at the Senate House, Cambridge, on 25 March to discuss a memorial to Professor Adam Sedgwick.
Author: | George Murray Humphry |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 14] Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | CUL Cambridge University Registry guard books: Sedgwick Memorial Museum 1873–1924 CUR 110: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8809F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. M. Humphry [before 14] March 1873 …
- … University Registry guard books: Sedgwick Memorial Museum 1873–1924 CUR 110: 1 George …
- … Murray Humphry Cambridge [before 14] Mar 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the letter to G. M. Humphry, 14 March 1873 (this volume, Supplement). CD evidently …
- … at CUL. Adam Sedgwick had died in January 1873. William Cavendish was the seventh duke of …
- … Anatomical Museum , | Cambridge. March 1873 Sir , A meeting of the friends of the late …
From Emma Darwin to G. S. Ffinden [22? November 1873]
Summary
Darwins and Lubbocks wish to continue using the school room as a Reading Room for workers in the winter months and asks Ffinden to support them.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | George Sketchley Ffinden |
Date: | [22? Nov 1873] |
Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/3/1/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9121F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Emma Darwin to G. S. Ffinden [22? November 1873] …
- … P/123/25/3/1/1) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [22? Nov 1873] George Sketchley Ffinden …
- … to Down School Board, [after 29 November 1873] , and J. R. Moore 1985 , pp. 471 and …
- … a letter from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin , postmarked ‘29 November 1873’ (DAR 258: 585). …
- … Emma was in London from 8 to 18 November 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … In 1873, 22 November was a Saturday. Ellen Frances Lubbock . For more on this request and …
- … see the letter from E. F. Lubbock to Emma Darwin , [ c . 29 November 1873] and n. 2, …
From John Tyndall 10 April 1873
Author: | John Tyndall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: C12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8855 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Tyndall 10 April 1873 …
- … DAR 106: C12 John Tyndall Royal Institution 10 Apr 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from John Tyndall, 9 April [1873] . The reference is to William George Armstrong . …
- … Huxley (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 April 1873] and n. 2). Thomas Henry Farrer . …
- … Institution of Great Britain 10 th April 1873 My dear Darwin. I have got £100 with a sweet …
From A. W. Bennett 16 March 1873
Summary
Thanks for CD’s regrets at AWB’s leaving Nature.
Plans English editions of Asa Gray’s books [How plants grow; How plants behave].
Other publication plans.
Author: | Alfred William Bennett |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 139 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8811 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From A. W. Bennett 16 March 1873 …
- … 139 Alfred William Bennett London, Park Village East, 6 16 Mar 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … previous year ( Hildebrand 1872 ), appeared in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 15 March 1873, p. …
- … 362, and 22 March 1873, pp. 400–1. …
- … 6 Park Village East | N.W. March 16 th . 1873 My dear Sir Thank you for your expression of …
- … See letter to A. W. Bennett, 11 March [1873] . See letter to A. …
- … W. Bennett, 11 March [1873] and n. 3. Bennett had intended to reuse woodcuts originally …
To J. D. Hooker [before 20 October 1873?]
Summary
Lists plants in which he is interested, including Neptunia and Mimosa species.
Do any strictly tropical plants have glaucous leaves?
Asks for observations on irritable plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [before 20 Oct 1873?] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.39b) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9107 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [before 20 October 1873? ] …
- … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.39b) Charles Robert …
- … Darwin unstated [before 20 Oct 1873? ] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 ). Rubus is a genus in the family Rosaceae (roses) …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 October 1873 . CD discussed Neptunia oleracea (a synonym of …
- … 21, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 September [1873] ). CD discussed the species in Movement in …
- … nilotica ). In his letter of 14 August 1873 ( Correspondence vol. 21), Hooker noted that …
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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
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 …