To Charles Lyell [9 November 1873 or 26 April or 6 December 1874]
Summary
Arranges a visit to CL.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [9 Nov] 1873 or [26 Apr or 6 Dec] 1874 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8715 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [9 November 1873 or 26 April or 6 December 1874] …
- … 32 item 30) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 9 Nov 1873 26 Apr 1874 6 …
- … Dec 1874 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … 10 November 1873 and Friday 4 December 1874. CD was under the treatment of Andrew Clark ( …
- … Street, London, from 8 to 18 November 1873, and then from 21 to 29 April 1874 and 3 …
- … to 12 December 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix …
- … 9 November 1873 or 26 April or 6 December 1874, all Sundays followed by a Wednesday when …
To ? 6 January [1873 or 1874]
Summary
"If you will apply to any bookseller whatever you will procure a copy.–– Publisher Murray."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1873-4] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (n.d.) (dealer) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7429A |
To ? 2 January [1873 or 1874]
Summary
CD appreciates the correspondent’s suggestion.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 2 Jan [1873-4] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Nachl. 141 (Slg. Adam) 33, Darwin, Charles) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8139F |
From Thomas Belt 2 August 1873
Summary
Sends extracts, from his forthcoming book [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)], about the secretion by plants of honey to attract the protection of ants. Invites CD’s comments.
| Author: | Thomas Belt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8995 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … book [ The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)], about the secretion by plants of honey to …
- … and the plants and insects that secrete honey-like substances, see Belt 1874, pp. 222– …
- … 9. Belt 1874 was published by John Murray in December 1873 ( Publishers’ Circular , 18 …
- … Belt described hairless dogs in Belt 1874, pp. 205–9, and concluded that hairlessness …
- … the incidence of parasites. See Belt 1874, pp. 23–4. CD had earlier forwarded letters …
From H. H. Howorth 31 December 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for subsidence references in response to HHH’s Nature paper ["The distribution of volcanoes", 9 (1874): 141–2].
Hopes to refer to CD’s having previously suggested the corresponding elevation of continents and sinking of the larger oceans in his next letter to Nature [9 (1874): 201–2]. Occurrence of volcanoes at boundary between rising and sinking lands reconciles his views with CD’s.
| Author: | Henry Hoyle Howorth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 278 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9194 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … paper ["The distribution of volcanoes", 9 (1874): 141–2]. Hopes to refer to CD’s having …
- … oceans in his next letter to Nature [9 (1874): 201–2]. Occurrence of volcanoes at boundary …
- … and terrestrial magnetism’ ( Nature , 15 January 1874, pp. 201–2), Howorth referred to …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Fenton, Francis Dart. 1859. Observations on …
- … 4th ser. 43: 476–8. Howorth, Henry Hoyle. 1874. Recent changes in the southern circumpolar …
- … southern circumpolar region’, appeared in 1874 in the Journal of the Royal Geographical …
- … the coast of parts of South America ( Howorth 1874 , pp. 255–6). Howorth may refer to an …
From G. G. Bianconi 28 November 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for promised observations on his book against evolution [La théorie Darwinienne et la création dite indépendante (1874)].
| Author: | Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 180 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9164 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bianconi produced a second edition of Bianconi 1874 in Italian, La Teoria darwiniana e la …
- … book against evolution [ La théorie Darwinienne et la création dite indépendante (1874)]. …
- … Bibliography Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe. 1874. La théorie darwinienne et la création dite …
- … Letter to Mr Charles Darwin; Bianconi 1874 ), Bianconi argued that the structural …
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 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … reefs , published by Smith, Elder & Co, appeared in June 1874 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 July 1874, p. 420). John Murray. …
- … the letter to Smith, Elder & Co, 8 January 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22). Coral reefs . …
- … 22, letter to Horace Darwin, 9 January [1874] ). The Macmillan bookshop was at 1 Trinity …
To M. D. Conway 12 September [1873]
Summary
Thanks for strange debate, which CD returns. Principle of evolution has first-rate supporters in [Edward Sylvester?] Morse and Theodore Nicholas Gill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Date: | 12 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9051 |
From S. J. Pozzi 11 May 1873
Summary
French translation of Expression [1874].
| Author: | Samuel Jean Pozzi |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8908 |
From M. D. Conway 10 September [1873]
Summary
Comparative study of "ethnical scriptures" shows that natural selection has operated in the evolution of religion.
| Author: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 220 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9049 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Conway, Moncure Daniel. 1874. The sacred anthology: a book of ethnical …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … is established by the references to Conway 1874 (see n. 2, below) and Max Müller 1873a ( …
- … a Persian Zoroastrian source, of Conway’s Sacred anthology , which was published in 1874 ( …
- … Conway 1874 , pp. 277–81). In this section, seven sages were questioned by seven animals …
To T. H. Farrer 14 August 1873
Summary
Thinks THF has solved the mystery of Coronilla.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 14 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9010 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1874. Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers— …
- … Coronilla. Nature , 2 July 1874, pp. 169–70. Lassen, Per. 1989. A new delimitation of the …
- … observations were published in Nature ( Farrer 1874 ). The generalisation CD mentioned was …
- … considered to be diadelphous but lacked intrastaminal nectar (see Farrer 1874 , p. 169). …
- … In Farrer 1874 , p. 169, Farrer included a general paragraph referring to the correlation …
From John Fiske 31 October 1873
Summary
Would like much to visit CD before returning to America;
is completing his work on evolution [Outlines of cosmic philosophy (1874)] for publication. Hopes to do away with the anthropomorphic distinction made between "divine action" and the "action of natural forces".
| Author: | John Fiske |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 125 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9120 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … evolution [ Outlines of cosmic philosophy (1874)] for publication. Hopes to do away with …
- … University Press. 1985–. Fiske, John. 1874. Outlines of cosmic philosophy: based on the …
- … States in 1871. For a revised version of Fiske’s lectures, see Fiske 1874 . There is a …
- … Outlines of cosmic philosophy ( Fiske 1874 ) in the Darwin Library–Down. Herbert Spencer. …
From S. V. Wood Jr to Charles Lyell 27 September 1873
Summary
Returns CD’s books and discusses apples and Crags at Sudbury.
| Author: | Searles Valentine Wood |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 27 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | Edinburgh University Library, Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6330-1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9075F |
Matches: 4 hits
To Thomas Belt [7 August 1873]
Summary
Discusses utility of plant secretions to ants.
Will read TB’s book when published [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Belt |
| Date: | [7 Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8998 |
From W. W. Keen 26 September 1873
Summary
Sends corrections of Descent and Expression.
| Author: | William Williams Keen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 24–5, DAR 169: 2, and Expression 2d ed., p. 169 n. 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9072 |
From Hubert Airy 26 [September–November 1873]
Summary
The Royal Society referees have rejected HA’s phyllotaxy paper, and it will not be printed in Philosophical Transactions. HA is not sorry for he has found new facts which limit the applicability of his views. Now believes that the original leaf arrangement was not necessarily always two-ranked but rather that existing arrangements have developed from a variety of forms with differing numbers of leaf-ranks.
| Author: | Hubert Airy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 [Sept-Nov] 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9073 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Society of London 21 (1872–3): 176–9. Airy, Hubert. 1874. On leaf-arrangement. Abstract. …
- … Communicated by Charles Darwin. [Read 30 April 1874. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of …
- … paper was read at the Royal Society in April 1874, and an abstract was published in the …
- … of the Royal Society of London ( Airy 1874 ). George Howard Darwin, having given up the …
- … having been chosen as photographer for the 1874 expedition to New Zealand to observe the …
From H. W. Bates 15 November 1873
Summary
Encloses A. R. Wallace’s reply [in which he says he will undertake revision of Descent if CD wishes]. HWB says this shows that Wallace is unaware of the scope of revision; suggests need for well-defined terms.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 89, 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9144 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 13 August [1873]
Summary
Answers CD’s questions of 25 July [8987] about temperatures at which cold-blooded animals are killed.
Doubts heat rigor was induced in Drosera. Gives his view of the relation of excitability to increase in temperature.
Suggests experiment to show that electrical changes in plant are the same as in animal muscle and nerve [see Insectivorous plants, p. 318].
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 34–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9008 |
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 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Dec 1873 11 Dec 1874 11 Dec 1875 William Walmisley Baxter …
To Francis Galton 28 May 1873
Summary
Comments about questionnaire CD completed for FG [for Galton’s English men of science (1874)].
Describes his early interest in collecting and his education.
Asks about determining the mean heights of two groups of men.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 28 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/15); Pearson 1914–30, 2: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8924 |
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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 23 hits
- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
- … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
- … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
- … libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, however, consulted with his …
- … [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
- … ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
- … are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
- … signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
- … more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
- … must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
- … the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
- … day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
- … have to do— ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
Matches: 16 hits
- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son …
- … appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
- … of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
- … to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
- … to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
- … a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
- … George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
- … to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
- … a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
- … reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
- … the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
- … ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
- … of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
- … this. 124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
- … to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …
Joseph Simms
Summary
The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
- … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
- … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
- … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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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- … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
- … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
- … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Summary
George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
Matches: 1 hits
- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
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…
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- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
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…
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … months earlier. Although Sarah visited Darwin in Down in 1874 , their connection lapsed until …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … later, would take his camera across the globe to observe the 1874 transit of Venus. Tommy, …
- … Perfilieff , a member of the Tolstoy family in March of 1874, Darwin included the line “I have the …
- … newly-produced carte . Image: Charles Darwin, 1874, Elliot and Fry, Dar 257:11, …
- … ©Cambridge University Library Between 1874 and 1878 Darwin was very busy – too busy, …
- … Darwin’s Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874 . New Haven, USA: Yale University Press, …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
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- … Letter 9377 : Darwin, C. R. to Abbott, F. E. A., 30 March 1874 Writing to the American …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … 9633 - Nevill, D. F. to Darwin, [11 September 1874] Dorothy Nevill tells Darwin …
Clémence Auguste Royer
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Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile Pierre…
Francis Darwin marries
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The Darwins' son, Francis, marries Amy Ruck; Francis starts work as his father's assistant
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- … The Darwins' son, Francis, marries Amy Ruck; Francis starts work as his father's assistant …
Lydia Becker
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Becker was a leading member of the suffrage movement, perhaps best known for publishing the Women’s Suffrage Journal. She was also a successful biologist, astronomer and botanist and, between 1863 and 1877, an occasional correspondent of Charles Darwin. …
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- … Becker was a leading member of the suffrage movement, perhaps best known for publishing the …
