From D. Appleton & Co. 1 February 1874
Summary
Statement of U. S. sales of Origin, Expression, and Descent.
| Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: A92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9261 |
From K. S. Sievert 1 February 1874
Summary
Thanks CD for copy of Examiner.
Fear of communism is making CD’s theory popular among possessing classes.
Describes reception of Lyell’s Antiquity of man among German country people.
| Author: | Karl Siegwart Sievert |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9262 |
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- … From K. S. Sievert 1 February 1874 …
- … 177: 161 Karl Siegwart Sievert Pechylswerder a.d. Havel 1 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Pechÿl’swerder a. d. Havel 1. Febr. 1874. Herrn Darwin Hochgeehrte Herr! The Examiner ( …
- … auf Pechÿl’swerder a. d. Havel 1. Febr. 1874. To Mister Darwin Most venerated Sir! Have …
- … 1873a) in the Examiner , 24 January 1874, pp. 88–9 (G. H. Darwin 1874a). Sievert 1873a …
- … 1873b) in the Darwin Library–Down, and an 1874 reprint in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …
From George Cupples 3 February 1874
Summary
Responds to CD’s queries about breeders’ practices in destroying and saving males or females in litters of deerhounds.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 85–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9263 |
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- … From George Cupples 3 February 1874 …
- … DAR 90: 85–90 George Cupples unstated 3 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … George Cupples, 14 November 1870 ). Duncan McNeill died on 31 January 1874 ( Pall Mall …
- … Gazette , 2 February 1874, p. 6). …
- … See also letters to William Waring, 6 January 1874 and …
- … 12 January [1874] . CD cited Cupples for this information in Descent 2d ed. , p. 258 n. …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. MacKillop, James. 1998. Dictionary of …
- … s death yesterday. Deerhounds Feb y . 3 d . 1874 Query 1 “If one bitch produced 4 females …
From J. F. McLennan 3 February 1874
Summary
Discusses the evolution of marriage systems; considers the scheme of development CD proposes: 1. Polygyny and monogamy; 2. Polyandry; 3. Promiscuity; 4. Polygyny and monogamy in recurrence. Explains what he understands by promiscuity. JFM believes that polygyny, monogamy, and polyandry must have occurred in "every district from the first, and grown up together into systems sanctioned by usage first and then law". Considers polygyny necessarily the privilege of the few and, as a system, believes it had less to do than any other with the history of marriage. He sees polyandry as an advance from promiscuity and the stage at which contractual obligations between men and their wives begin.
| Author: | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | McLennan 1896, pp. 50–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9264 |
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- … From J. F. McLennan 3 February 1874 …
- … McLennan 1896, pp. 50–5 John Ferguson McLennan unstated 3 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … 3rd February 1874. Your scheme of the development of marriage systems is (1) Polygyny and …
From C.-F. Reinwald 4 February 1874
Summary
Sends £40 for copyright to Édmond Barbier’s revision of Moulinié’s Descent translation.
Journal of researches translation is in press.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9265 |
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- … From C. -F. Reinwald 4 February 1874 …
- … DAR 176: 102 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 4 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … researches 2d ed. The French translation of Expression was Pozzi and Benôit trans. 1874. …
- … Paris. | 15 Rue des Saints Pères Febr 4 th 1874. Dear Sir We duely received your kind …
- … to Reinwald’s letter to him of 17 January 1874. The French second edition of Descent was …
- … account (Down House MS) on 5 February 1874. Reinwald had been dissatisfied with the late …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 February 1874
Summary
Do breeders rear more male than female greyhound puppies?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9266 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 February 1874 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Feb 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … newspaper ( ODNB ). See also letter to William Waring, 6 January 1874 , and letter from …
- … George Cupples, 3 February 1874 and n. 5. CD was working on the second edition of …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 5 1874 My dear Sir If you yourself (or through any of the …
To H. W. Bates 6 February 1874
Summary
Orders five works on the Sandwich Islands from the Royal Geographical Society Library for his investigation of infanticide and population trends there.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9267 |
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- … To H. W. Bates 6 February 1874 …
- … Royal Geographical Society Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb 1874 Henry Walter Bates …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 6 1874 My dear Bates Will you be so kind as to send me, …
From G. H. Darwin 6 February 1874
Summary
Finds statistical evidence that cousin marriages are at least three times as frequent in "our rank" as in the lower.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9268 |
From J. C. Symmes 6 February 1874
Summary
Believes that he has an important physical theory: all atoms revolve.
| Author: | John Cleves Symmes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 339 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9269 |
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From H. W. Bates 7 February 1874
Summary
Books CD requested have been packed and sent.
He will present CD with the classified catalogue [of Royal Geographical Society].
He has not learned whereabouts of Thomas Staley.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9275 |
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- … From H. W. Bates 7 February 1874 …
- … DAR 160: 91 Henry Walter Bates R. Geogr. Soc. 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to H. W. Bates, 6 February 1874 ). G. M. Evans 1871 . Thomas Nettleship …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in his letter to Staley of 13 January [1874]; Staley did not …
- … answer until 12 February 1874. …
- … Savile Row, | Burlington Gardens, | W Feb 7 1874 My dear Mr Darwin All the books you asked …
From R. F. Cooke 7 February 1874
Summary
Asks CD’s help in finding original woodcuts for "Voyage of a naturalist" [Journal of researches] for Reinwald.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 438 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9271 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 7 February 1874 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 4 February 1874 . CD had probably asked Cooke to support the …
- … Club (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 10 April [1874] ). In 1871, John Murray had asked CD to …
From George Cupples 7 February 1874
Summary
Will send CD’s query to eight or ten people.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 300 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9274 |
From E. A. Darwin 7 February [1874?]
Summary
George brought a plant from Cambridge, which he is keeping for CD.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb [1874?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9270 |
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- … From E. A. Darwin 7 February [1874? ] …
- … DAR 105: B93 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 7 Feb [1874? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD finished working on Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap) in 1874 (see letter to D. …
- … F. Nevill, 3 September 1874 ). …
- … Down House MS)). For some years, including 1874, no payment was recorded. CD and each of …
From O. G. Rejlander 7 February 1874
Summary
Thanks CD for £10 to help with his law case.
| Author: | Oscar Gustaf Rejlander |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9272 |
From B. J. Sulivan 7 February 1874
Summary
The Bishop of Falkland [Waite Hockin Stirling] is coming to visit BJS, who will question him for CD.
Discusses politics; regrets they have been badly beaten by the Tory candidate.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 300 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9273 |
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- … laws would be relaxed: they were to be disappointed ( Annual register (1874), pp. 44–5). …
- … From B. J. Sulivan 7 February 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 300 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from B. J. Sulivan, 23 February 1874 ). For a photograph of the four Fuegian ( …
- … on 4 February ( Morning Post , 5 February 1874, p. 2). Henry Drummond Charles Wolff ( …
- … Liberal). Haviland-Burke resigned in 1874. (See Stenton 1976 and Craig ed. 1989. ) In …
- … American Missionary Magazine , 2 February 1874, contained a letter from Thomas Bridges at …
- … at the end of January and early February 1874; the Liberal government of William Ewart …
From C. G. Semper 8 February 1874
Summary
Comments on G. H. Lewes’s book [The life and works of Goethe (1855)].
| Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 136 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9276 |
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- … From C. G. Semper 8 February 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 136 Carl Gottfried Semper Würzburg 8 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Coral reefs , which was published in 1874. CD cited Semper 1863 in Coral reefs 2d …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
- … 1863 with his letter of 25 January 1874. Lewes referred to William Ellery Channing, an …
From W. N. Massey to George Cupples 9 February 1874
Summary
Number of males or females raised depends entirely on preference of greyhound breeders.
| Author: | W. N Massey |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 117–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9278 |
From Robert Swinhoe 9 February 1874
Summary
Matters of etiquette concerning his certificate for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9277 |
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- … From Robert Swinhoe 9 February 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 338 Robert Swinhoe London, Carlyle Square, 33 9 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was announced at the meeting of 5 March 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … 33 Carlyle Square | SW. 9 February. 1874. My dear M r . Darwin, I sent my Certificate for …
From George Harris 10 February 1874
Summary
Sends about 15 sheets on instinct from his book [A philosophical treatise on the nature and constitution of man (1876)] for CD’s comments.
| Author: | George Harris |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9280 |
From E. L. Williams to George Cupples 10 February 1874
Summary
Breeders prefer to destroy bitch pups.
| Author: | Williams, E. L. |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 91–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9279 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (22) |
| Canning, A. S. G. | (3) |
| Cupples, George | (3) |
| Staley, T. N. | (3) |
| Günther, Albert | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (42) |
| Cupples, George | (4) |
| Günther, Albert | (2) |
| Harris, George | (2) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (64) |
| Cupples, George | (7) |
| Günther, Albert | (4) |
| Canning, A. S. G. | (3) |
| Harris, George | (3) |
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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- … 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
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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
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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,…
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- … 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
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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
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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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- … 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)
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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…
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- … 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 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…
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 …
Titus Coan
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In 1874, when Darwin was preparing the second edition of Descent of Man, he received letters from all over the world in reply to his queries about human behaviour; one in particular would have stirred up unexpected memories of his own time among the native…
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- … In 1874, when Darwin was preparing the second edition of Descent of Man , he …
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 …
