From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 2 January [1877]
Summary
Agrees to propose GJR for membership in Royal Society.
Remarks on GJR’s paper on Medusae [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 167 (1877): 659–752].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 2 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.503) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10765 |
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- … From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 2 January [1877] …
- … Mss.B.D25.503) Charles Robert Darwin Francis Darwin Down 2 Jan [1877] George John Romanes …
- … Remarks on GJR’s paper on Medusae [ Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 167 (1877): 659–752]. …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. CD and Romanes had lunch together on 8 January 1877 (see letter to G. …
- … J. Romanes, 4 January 1877 ). …
- … the Royal Society was dated 8 January 1877 (Royal Society archives, GB 117, EC/1879/18). …
- … Buckley Litchfield , from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ ( Appendix II)). Members of …
From Francis Darwin to the Auckland Star 4 January 1877
Summary
His father is grateful for the account of the alleged discovery of men with tails.
His father does not believe in their existence of the tailed men, although the tails may be an inherited monstrosity.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Auckland Star |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Auckland Star, 1 March 1877, p. 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10770F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to the Auckland Star 4 January 1877 …
- … Auckland Star , 1 March 1877, p. …
- … 2 Francis Darwin Down 4 Jan 1877 Auckland Star …
- … 1876, p. 2. See also Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 . …
- … Station, Orpington, S.E.R. January 4, 1877 Dear Sir,— My father directs me to thank you …
From Francis Darwin to G. N. de Stoppelaar 25 April 1877
Summary
Sends thanks for diploma on CD’s behalf.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | Zeeuws Archief (Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10940F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to G. N. de Stoppelaar 25 April 1877 …
- … der Wetenschappen) Francis Darwin Down 25 Apr 1877 Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar …
- … CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). For the …
- … at Middelburg), see Appendix III. See letter to G. N. de Stoppelaar, 17 April 1877 . …
- … down, beckenham, kent april 25 1877 dear sir , in my father’s absence from home, i beg …
From Francis Darwin [before 21 May 1877]
Summary
Edwin Ray Lankester wants to reprint FD’s paper ‘Food bodies’ in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 21 May 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10520F |
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- … From Francis Darwin [before 21 May 1877] …
- … DAR 274.1: 22 Francis Darwin Erith [before 21 May 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, [24 April 1877? ] and n. 8. The joke has not been identified. …
- … cutting ants were communicated by Francis in his letter, dated 21 May 1877, to Nature , …
- … 7 June 1877, pp. 100–1. Francis’s paper ‘On the protrusion of protoplasmic filaments from …
From Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 7 June 1877
Summary
CD is going away and has asked FD to thank GJR for his amusing letter [of 6 June], which CD thinks should be published in Nature. CD thinks the guinea pig theory very probable.
CD thinks there may be something in the ‘veneration’ theory.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 7 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. d. 3823, fols. 154–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10989F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 7 June 1877 …
- … Oxford (MS. Eng. d. 3823, fols. 154–5) Francis Darwin Down 7 June 1877 George John Romanes …
- … Bibliography Allen, Grant. 1877. Physiological aesthetics . London: Henry S. King & Co. …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. June 7. 1877 My dear Romanes, My father is going off …
- … away from Down from 8 June to 4 July 1877, visiting family at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, …
- … vol. 25, letter from G. J. Romanes, 6 June 1877 , and enclosure; Romanes did not publish …
- … to the editor of Nature published on 7 June 1877, pp. 100–1. Francis’s letter was dated 21 …
- … when Romanes visited Down on 30 May 1877 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The discussion …
- … Romanes and CD had recently read ( Allen 1877 ; see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to G. …
- … J. Romanes, 23 May 1877 ). Francis alludes to the English Civil War, conceived as a …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 15 (1877): 398–409. Variation 2d ed. : The variation of …
- … sloths in this paper). In his letter of 6 June 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25), Romanes had …
- … 2: 134–5 and n. 20. See Correspondence vol. 25, letter to G. J. Romanes, 11 June [1877] . …
- … In his letter of 6 June 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25), Romanes had suggested that Francis …
From Francis Darwin 11 June 1877
Summary
Lists the tasks he has completed; sends on letter from Romanes; news of Bernard.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10994F |
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- … From Francis Darwin 11 June 1877 …
- … DAR 274.1: 2 Francis Darwin 11 June 1877 Down Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [10 June 1877] ; there was evidently another letter to …
- … See letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 May [1877] and n. 3. Henry Lettington was the gardener at …
- … See letter from G. J. Romanes, 6 June 1877 . Bernard Darwin . Atty: Arthur …
- … He married Elizabeth Eleanor D’Arcy in 1877 ( BMD ( Marriage index )). Jim or Jemmy were …
- … Down June 11. 1877 My dear Father I have got yr messages & will do them all square— There …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 July [1877] and n. 10). Francis’s letter on the nectar- …
- … aquilinum , southern bracken fern), was published in Nature , 7 June 1877, pp. 100–1. …
- … See also letter from Francis Darwin, [before 21 May 1877] and n. 3, and F. Darwin 1876d . …
From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877]
Summary
Forwards letters.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 June? 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10762F |
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- … From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877] …
- … DAR 274.1: 3 Francis Darwin [Down] [14 June? 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … For CD’s interest in scrofula, see the letter to Agricultural Gazette , 22 March 1877. …
- … Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [3] February 1877 (DAR 219.9: 144)). See n. 1, above. …
- … fifth tooth was ‘nearly through’ on 23 July 1877 ( F. Darwin 1920b , p. 6), so this letter …
- … their absence (see letter from Francis Darwin, 11 June 1877 ). A report of an inquest on a …
- … death from starvation and scrofulous disease appeared in The Times , 14 June 1877, p. …
- … 13. In 1877, 14 June was a Thursday; apparently Francis did go to Southampton on or around …
- … P. P. C. Hoek in a letter of [ c . 24 June 1877]. The letter and Francis’s reply have not …
From Francis Darwin to P. P. C. Hoek [c. 24 June 1877]
Summary
CD has written to [Charles] Wyville Thomson in favour of PPCH’s request [for duplicates of Pycnogonida collected by the Challenger expedition], and hopes it will be successful.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek |
| Date: | [c. 24 June 1877] |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (P. P. C. Hoek Archive: Darwin correspondence) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11014F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to P. P. C. Hoek [ c. 24 June 1877] …
- … Darwin correspondence) Francis Darwin Basset [ c. 24 June 1877] Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek …
- … P. C. Hoek to C. W. Thomson, 25 June 1877 ). CD had received copies of Hoek’s recent …
- … P. C. Hoek to C. W. Thomson, 25 June 1877 . CD’s letter to Charles Wyville Thomson has …
From Francis Darwin [28 October 1877?]
Summary
FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11302F |
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- … From Francis Darwin [28 October 1877? ] …
- … Dalton Hooker and a paper by him (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [26 October 1877] and n. 4). …
- … DAR 274.1: 45 Francis Darwin [28 Oct 1877? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD was in London from 26 to 29 October 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The proofs …
- … castor-oil plant), along with other plants, from Kew on 3 July 1877 ( letter to W. T. …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 9 July [1877] and n. 2). Nutation is the term used to describe the …
- … a copper rod in London around 24 October 1877 (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … Litchfield, [ c. 25 October 1877] (DAR 219.9: 167). Evidently, the iron rod proved …
- … letter from Leonard Darwin, 28 November 1877 and n. 2), probably in order to distinguish …
From Francis Darwin to W. M. Moorsom 29 October 1877
Summary
His father thanks WMM for his letter about the elephant case [see 11214]. If the story is true, CD thinks that the fruit must contain some alkaloid such as that in Indian hemp.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Warren Maude Moorsom |
| Date: | 29 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 385b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11216A |
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- … From Francis Darwin to W. M. Moorsom 29 October 1877 …
- … DAR 146: 385b Francis Darwin Down 29 Oct 1877 Warren Maude Moorsom …
- … tribes (Tartars I believe) Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Francis Darwin Oct 29. 1877. …
- … letter from W. M. Moorsom, 28 October 1877 . In 1876, Vasily Preobrazhensky had asserted …
From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 5 December 1877
Summary
Discusses planting onions for experiment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.527) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11270 |
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- … From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 5 December 1877 …
- … Mss.B.D25.527) Charles Robert Darwin Francis Darwin Down 5 Dec 1877 George John Romanes …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 5. 1877 My dear Romanes, One line to say that my …
- … See letter from G. J. Romanes, 2 December 1877 and n. 5. Henry Lettington was …
- … The part of Romanes’s letter of 2 December 1877 in which he commented on using the title ‘ …
- … LLD at Cambridge University on 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis …
From Francis Darwin to T. F. Cheeseman 12 December 1877
Summary
Writes for CD, thanking TFC for his pamphlet on Selliera. CD was so interested that he ventured to forward it to Nature for publication.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Frederick Cheeseman |
| Date: | 12 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | Auckland War Memorial Museum Library Tāmaki Paenga Hira (T. F. Cheeseman Papers MS 58) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11277 |
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- … From Francis Darwin to T. F. Cheeseman 12 December 1877 …
- … T. F. Cheeseman Papers MS 58) Francis Darwin Down 12 Dec 1877 Thomas Frederick Cheeseman …
- … See letter from T. F. Cheeseman, 23 October 1877 . Cheeseman sent CD his paper ‘On the …
- … or swampweed). The letter from T. F. Cheeseman, 23 October 1877 , was published in …
- … Nature , 27 December 1877, pp. 163–4. Cheeseman lived in New Zealand. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 12 th . 1877 Dear Sir, My father begs me to express to you …
From Francis Darwin to Thomas Edison [20–9 December 1877]
Summary
His father asks him to thank TAE for sending the curious case of the insects [see 11271].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Alva Edison |
| Date: | [20–9 Dec 1877] |
| Classmark: | Thomas Edison National Park (Edison Document File, 1878 Folder: (D-78-02) Edison, T.A. – General) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11312A |
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- … From Francis Darwin to Thomas Edison [20–9 December 1877] …
- … D-78-02) Edison, T.A. – General) Francis Darwin Down [20–9 Dec 1877] Thomas Alva Edison …
- … letter from T. A. Edison, 7 December 1877 , and by the partial postmark, on which only …
- … digit of the date is visible. See letter from T. A. Edison, 7 December 1877 and n. 1. …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Auckland Star | (1) |
| Cheeseman, T. F. | (1) |
| Edison, T. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (13) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Auckland Star | (1) |
| Cheeseman, T. F. | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
Summary
Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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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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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
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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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
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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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
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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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
German poems presented to Darwin
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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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 …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…
