To [Francis Lloyd] 1 May [1877]
Summary
CD does not feel a subscription could be got up to aid correspondent. Sends a cheque for £10.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Lloyd |
| Date: | 1 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10948 |
From C. W. Thomson 1 May 1877
Summary
Is sorting material collected by the Challenger and wonders whether CD would care to examine the cirripedes.
| Author: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10947 |
To W. H. Flower 2 May [1877]
Summary
‘The pigs-foot has been dispatched to day per Rail.’
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 2 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10949 |
From W. H. Flower 3 May 1877
Summary
Discusses abnormal pig’s foot sent to him by CD.
| Author: | William Henry Flower |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.511) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10950 |
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To C. W. Thomson 3 May 1877
Summary
Some years ago he would have been delighted to take up the Cirripedia collected on the Challenger expedition, but feels that the subject has largely passed out of his mind.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
| Date: | 3 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (13 July 2022, lot 61) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10950F |
To Albert Günther 4 May [1877]
Summary
Pigeons’ skins dispatched today.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 4 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF ZOO/200/11/115a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10951 |
To Albert Günther 7 May 1877
Summary
Sends MS about pigeons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 7 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF ZOO/200/15/112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10952 |
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- … To Albert Günther 7 May 1877 …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 May 1877 Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther …
- … skins from Yarkland, China (see postcard to Albert Günther , 4 May [1877] and n. 2). …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 7. 1877 My dear D r Günther, I have just received …
To George King 7 May 1877
Summary
Thanks GK for the seeds of the Melastomaceae
and skins of the pigeons,
and forwards a note to Dr Scully.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George King |
| Date: | 7 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 113i |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10952F |
From A. G. Butler 8 May 1877
Summary
Can CD explain why house sparrows persist in trying to build a nest in a spot from which it is daily removed?
| Author: | Arthur Gardiner Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 388 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10953 |
To A. G. Butler 9 May 1877
Summary
"I have always been inclined to think that sparrows were acute & crafty birds, but you certainly show that they are Fools, & if they go on behaving in so idiotic a manner, you will do quite right to expose their conduct in some public Journal!--"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Gardiner Butler |
| Date: | 9 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 67) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10957 |
To Fritz Müller 9 May 1877
Summary
Is printing a book on dimorphic plants [Forms of flowers] in which he will make considerable use of FM’s work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 9 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10954 |
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- … To Fritz Müller 9 May 1877 …
- … MS 10 no 41) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 May 1877 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 . In Forms of flowers , pp. 183–7, CD …
- … Henry Leggett (see letter from W. H. Leggett, 15 January 1877 and n. 1, and letter to W. …
- … H. Leggett, 22 January 1877 and n. 3). CD referred extensively …
- … of flowers , which was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). Müller described the …
- … cleistogamic flowers in his letter of 25 March 1877 ; CD noted it in Forms of flowers , p. …
- … Francis Darwin ; see letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 and n. 5. Müller had reported …
- … see letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 and n. 7). In Narrative 3: 147, CD had …
From C.-F. Reinwald 9 May 1877
Summary
French translation of Insectivorous plants published.
Climbing plants has not sold well.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10955 |
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- … From C. -F. Reinwald 9 May 1877 …
- … F. Reinwald, 13 October 1877 . …
- … DAR 176: 106 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 9 May 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Paris le 9 Mai 1877 Monsieur Charles Darwin | Down Cher Monsieur J’ai l’honneur de vous …
- … letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 15 February 1877 ; the French translation of Insectivorous …
- … made by Edmond Barbier (Barbier trans. 1877). Zwinger has not been identified. The payment …
- … letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 13 October 1877 . Les mouvements et les habitudes des plantes …
- … of Climbing plants (R. Gordon trans. 1877). Édouard Marie Heckel was translating …
- … Cross and self fertilisation (Heckel trans. 1877) into French. See letter from C. - …
- … F. Reinwald, 21 February 1877 and nn. 4 and 5. …
- … revue et corrigée’ (revised and corrected), was published in 1877 (Pozzi and Benoît trans. …
- … 1877). See also letter from C. - …
- … Paris 9 May 1877 Mr Charles Darwin | Down Dear Sir I have the honour of informing you that …
From George Rolleston 9 May 1877
Summary
Discusses the structure of the human cranium, in particular a find by Cocchi and observations by Canestrini.
| Author: | George Rolleston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 214 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10956 |
From D. B. Miller 12 May 1877
Summary
Offers a supplementary component to sexual selection which CD ignored in Descent: the direct effect of differences in ardour between males and females.
| Author: | David Benton Miller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 179 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10959 |
To Fritz Müller 14 May 1877
Summary
Requests observations on sensitive Mimosa and movements of plants in rain.
Worm-castings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 14 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 42) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10960 |
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- … To Fritz Müller 14 May 1877 …
- … 10 no 42) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 May 1877 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 14. 1877 My dear Sir, I wrote to you a few days …
- … See letter to Fritz Müller, 9 May 1877 . CD had begun studying bloom (the epicuticular …
To Karl von Scherzer 14 May [1877]
Summary
Received Moritz Wagner’s essays [Das Ausland (May 1875)] and sent him a long letter [10643] disagreeing with his views because they do not explain adaptation.
Thanks for Büchner’s essay [Die Darwin’sche Theorie, 4th ed. (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 14 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | Uppsala University Library: Manuscripts and Music (Waller Ms gb-00526) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10961 |
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- … To Karl von Scherzer 14 May [1877] …
- … and Music (Waller Ms gb-00526) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 May [1877] Karl von Scherzer …
- … year is established by the reference to Wagner 1877 (see n. 2, below). Scherzer had sent …
- … in Beilage zur Allgemeinen Zeitung ( Wagner 1877 ; CD’s copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … Beilage zur Allgemeinen Zeitung (Augsburger), 20 April 1877, pp. …
- … 1669–71, and 21 April 1877, pp. 1690–2. Wagner, Moritz. 1889. Die Entstehung der Arten …
- … 5; 26 July 1875, pp. 589–93. Wagner, Moritz. 1877. Naturwissenschaftliche Streitfragen. …
- … 13 October 1876 . In his copy of Wagner 1877 , p. 161, CD double scored a passage in which …
From W. B. Bowles 17 May 1877
Summary
Has read a German author’s exposition of CD’s theory.
Believes "missing link" between higher mammals and man consists of a race of "speaking monkeys" – akin to Africans – who pollute blood of better race and impede civilisation.
| Author: | William Burrows Bowles |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10963 |
From W. H. Flower to Otto Zacharias 17 May 1877
Summary
Further discussion of structure of abnormal pig’s foot.
| Author: | William Henry Flower |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | 17 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.512) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10962 |
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- … From W. H. Flower to Otto Zacharias 17 May 1877 …
- … Mss.B.D25.512) William Henry Flower Royal College of Surgeons 17 May 1877 Otto Zacharias …
- … of polydactylism (see letter from Otto Zacharias, 21 April 1877 , and letter from W. …
- … H. Flower, 3 May 1877 ). Flower intended to send the Descriptive catalogue of the …
To John Price 17 May 1877
Summary
Stripes on animals curious subject for investigation. Not likely to take it up again.
Recommends cutting plant stems under water.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 17 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 279 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10964 |
From W. B. Bowles 18 May 1877
Summary
Is less certain of views in letter of 17 May [10963]. Asserts interest in explaining the presence of "speaking monkeys", which occur in higher as well as lower classes.
| Author: | William Burrows Bowles |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 264 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10965 |
| letter | (41) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Bowles, W. B. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Flower, W. H. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Flower, W. H. | (2) |
| Günther, Albert | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Müller, Fritz | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (39) |
| Flower, W. H. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Baumhauer, E. H. von | (2) |
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
Summary
< 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
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
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…
