To Francis Darwin [1 August 1878]
Summary
Describes observations and experiments on the response to light of Bignonia capreolata tendrils.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12077 |
Matches: 4 hits
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 2 August [1878]
Summary
Thanks for plants and seeds; requests for more to test Sachs’s notion on "bloom".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 141–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11637 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 2 August [1878] …
- … 1873–81: 141–3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Aug [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … 21 [and 22] January 1878 ). CD had been shown the positively heliotropic aerial roots of …
- … and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 July 1878 . CD had asked Thiselton-Dyer for a new …
- … see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 July [1878] ). The firm of William Barron & Son had …
- … 20–4 August 1877] and n. 4). See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 and n. 5. …
- … CD had visited Kew on 22 January 1878 ( letter to Asa Gray, …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 July [1878] and n. 6). John Smith was the curator of …
- … in his letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 18 June [1878] and asked for seeds of other species of …
- … clover; letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 July 1878 ). Trifolium resupinatum is Persian clover. …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 ; see also F. Darwin 1886 , p. 99). In …
From Francis Darwin [before 3 August 1878]
Summary
Sachs jumps to the conclusion twiners and tendrils are similar from the Menispermum that twined without a stick. Akebia grows down a stick; not only the free end is involved.
Sleeping plants.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.8: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11638 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [before 3 August 1878] …
- … DAR 209.8: 152 Francis Darwin unstated [before 3 Aug 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … anoda), written by Francis, dated 30 July to 2 August 1878, are in DAR 209.14: 6–7. …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 3 August [1878] . Francis was working in the laboratory of …
- … the letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 . Sachs’s Lehrbuch der Botanik ( Sachs …
To Francis Darwin 3 August [1878]
Summary
Is pleased FD’s climbing work goes well.
Thanks him for information on heliotropism.
Discusses sleep movements
and his observations on the sensitivity of radicle tips.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11639 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 3 August [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 42 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letters from Francis Darwin , 24 and 25 July 1878 and [before …
- … 3 August 1878] . Francis had described his own and Julius Sachs’s observations on spiral …
- … vines) in his letter of [before 3 August 1878] . Stauntonia and Akebia are now placed in …
- … views on climbing plants, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] . CD had asked about heliotropism in …
- … in his letter to Francis of 25 July [1878] ; he also extended an invitation for Sachs to …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] and nn. 5 and 9. CD described sleep movements …
- … 322–3. In his letter of [before 3 August 1878] , Francis had drawn a sketch of the unusual …
From Francis Darwin [4–7 August 1878]
Summary
Experiments on effects of removing "bloom" from leaves and fruit.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4–7 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11632 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [4–7 August 1878] …
- … 162: 57 Francis Darwin Botanisches Institut, Würzburg [4–7 Aug 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwins visited there from 7 to 12 August 1878. Francis planned to join them on Thursday 8 …
- … John Murray. 1875. Sachs, Julius. 1878. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des aufsteigenden …
- … Pflanzen. Arbeiten des Botanischen Instituts in Würzburg 2 (1878–82): 148–84. …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 3 August [1878] , and by the reference to Francis’s planned …
- … Leith Hill Place (see n. 9, below). In 1878, the Thursday following 3 August was 8 August. …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). CD suggested that the contraction was more …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, 3 August [1878] and n. 2). Francis was conducting experiments on …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Francis was trying to work out the function …
- … of transpiration in plants (see Sachs 1878 , pp. 163–6). In 1872, Ferdinand Julius Cohn …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 July [1878] ). The letter has not been found. Leith Hill …
To R. A. Blair 4 [August] 1878
Summary
Thanks RAB for kindness. Says W. H. Flower will examine wings [of geese].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Reuben Almond Blair |
| Date: | 4 [Aug] 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.540) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11589 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To R. A. Blair 4 [August] 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.540) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 [Aug] 1878 Reuben Almond Blair …
- … his letter 4 July instead of 4 August 1878. This letter is a reply to the letter from …
- … R. A. Blair, 17 July 1878 , which arrived on 4 August (see n. 3, below). …
- … See letter from R. A. Blair, 17 July 1878 . See letter to W. …
- … H. Flower, 4 [August] 1878 and n. 1. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) July 4 th 1878 Dear Sir I write one line to acknowledge your …
To W. H. Flower 4 [August] 1878
Summary
Encloses letters from Blair on inheritance of injured wing in geese. Says specimens have been sent.
Mentions case of pigeon born without eyes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 4 [Aug] 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.543) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11640 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. H. Flower 4 [August] 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.543) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 [Aug] 1878 William Henry Flower …
- … s letters, other than the one of 17 July 1878, have not been found. CD responded to the …
- … his letters of 27 December 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25) and 14 April 1878 (this volume). …
- … Flower’s letter of 12 April 1878 was returned to him as well. No letter to CD mentioning …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. July 4 th . 1878 My dear Flower You will remember the dried …
- … the letter from R. A. Blair, 17 July 1878 . Flower was curator of the Hunterian Museum of …
- … Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard , see the letter to W. H. Flower, 25 February 1878 and n. 2. …
From Paul Broca 5 August 1878
Summary
Invites CD and Mrs Darwin to stay at his home if they plan to attend the International Congress of Anthropological Sciences, 16–21 August, and the seventh session of the French Association for the Advancement of Science, 22–9 August.
| Author: | Pierre Paul (Paul) Broca |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 314 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11647 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Paul Broca 5 August 1878 …
- … DAR 160: 314 Pierre Paul (Paul) Broca Paris 5 Aug 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Congrès international des sciences anthropologiques 1878: Congrès international …
- … des sciences anthropologiques, 1878 (août, 16–21) . Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 1880. …
- … international des sciences anthropologiques 1878 ). CD had recently been elected a …
- … from J. -B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 and n. 2). Adèle-Augustine Broca . …
From J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand 5 August 1878
Summary
CD elected corresponding member in the botanical section of the Académie des Sciences, Paris. [See 11653.]
| Author: | Jean-Baptiste-André (Jean-Baptiste) Dumas; Joseph Louis François (Joseph) Bertrand |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 230: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11640A |
From A. S. Wilson 6 August 1878
Summary
Observations on dimorphic and trimorphic plants of Scotland.
On fertilisation of Scrophularia nodosa.
| Author: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: B19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11641 |
To Thomas Woolner 6 August [1878]
Summary
TW’s account of the Ourang is very curious. CD hopes to see the primate whenever he goes to London, but he is leaving home for three weeks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Woolner |
| Date: | 6 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | Stephan Loewentheil and the 19th Century Shop, Baltimore, Maryland (dealer) (1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6307A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Thomas Woolner 6 August [1878] …
- … Baltimore, Maryland (dealer) (1990) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Aug [1878] Thomas Woolner …
- … utan had arrived at the Zoological Gardens of London on 27 July 1878 ( Proceedings of the …
- … Zoological Society of London (1878): 789). The Darwins visited …
- … Staffordshire between 7 and 22 August 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Alice Gertrude …
From George Bentham 7 August 1878
Summary
CD’s election to the French Academy delights GB. Nationalistic prejudices have at last been overcome; congratulates him on what is now universal adoption of his views.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11642 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From George Bentham 7 August 1878 …
- … DAR 160: 170 George Bentham London, Wilton Place, 25 7 Aug 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Académie des sciences appeared in The Times , 7 August 1878, p. 5. See letter from J. - …
- … B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 . The most detailed exposition of the …
To L. A. Errera 8 August [1878]
Summary
Regrets that LAE went to Down for nothing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Léo Abram Errera |
| Date: | 8 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.544) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11644 |
To J. F. Fisher 8 August [1878]
Summary
Agrees to read manuscript if short.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Francis Fisher |
| Date: | 8 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11645 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. F. Fisher 8 August [1878] …
- … DAR 144: 106 Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place 8 Aug [1878] John Francis Fisher …
- … the letter from J. F. Fisher, 13 August 1878 . CD was investigating movement in plants and …
- … found. The Darwins left Down on 7 August 1878 and visited Leith Hill Place, Surrey, the …
To Hugo de Vries 8 August [1878]
Summary
Regrets he cannot receive HdeV at Down, because he has just left home.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
| Date: | 8 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11645F |
Matches: 4 hits
From Gaston de Saporta 9 August 1878
Summary
Congratulations on election to the French Academy of Sciences, Botany Section.
| Author: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11648 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Gaston de Saporta 9 August 1878 …
- … Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta Fonscolombe 9 Aug 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … botanical section of the Académie des sciences on 5 August 1878 (see letter from J. -B. …
- … Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 and n. 2). In December 1877, Saporta had alerted …
- … appearance of man; Saporta 1879 ), was published in December 1878 (see letter to Gaston …
- … de Saporta, 22 December 1878 ). CD’s copy, inscribed, ‘A Monsieur Charles Darwin | Comme …
To A. S. Wilson 9 August [1878]
Summary
Responds to ASW’s information about Erythraea
and about wasps on Scrophularia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
| Date: | 9 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 7339: 57) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11646 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To A. S. Wilson 9 August [1878] …
- … Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place Down letterhead 9 Aug [1878] Alexander Stephen Wilson …
- … and Staffordshire between 7 and 22 August 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). This letter …
- … this letter and the letter from A. S. Wilson, 6 August 1878 . See letter from A. …
- … S. Wilson, 6 August 1878 and nn. 1 and 3. Erythraea is a synonym of Centaurium (the genus …
- … 24 July 1862] . In his letter of 6 August 1878 , Wilson noted that he had observed wasps …
To Hugo de Vries [10 or 11 August 1878]
Summary
Arranges for HdeV to call.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
| Date: | [10 or 11 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 4a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11643 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Hugo de Vries [10 or 11 August 1878] …
- … De Vries 4a) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place [10 or 11 Aug 1878] Hugo de Vries …
- … s niece. De Vries visited CD on Wednesday 14 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … this letter and the letter to Hugo de Vries, 8 August [1878] , and by the date of CD’s …
- … departure from Leith Hill Place, 12 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … De Vries evidently replied to CD’s letter of 8 August [1878] in a now missing letter. …
- … The Darwins left Down on 7 August 1878 and visited Leith Hill Place, Surrey, the home of …
To George Bentham 10 August [1878]
Summary
GB’s note has given him more pleasure than his election to the French Academy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 718) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11649 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To George Bentham 10 August [1878] …
- … 1884, GEB/1/3: f. 718) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place 10 Aug [1878] George Bentham …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from George Bentham, 7 August 1878 . See …
- … letter from George Bentham, 7 August 1878 . CD was elected a corresponding member of the …
- … Académie des sciences of the Institut de France on 5 August 1878 (see letter from J. -B. …
- … Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 and n. 2). …
From Alphonse de Candolle 10 August 1878
Summary
Congratulations on CD’s long-overdue election to the French Academy of Sciences.
| Author: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11650 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Alphonse de Candolle 10 August 1878 …
- … DAR 161: 24 Alphonse de Candolle Samaden 10 Aug 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See also A. de Candolle and Candolle eds. 1878–96, 1: 26–7. It is not known which of CD’s …
- … Samaden (Engadine) 10 aout 1878 Mon cher Monsieur Les nouvelles arrivent tard et …
- … Académie des sciences of the Institut de France on 5 August 1878 (see letter from J. -B. …
- … Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 and n. 2). …
- … Samedan (Engadine) 10 August 1878 My dear Sir News arrives late and incomplete in the …
- … was nominated six times between 1870 and 1878 for membership of the zoological section of …
- … n. 6). A. de Candolle and Candolle eds. 1878–96. The first three volumes of this work are …
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| Vries, Hugo de | (3) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (56) |
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| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (4) |
| Vries, Hugo de | (4) |
| Goodacre, F. B. | (3) |
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 29 hits
- … is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
- … scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). Writing to Ernst Haeckel on …
- … plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
- … come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the …
- … of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having found plants responsive to …
- … at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s …
- … kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin …
- … work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: ‘I …
- … to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is unclear why the …
- … reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just begun to …
- … Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis …
- … rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day Francis observed that the …
- … out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently …
- … him,’ he reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). ‘Sachs doesn’t consider that …
- … all evils’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [24 and 25 July 1878] ). Babies and animals …
- … he added a week later ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Darwin had of course observed …
- … have said a gee-gee’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin …
- … will always do so’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August [1878] ). Darwin remarked that a monkey …
- … in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More remarkable cases of …
- … of a thieving wasp’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 21 June 1878 ). An inspiration In …
- … ( letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 ). Despite his many botanical …
- … to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman tried …
- … ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a wonderful change in the …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … come together’ ( letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 18 June 1878 ). In countries where …
- … are without you’ (letters from Carl Kraus, [31?] January 1878 and 10 February 1878 ). Darwin …
- … been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More critics Closer …
- … matter’ ( letter from H. N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] ). Darwin received a copy of the …
- … care of himself ’ ( letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 ). Darwin did not think the Oxford …
Darwn's letters from 1878 online
Summary
Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
Summary
Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5 April 1878 . Müller was a German naturalist …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
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,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … specimen, both sides of which are reproduced, 29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's …
Power of movement in plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
Summary
< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … when he took his photographs. This one must be before August 1878, when it was reproduced as a …
- … copies in the Darwin archive say the photograph was taken in 1878. The latter date is accepted by …
- … Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton Barracks in April 1878 enclosing two photographs …
- … of the photograph at Down House that he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which …
- … date of creation undated; probably early 1878 computer-readable date c.1878-01-01 to c …
- … to his father, enclosing unidentified photographs, 25 April 1878. Woodburytype reproduction of …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
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…
Darwin and the Church
Summary
The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Movement in Plants
Summary
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … son Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the …
- … Movement in plants , p. 179. In May 1878, Darwin had pointed out the importance of …
- … his experiments on the function of bloom. By December 1878, Darwin was thinking about the …
- … accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method would be expensive, so Darwin …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … experiments. Francis went to Germany in the summer of 1878 for more experience in physiological …
- … this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). The last years also saw Darwin …
- … and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin resumed contact in 1878. On receiving Darwin’s letter, …
- … at wormbs”’ ( letter from Mary Johnson, [after 22 July 1878] ). Edition complete …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
Summary
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…
Dining at Down House
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February [1878] Darwin’s youngest son, Leonard (Lenny), …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
Summary
< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing
Summary
< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…
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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- … A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …
4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction In a page of comic drawings by Frank Bellew, ostensibly his ‘Sketches in the New York Aquarium’, yet another joke about Darwin’s simian connections makes an appearance. ‘The Chimpanzee’ sits on a fancy bed amid the straw…
4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction La Petite Lune was a sister paper of La Lune Rousse, and was published, edited and illustrated by André Gill, through 1878-9. It featured a series of caricatures titled ‘Les hommes illustrés’, to which this belongs. Gill again…
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
Summary
< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
Summary
< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…
