To John Murray 1 October [1878]
Summary
Encloses a cheque for £11.19.9. Will transmit £7.9.4 to Fritz Müller. Thanks for account of the sale of his books, which appears to be in a "lamentable state".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 1 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 176 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11712A |
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To G. J. Romanes 1 October [1878]
Summary
Comments on GJR’s article in Fortnightly Review ["The beginning of nerves", n.s. 24 (1878): 509–26].
Comments on "poor old" Edinburgh Review.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 1 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.550) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11712 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 1 October [1878] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.550) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Oct [1878] George John Romanes …
- … December Fortnightly Review ( Farrer 1878 ). Henry Reeve was the editor of the Edinburgh …
- … The beginning of nerves", n.s. 24 (1878): 509–26]. Comments on "poor old" Edinburgh …
- … Press. 1985–. Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1878. The principle of copyright. Fortnightly Review …
- … 24: 836–51. [Froude, James Anthony. ] 1878. The Copyright Commission. [Review of Report of …
- … in the Fortnightly Review , October 1878 ( G. J. Romanes 1878a ). The article gave a non- …
- … written by James Anthony Froude ( [Froude] 1878 ; see Wellesley index for the attribution …
To J. D. Hooker 3 October [1878]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 3 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 474 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11713 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … D. Hooker, 31 July 1878 ). …
- … To J. D. Hooker 3 October [1878] …
- … DAR 95: 474 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1878] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 . The enclosure has not been found, but the …
- … probably in Hooker’s hand. In August 1878, CD had stayed at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, the …
- … dated between 19 June and 13 November 1878, are in DAR 209.6: 154–6. Hooker had struggled …
- … the Royal Society of London , held on 30 November 1878 ( Hooker 1878b ; see letter from J. …
From J. D. Hooker 4 October 1878
Summary
Frank asked to summarise work with CD for use in JDH’s Royal Society address.
Work with A. Gray shows Colorado plants closer to Altai than to E. or W. America.
Work with J. Ball shows Moroccan plants very distinct from nearby Canaries.
JDH on Royal Commission to Paris Exhibition.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 115–17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11714 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 4 October 1878 …
- … DAR 104: 115–17 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 4 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. Paris Exhibition 1878, British section : Paris …
- … Universal International Exhibition, 1878. Official catalogue of the British section. …
- … 2d edition. London: HMSO. 1878. …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 October [1878] and n. 2. Oxalis valdiviensis is Chilean …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 October [1878] and n. 3. CD began to study movement in …
- … of the British section of the Paris Universal International Exhibition of 1878 ( Paris …
- … Exhibition 1878, British section 1: vi). …
- … The exhibition was held from 20 May until 1 November 1878. A partial list …
- … awarded appeared in The Times , 19 October 1878, p. 10. Hooker bought land in Sunningdale, …
- … II). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 October [1878] and n. 4. Hooker was preparing his …
- … president of the society from 1873 to 1878 ( ODNB ). In his presidential address, Hooker …
- … and the Great Atlas (Hooker and Ball 1878). The book was based on the journals kept by …
To Eduard Strasburger 4 October 1878
Summary
Thanks for a copy of Strasburger’s essay on ‘swarmspores’.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger |
Date: | 4 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, Handschriftenabteilung (NL Strasburger I) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11714F |
To J. D. Hooker 5 October [1878]
Summary
Before JDH discusses flora of Canary Islands CD suggests he read F. B. White’s paper [see 11707], which explains stocking of Atlantic island fauna as due to changed currents during [last, or Miocene] northern glacial period.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 475–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11715 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 5 October [1878] …
- … DAR 95: 475–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Oct [1878] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 and n. 3. Hooker was preparing his presidential …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 and n. 1. Hooker had identified a specimen of …
- … between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 . Hooker’s wife was Hyacinth Hooker . See …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 and n. 9, and letter to F. …
- … B. White, 23 September [1878] and n. 2. Francis Buchanan White had evidently sent CD an …
- … marginalia from the offprint of F. B. White 1878 that he forwarded to Hooker (see n. 3, …
- … John Murray. 1869. White, Francis Buchanan. 1878. Contributions to a knowledge of the …
- … fauna of St. Helena, and speculations on its origin. [Read 7 May 1878. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1878): 444–77. …
- … speculations on its origin’ ( F. B. White 1878 ). White had suggested that during one of …
- … flora and fauna to St Helena ( F. B. White 1878 , pp. 458–60). James Croll had theorised …
From C. G. Semper 5 October 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for writing machine.
Recalls visit by CD’s son [Francis].
Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 140 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11716 |
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- … From C. G. Semper 5 October 1878 …
- … DAR 177: 140 Carl Gottfried Semper Würzburg 5 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … wuerzburg 5. oct . 1878. my dear mr. darwin ! you will, i hope, allow me to express once …
- … a typewriter; see letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . Semper suffered from writer’ …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] and n. 8). Francis Darwin was in Germany, …
- … physiology, from 3 June until 8 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), letter from …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [11 August 1878] (DAR 219.1: 114)). …
To R. D. Fitzgerald 7 October 1878
Summary
Thanks for pt 4 of Australian orchids [1874–].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert David Fitzgerald |
Date: | 7 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 2546) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11719 |
From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1878
Summary
Botanical evidence is against F. B. White’s origin of St Helena fauna. JDH holds flora is S. African. Since plants must arrive before insects, if fauna is Palearctic then flora survived glacial period. Flora not Miocene since old and relic orders are absent. Suggests S. African west coastal mountains as insects’ origin.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 118–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11718 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1878 …
- … DAR 104: 118–20 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 7 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 2: 130–45. White, Francis Buchanan. 1878. Contributions to a knowledge of the hemipterous …
- … fauna of St. Helena, and speculations on its origin. [Read 7 May 1878. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1878): 444–77. …
- … of St. Helena, and speculations on its origin’ ( F. B. White 1878 ; see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 5 October [1878] ). St Helena is an island in the mid South Atlantic ocean, …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 October [1878] and n. 6). In the issue, now in the unbound …
- … CUL, CD scored a section of F. B. White 1878 , p. 458, from ‘fauna is Palæarctic’ to ‘ …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 and n. 4. Francis Darwin was to provide …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 October [1878] ). Warren De la Rue and William Spottiswoode …
- … see, for example, De la Rue and Müller 1878 and Spottiswoode and Moulton 1879). Hooker was …
To Joseph Lister 7 October 1878
Summary
Suggests that benzoic acid would be a deadly poison to bacteria and their allies.
Is puzzled about the use of borax as a disinfectant because in his experiments Drosera were not in the least injured by boracic acid.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Lister |
Date: | 7 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | Godlee 1917, p. 387 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11719A |
From C.-F. Reinwald 8 October 1878
Summary
Forms of flowers, translated by Édouard Heckel, is published.
Cross and self-fertilisation has only sold 450–500 copies.
Origin sells regularly; he looks forward to a cheaper edition.
Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 108 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11720 |
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- … From C. -F. Reinwald 8 October 1878 …
- … DAR 176: 108 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 8 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … des Saints-Pères | Paris Paris. Oct. 8. 1878 A Charles Darwin E sq | Down. Beckenham | …
- … des Saints-Pères | Paris Paris. Oct. 8. 1878 To Charles Darwin E sq | Down. Beckenham | …
- … French, see Transcript. Heckel trans. 1878. See Correspondence vol. 25, letter from C. -F. …
- … by Amédée Coutance , see Heckel trans. 1878, pp. ix–xxxvi. The French translation of Cross …
From James Torbitt 8 October 1878
Summary
Forwards letter from Victor Kennedy reporting on the growth of JT’s potatoes in W. Ireland.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 148 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11721 |
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From G. H. Darwin 10 October 1878
Summary
Recounts the experiments on Fechner’s law he has found in Helmholz; they are on the smallest perceptible differences of illumination. Describes how to test whether plants’ responses to lights are in accordance with it.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11722 |
From Wilhelm Behrens 11 October 1878
Summary
Thanks for CD’s remarks on and agreement with his paper on history of pollination theories [see 11678].
Will shortly send his essay on the anatomy of nectaries in flowers [see 12300].
Author: | Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 123 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11723 |
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- … From Wilhelm Behrens 11 October 1878 …
- … 123 Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens Elberfeld 11 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Behrens, Wilhelm Julius. 1878. Beiträge zur Geschichte der …
- … See letter to Wilhelm Behrens, 29 August [1878] . In …
- … his letter to Behrens of 29 August [1878] , CD had discussed Beiträge zur Geschichte der …
- … the history of pollination theory; Behrens 1878 ), and praised Behrens’s analysis of the …
- … Elberfeld. Octbr 11 th . 1878. To D r . Charles Darwin Dear Sir, Having just returned from …
From James Torbitt [after 18 October 1878]
Summary
Forwards letter from George Callwell reporting what a large and disease-free potato crop JT’s seed yields.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 18 Oct 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 149 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11724 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From James Torbitt [after 18 October 1878] …
- … DAR 178: 149 James Torbitt unstated [after 18 Oct 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to letter from James Torbitt, 8 October 1878 . Victor Coates Kennedy had reported little …
- … Lismoyne, | Dunmurry, | Co. Antrim. 18 October 1878 Sir, I will be obliged if you can give …
To Virginius Dabney 20 October 1878
Summary
CD is puzzled by VD’s supposed hybrid tomato. If a hybrid, it would have to result from the "direct action of the pollen of a distinct species in the mother plant". CD believes this sort of inheritance occurs in varieties (though some botanists disagree), but not for species. Suggests "bud-variation".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Virginius Dabney |
Date: | 20 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 63 MSS 3082-a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11725 |
From R. M. Middleton 22 October 1878
Summary
Did cats and dogs become pets because they are scrupulous in the discharge of their faeces? He has a pet parakeet whose behaviour supports this view.
Author: | Robert Morton Middleton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11726 |
To M. L. Pennington 24 October 1878
Summary
Sends his autograph.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Margaret Landell Sharpe; Margaret Landell Pennington |
Date: | 24 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (25 January 2022, lot 132) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11727F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To M. L. Pennington 24 October 1878 …
- … lot 132) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Oct 1878 Margaret Landell Sharpe/Margaret Landell …
- … of this note Pray believe me | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin October 24 th . 1878. — …
- … CD at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, on 10 August 1878 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Emma …
- … to William Erasmus Darwin of 11 August 1878, noting, ‘She is a nice simple mannered woman …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 24 October [1878]
Summary
Wants some plants for sleep-movement observations. Has almost finished experimental work and must start sorting his notes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 24 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 150–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11727 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 24 October [1878] …
- … 1873–81: 150–2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Oct [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … Kew on a trip to Switzerland from 12 September 1878 until around 18 October (‘Sir William …
- … Gardens, Kew); letters from Joseph Dalton Hooker to Asa Gray , 18 September 1878 and …
- … 13 October 1878 ( Asa Gray Correspondence 39, Archives of the Gray Herbarium)). CD’s list …
- … but was probably around 18 October 1878 (see n. 2, above). CD refers to his and Francis …
From Eduard Strasburger 26 October 1878
Summary
EAS eagerly awaits the publication of CD’s work on heliotropism.
Sends him a paper on "Polyembryonie" [Jenaische Z. Med. & Naturwiss. 12 (1878): 647–70].
Author: | Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Oct 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 265 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11728 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Eduard Strasburger 26 October 1878 …
- … DAR 177: 265 Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger Jena 26 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sends him a paper on "Polyembryonie" [ Jenaische Z. Med. & Naturwiss. 12 (1878): 647–70]. …
- … Jena le 26 Octobre | 1878. Très honoré Monsieur, je Vous suis très obligé des aimables …
- … Jena 26 October 1878. Most honoured Sir, I am very obliged to you for the kind words that …
- … Transcript. See letter to Eduard Strasburger, 4 October 1878 . CD had mentioned his own …
- … letter to Eduard Strasburger, 4 October 1878 ; CD’s son Francis Darwin had worked in the …
- … in plant physiology, from June until August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] ). CD’s offprint of ‘Ueber Polyembryonie’ ( …
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Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Torbitt, James | (2) |
Behrens, Wilhelm | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
Dabney, Virginius | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
Meldola, Raphael | (2) |
Strasburger, Eduard | (2) |
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…
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- … 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,…
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- … 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…
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- … 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
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< 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
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< 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'
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< 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…