To Raphael Meldola 1 January [1878]
Summary
Good article by Fritz Müller in Kosmos supporting August Weismann’s views on caterpillars.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 1 Jan [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11305 |
To Raphael Meldola 3 January 1878
Summary
Is dispatching December number of Kosmos.
Will read the discussion on stridulation that RM mentioned.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11309 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 3 January 1878 …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan 1878 Raphael Meldola …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 3. 1878 My dear Sir, I have many apologies to …
- … letter to Raphael Meldola, 1 January [1878] . CD had asked Meldola to return the October …
- … issue. In his letter to CD of 2 January [1878] , Meldola had recommended a discussion of …
- … the Entomological Society of London (see letter from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] ). …
To Raphael Meldola 11 January [1878]
Summary
Thinks there can be no objection to RM’s using a Fritz Müller letter [see 11319].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 11 Jan [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11318 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 11 January [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Jan [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … the Entomological Society of London on 6 February 1878 ( Transactions of the Entomological …
- … Society of London ( Proceedings ) (1878): ii–iii; see also letter …
- … to Fritz Müller, 12 January 1878 ). …
To Raphael Meldola 12 February [1878]
Summary
Thanks RM for his interesting paper ["Entomological notes bearing on evolution", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5th ser. 1 (1878): 155].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11353 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 12 February [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Feb [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … Entomological notes bearing on evolution", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5th ser. 1 (1878): 155]. …
- … notes bearing on evolution’ ( Meldola 1878 ); CD’s copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … Correspondence vol. 19); see letter from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] and n. 4. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Meldola, Raphael. 1878. Entomological notes bearing on evolution. …
To Raphael Meldola 24 March [1878]
Summary
Asks RM to send a copy of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings to Fritz Müller.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 24 Mar [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11439 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 24 March [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Mar [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … had enclosed a report of the 6 February 1878 meeting of the Entomological Society of …
- … letter from Fritz Müller (see letter from Raphael Meldola, 22 March 1878 and nn. 1 and 2). …
To Raphael Meldola 27 March [1878]
Summary
Thinks RM may like to see the enclosed [Fritz Müller letter].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 27 Mar [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11449 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 27 March [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Mar [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 , of which only Meldola’s copy now survives. …
- … to the Entomological Society of London (see letter to Fritz Müller, 27 March 1878 , n. 2). …
To Raphael Meldola 17 April 1878
Summary
Would like to have some insect photographs identified; they seem to show pretty and new case of protective resemblance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11478 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 17 April 1878 …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Apr 1878 Raphael Meldola …
- … Entomological Society of London held on 5 June 1878. The photographs had been sent to CD …
- … Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Proceedings) (1878): xxiv. ) CD had …
- … sent the letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 , to Meldola (see letter …
- … to Raphael Meldola, 27 March [1878] ). Meldola’s letter on the subject has not been found. …
To Raphael Meldola 15 May [1878]
Summary
Encloses Fritz Müller letter, which may be of interest [see 11463].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 15 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11510 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 15 May [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 May [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … Bruchinae). Otto Zacharias . See letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 and n. 2. …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 . …
- … this letter and the letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 . CD enclosed the letter …
- … now missing) from Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878 . The important passage concerned Müller’s …
- … the rain (see letter from Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878 and n. 2). Meldola published Müller’s …
- … Entomological Society of London ( F. Müller 1878 ). Cassia neglecta is a synonym of Senna …
To Raphael Meldola 20 May [1878]
Summary
RM should take no more trouble over the subject [Otto Zacharias’ photos; see 11510].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 20 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11517 |
To Raphael Meldola 25 May 1878
Summary
Is glad RM will draw up a paper from Fritz Müller’s letter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 25 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11529 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 25 May 1878 …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 May 1878 Raphael Meldola …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 25. 1878 My dear Sir, The living beettles & the …
- … had asked to see the seeds as well. See letter from Raphael Meldola, 23 May 1878 and n. 3. …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 23 May 1878 and n. 4. Müller …
- … notes on Brazilian entomology with his letter of 5 April 1878 . CD forwarded the letter …
- … and notes to Meldola with his letter of 15 May [1878] . …
To Raphael Meldola 12 June [1878]
Summary
Has received interesting essay from August Weismann on sexual selection in daphnoids [“Schmuckfarben der Daphnoiden”, Z. Wiss. Zool. (1878)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 12 June [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11551 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 12 June [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 June [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … on sexual selection in daphnoids [“Schmuckfarben der Daphnoiden”, Z. Wiss. Zool. (1878)]. …
- … 27 (1876): 51–112; 28 (1877): 93–254; 30 (suppl. 1878): 123–65; 33 (1880): 55–270. …
- … the letter from Raphael Meldola, 13 June 1878 . CD had received August Weismann’s third …
- … Weismann’s other essays, see the letter from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] and n. 3. …
To Raphael Meldola 24 July [1878]
Summary
Does not think the Petunia is anything remarkable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 24 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11627 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 24 July [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 July [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … 27 (1876): 51–112; 28 (1877): 93–254; 30 (suppl. 1878): 123–65; 33 (1880): 55–270. …
- … the letter from Raphael Meldola, 13 June 1878 . Meldola’s letter enclosing or accompanying …
- … see letter from Raphael Meldola, 13 June 1878 ). The enclosure has not been found, but it …
- … curious Lepidoptera case’ mentioned in the letter to Fritz Müller, 24 July 1878 and n. 4. …
To Raphael Meldola 31 October [1878]
Summary
Will do his best to provide preface for Weismann’s Studien [see Collected papers 2: 280–1].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 31 Oct [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11732 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 31 October [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Oct [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … CD was in London from 19 to 27 November 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)) and Meldola …
- … visited sometime before 25 November (see letter from Raphael Meldola, 25 November 1878 ). …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 30 October 1878 and n. 1. Meldola wanted to publish a …
- … the proposed translation (see letter from Raphael Meldola, 30 October 1878 and n. 3). …
To Raphael Meldola 19 November [1878]
Summary
Invites RM to luncheon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 19 Nov [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11748 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 19 November [1878] …
- … Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 19 Nov [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … In his letter of 1 November 1878 , Meldola had suggested meeting next time CD was in …
- … Henrietta Emma Litchfield , on 19 November 1878; they returned to Down on 27 November ( …
- … letter to J. B. Innes, 27 November [1878] ). …
To Raphael Meldola 25 November [1878]
Summary
CD sends his preface [to RM’s translation of August Weismann, Studies in the theory of descent (1882); Collected papers 2: 280–1].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1878] |
| Classmark: | Institution of Engineering and Technology Archives (SC MSS 003/B/1/048) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11757 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 25 November [1878] …
- … 003/B/1/048) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 25 Nov [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … Gossip ( Post Office London directory 1878). Either CD or Henry Walter Bates had confused …
- … letter from Raphael Meldola, 25 November 1878 , acknowledging receipt of CD’s preface (see …
- … n. 2, below). See letter to Raphael Meldola, 31 October [1878] , and letter from …
- … Raphael Meldola, 1 November 1878 . CD had agreed to contribute a prefatory note to …
To Raphael Meldola 26 November [1878]
Summary
Regrets he cannot compare his work with Weismann’s in his preface as he feels “an author is never a fit judge of his own work”. [Appended note explains that RM wished CD’s work to be fully acknowledged, which was frequently not the case in continental writings.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11759 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 26 November [1878] …
- … Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 26 Nov [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 25 November 1878 and n. 2. Meldola had suggested that CD …
- … letter from Raphael Meldola, 25 November 1878 and n. 4. Meldola had sent CD a sample of …
To Raphael Meldola 14 December [1878]
Summary
Is glad book progresses; answers translation query.
Francis Darwin does not have time to lecture.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 14 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11793 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 14 December [1878] …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, 14 December 1878 ); his letter has not been found. …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Dec [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 11 December 1878 and n. 4. In his translator’s preface to …
- … 1882 . In his letter of 11 December 1878 , Meldola had asked whether Francis Darwin would …
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| Meldola, Raphael | (17) |
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
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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
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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
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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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- … 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
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< 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
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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…
Darwin and the Church
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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
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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…
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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
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< 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
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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
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Dining at Down House
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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
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< 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
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< 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
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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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- … 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
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< 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…
