From J. B. Thayer 29 January 1878
Summary
Is using CD’s correspondence with Chauncey Wright in his book on CW [Letters of Chauncey Wright (1878)].
| Author: | James Bradley Thayer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11338 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. B. Thayer 29 January 1878 …
- … DAR 178: 88 James Bradley Thayer Cambridge, Mass. 29 Jan 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … with Chauncey Wright in his book on CW [ Letters of Chauncey Wright (1878)]. …
- … nine letters from CD to Wright in Thayer 1878 , pp. 230–1, 233–6, 240 n. , 246, 317–18, …
- … University Press. 1985–. Thayer, James Bradley. 1878. Letters of Chauncey Wright with some …
- … CD has not been found. The book ( Thayer 1878 ) included the letters to CD from Chauncey …
- … September 1874, and 24 February 1875 ( Thayer 1878 , pp. 230, 231–3, 234–5, 260–4, 304–17, …
- … Cambridge January 29 1878. My dear Sir. The receipt of your letter acknowledging the …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 January 1878
Summary
Information on Cyclamen and other plants.
Identification of some plants.
"Bloom".
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 133.19: 10, 11, DAR 178: 102, DAR 209.4: 433–4, DAR 209.11: 258, 259, DAR 209.12: 88, Petit and Théodoridès 1959, pp. 210–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11339 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 January 1878 …
- … 1959, pp. 210–11 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew 29 Jan 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Royal Gardens Kew Jan y . 29. 1878 Dear M r Darwin I have not got to the end of all the …
- … CD had visited Joseph Dalton Hooker at Kew on 22 January 1878 ( letter to Asa Gray, …
- … 21 [and 22] January 1878 ), and Thiselton-Dyer had visited Down from 26 to 28 January ( …
- … see the letter to Adolf Ernst, 16 January 1878 and n. 2. Polypodium aureum is a synonym of …
- … Hooker visited Down from 9 to 12 February 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Gay: …
- … his letter to Gaston de Saporta, 31 January 1878 . Grenier and Godron 1848–55, 2: 459, ‘ …
From F. M. Balfour [c. 31 January 1878?]
Summary
His brother Cecil is reading Coral reefs, and, as his business involves the Keeling Islands and Torres Straits, he offers to make any observations CD might want.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 31 Jan 1878?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10332 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From F. M. Balfour [ c. 31 January 1878? ] …
- … Maitland Balfour Trinity College, Cambridge [c. 31 Jan 1878? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of MA and BA degrees at the University of Oxford on 31 January 1878 ( Daily News , …
- … 1 February 1878, p. 3). Cecil Balfour had been a partner in the merchants and commission …
From Carl Kraus [31?] January 1878
Summary
Sends birthday greetings and respects.
| Author: | Carl (Charles) Kraus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [31?] Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11342 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Carl Kraus [31? ] January 1878 …
- … DAR 169: 102 Carl (Charles) Kraus Pardubitz [31? ] Jan 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bohemia | Austria. — Ende Januar 1878. — “Knowledge is power”. Euer Hochwolgeboren! Diesen …
- … CD’s 69th birthday was on 12 February 1878. Haeckel gave a speech, ‘Ueber die heutige …
- … Bohemia | Austria. — Late January 1878. — “Knowledge is power”. Your Honour! This month …
To Gaston de Saporta 31 January 1878
Summary
Has sent GdeS’s drawing to Hooker. He, Oliver, and Thiselton-Dyer have been perplexed by it.
L. Lesquereux’s discoveries in the Cincinnati Lower Silurian beds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Petit and Théodoridès 1959, pp. 210–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11341 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Gaston de Saporta 31 January 1878 …
- … pp. 210–11 Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Jan 1878 Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de …
- … missing part of his letter to CD of 29 January 1878 . Leo Lesquereux and William Crawford …
- … letter from W. C. Williamson, 19 January 1878 and n. 5. Sphenopsylla annulariae is a slip …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 31. 1878 Dear Sir, I sent the drawing according to …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 31 January [1878] . Botrychium is the genus of grape-ferns …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 31 January [1878]
Summary
Thanks for WTT-D’s help.
Burying action of seeds.
"Bloom" on ferns.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 106–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11340 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 31 January [1878] …
- … 1873–81: 106–7) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Jan [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 and n. 16. Joseph Dalton Hooker . See …
- … December 1877 and n. 26, and this volume, letter to Gaston de Saporta, 31 January 1878 . …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 . Daniel Oliver and John Gilbert Baker . …
- … See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 . George Bentham . See letter from …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 and n. 7, and Forms of flowers 2d ed. , pp. …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [before 3 February 1878]
Summary
The amphicarpic habit.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Feb 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5825 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [before 3 February 1878] …
- … DAR 178: 91 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew [before 3 Feb 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 February [1878] . CD and Thiselton-Dyer had been discussing …
- … of plants burying seed capsules; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 31 January [1878] . …
- … In his letter of 29 January 1878 , Thiselton-Dyer had referred CD to George Bentham’s …
- … flowers and seeds, with his letter of 29 January 1878 . Lathyrus sativus is the white pea. …
- … his letter to Gaston de Saporta of 31 January 1878 , CD said that he had asked for Joseph …
To G. H. Darwin 3 February [1878]
Summary
CD at first thought GHD should not answer Haughton [see 10689], but Hooker thinks if no correction is made Haughton’s error will be quoted for 20 years. CD is now inclined to agree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11345 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 3 February [1878] …
- … DAR 210.1: 67 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb [1878] George Howard Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 January 1878 . See letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 28 January 1878 and n. 2. George had written to CD asking advice on whether to …
- … mentioned in his letter of 28 January 1878 . Hyacinth Hooker . The text ‘Hooker & … Lady …
From Asa Gray 3 February 1878
Summary
AG’s review of Joseph Cook ["Lectures on biology", New Englander 37: 100–13].
Encourages CD to work at heliotropism.
Thinks Thomas Meehan is as "rattle-brained" as Joseph Cook.
[A damaged fragment cut from this letter is pinned to 11051.]
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 169, DAR 165: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11343 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Asa Gray 3 February 1878 …
- … DAR 160: 169, DAR 165: 199 Asa Gray Herbarium of Harvard 3 Feb 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 6.2 country. ] ‘A. G
〈 ray〉 | Feb. 3 d 1878’ added ink 10.1 do make …〈 〉 eive. 10.3] … - … CD described; see A. Gray 1877 and letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 11. …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 ; the other letter has not been found. Gray’s …
- … 1877 ) appeared in the New Englander 37 (1878): 100–13. The editor of the New Englander …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 4; Gray indicates that Charles Eliot …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 6. CD added Hermann Müller’s remarks …
- … viii. In his letter of 21 [and 22] January 1878 , CD had asked Gray whether Gray could get …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 8. Gray’s reference to Germans and ‘ …
- … an American, in 1877; see letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 10. CD had …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 11. He had previously disagreed with …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February [1878]
Summary
Thanks for letter. CD now has all the seeds and information he requires.
Value and origin of amphicarpic habit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 108–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11344 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February [1878] …
- … de Saporta ; see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 3 February 1878] and n. 5. …
- … 1873–81: 108–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 3 February 1878] . The grass was probably mentioned in a …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 3 February 1878] . CD noted a roadside grass that produced …
- … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 3 February 1878] and n. 4. Amphicarpa (a synonym of …
- … vine or cruel plant); see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 and n. 12. …
- … Thiselton-Dyer’s letter of [before 3 February 1878] is incomplete, but he evidently told …
From E. A. Darwin 4 February 1878
Summary
Sends CD’s and George’s tithes.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11346 |
To Gaston de Saporta 4 February [1878]
Summary
The Permian fossil sent by GdeS has stirred up the Kew botanists. Hooker suggests it was a Ceratopteris.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Conry 1972, p. 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11347 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Gaston de Saporta 4 February [1878] …
- … p. 118 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb [1878] Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de …
- … the letter to Gaston de Saporta, 31 January 1878 . The enclosure and drawing have not been …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 3 February 1878] and n. 5. Saporta had sent CD a tracing of …
From R. T. Clarke 6 February [1878]
Summary
Sends curious, coloured pea seeds.
| Author: | Richard Trevor Clarke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10832 |
From Theodor von Heldreich 8 February 1878
Summary
Thanks for Forms of flowers.
Sends Greek translation of CD’s "Sketch of an infant".
Is working for Greek acceptance of Darwinism.
| Author: | Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 136 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11335 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Theodor von Heldreich 8 February 1878 …
- … Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich Athens 8 Feb 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Athènes le 27 Janv. | 8 Fevr. 1878 Mon cher Monsieur, J’ai été absent d’Athènes & ensuite …
- … Athens 27 Jan. | 8 Febr. 1878 My dear Sir, I was away from Athens & then ill several …
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1878
Summary
Sends birthday wishes.
Discusses his work on the Challenger [expedition] Radiolaria.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11348 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1878 …
- … DAR 166: 71 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel Jena 9 Feb 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Jena 9. Febr 1878 Hochverehrter theurer Freund! Zu Ihrem bevorstehenden siebenzigsten …
- … CD’s 69th birthday was on 12 February 1878. Haeckel described the Radiolaria specimens …
- … Jena 9 Febr 1878 Most esteemed, dear friend! For your approaching seventieth birthday I am …
To Martin Beckhard 10 February [1878]
Summary
Thanks him for works by Lazarus Geiger [probably Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Menschheit (1871)
and Der Ursprung der Sprache, 2d ed. (1878)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Martin Adolf (Martin) Beckhard |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11349 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Martin Beckhard 10 February [1878] …
- … DAR 143: 73 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Feb [1878] Martin Adolf (Martin) Beckhard …
- … der Menschheit (1871) and Der Ursprung der Sprache , 2d ed. (1878)]. …
- … G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung. Geiger, Lazarus. 1878. Der Ursprung der Sprache. 2d edition. …
- … 2d ed. (The origin of language; Geiger 1878 ). A copy of Geiger 1871 is in the Darwin …
From Carl Kraus 10 February 1878
Summary
Thanks for photograph.
Sends birthday greetings.
Regrets CD has not lately published in Kosmos.
Requests photograph of CD’s family.
| Author: | Carl (Charles) Kraus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11351 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Carl Kraus 10 February 1878 …
- … DAR 169: 103 Carl (Charles) Kraus Pardubitz 10 Feb 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Pardubitz, Bohemia— | Austria. 10. II. 1878. Hochgeehrter Herr! “Was ich ohne dich wäre, …
- … Pardubice, Bohemia— | Austria. 10. II. 1878. Most esteemed Sir! “What I would be without …
- … in an album of CD’s German and Austrian admirers in his letter of [31? ] January 1878 . …
- … CD was 69 on 12 February 1878. A German translation of CD’s ‘Biographical sketch of an …
To John Price 10 February [1878]
Summary
Thanks JP for congratulations on LL.D. [awarded by Cambridge University].
Comments on Rudolf Virchow’s book [Die Freiheit der Wissenschaft im modernen Staat (1877)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 280 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11350 |
To Milan Radovanović [before 12 February 1878]
Summary
Thanks for congratulations on his coming birthday. Has nothing special to say as a preface to S[erbian] edition [of Origin (1878)], except to hope it is in every way successful.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Milan Marinković (Milan) Radovanović |
| Date: | [before 12 Feb 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10827 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Milan Radovanović [before 12 February 1878] …
- … 79 Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 12 Feb 1878] Milan Marinković (Milan) Radovanović …
- … as a preface to S[erbian] edition [of Origin (1878)], except to hope it is in every way …
- … 1878; see letter from …
- … Marinko Radovanović, 30 August 1878 ); CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. ‘E’: …
- … signing of the Treaty of Berlin on 13 July 1878 (see J. K. Cox 2002 , pp. 53–4). See also …
- … 1876] ). The translation was published by the end of August 1878 (Radovanović trans. …
From W. D. Fox 12 February [1878]
Summary
Congratulates CD on his birthday.
WDF has been suffering from bronchitis.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11355 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From W. D. Fox 12 February [1878] …
- … DAR 164: 202 William Darwin Fox Sandown 12 Feb [1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to W. D. Fox, 14 February 1878 . Fox probably refers to John Maurice Herbert ; …
- … diary (DAR 242)). Theodora Fox died on 5 July 1878 ( Darwin pedigree ). Ellen Sophia Fox . …
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| Meldola, Raphael | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (258) |
| Darwin, Francis | (34) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (23) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (17) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (17) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (562) |
| Darwin, Francis | (58) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (30) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (27) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (26) |
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,…
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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
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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
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
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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 …
4.30 '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…
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…
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…
