To Karl von Scherzer 1 April 1878
Summary
Glad to hear of Ernst Haeckel’s reception in Vienna.
R. Virchow’s address ["Liberty of science", Nature 17 (1877–8): 72–4, 92–4, 111–13] very arrogant.
Sorry to hear of death of Arthur Lane.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | University of Southern California Libraries, Special Collections, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library (Collection no. 0204, Lion Feuchtwanger papers, Box 01) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11460 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Karl von Scherzer 1 April 1878 …
- … being treated at Lane’s hydropathic establishment at Ham, near Richmond, in April 1878. …
- … Lion Feuchtwanger papers, Box 01) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Apr 1878 Karl von Scherzer …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 1 st . 1878 My dear Sir I am extremely glad to hear of …
- … a lecture tour popularising evolution in February and March 1878 ( Krauße 1987 , p. 133). …
- … He gave a lecture in Vienna on 22 March 1878 on cell souls …
- … and soul cells ( Haeckel 1878 ). The letter from Scherzer has not been found. Rudolf Carl …
To John Price 2 April [1878]
Summary
On his discovery of ova of Flustra.
"Pray do not call me Dr Darwin."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 2 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 281 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11461 |
From James Torbitt 3 April 1878
Summary
Thanks for £100; will pay for planting this year’s varieties.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11462 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From James Torbitt 3 April 1878 …
- … DAR 178: 144 James Torbitt Belfast 3 Apr 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of £50 in May and August (see letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 , and letter from …
- … James Torbitt, 24 March 1878 ). CD, however, sent the cheque for £100 back to Torbitt …
- … government funding for the experiments (see letter to James Torbitt, 31 March 1878 ). …
From Fritz Müller 5 April 1878
Summary
Observations on a sensitive Mimosa.
Comments on structure and positioning of "odoriferous organs" of moths and butterflies,
and feeding habits of butterfly larvae.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11463 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From Fritz Müller 5 April 1878 …
- … Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller Santa Catharina 5 Apr 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Blumenau, S a Catharina, Brazil April 5. 1878 My dear Sir I have to thank you for your …
- … See letter to Fritz Müller, 12 January 1878 . CD evidently had later sent …
- … Entomological notes bearing on evolution’ ( Meldola 1878 ), which was published in Annals …
- … and Magazine of Natural History , February 1878. Müller’s ‘Notes on Brazilian entomology’, …
- … Entomological Society of London, 5 June 1878 and published in the society’s Transactions ( …
- … F. Müller 1878 ). The original enclosure has not been found. Doña Francisca was a German …
- … Nature was published weekly; numbers 430 to 433 cover the period from 24 January 1878 to …
- … 14 February 1878. Müller had visited São Bento do Sul, …
- … Catarina, Brazil, from 8 to 18 February 1878 (Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 372–6). For CD’s …
- … John Murray. 1845. Meldola, Raphael. 1878. Entomological notes bearing on evolution. …
- … see letter to Fritz Müller, 12 January 1878 and n. 5). The primary petiole is the leaf …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 April 1878
Summary
Review of Forms of flowers [Nature 17 (1878): 445–7].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 114–15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11464 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 April 1878 …
- … Review of Forms of flowers [ Nature 17 (1878): 445–7]. …
- … 1873–81: 114–15) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Apr 1878 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … by means of the spiral contraction of their peduncles ( Nature , 4 April 1878, p. 446). …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 5— 1878 My dear Dyer I have just read in Nature …
- … anonymous review appeared in Nature , 4 April 1878, pp. 445–7. Thiselton-Dyer was named as …
- … the ovaries were buried ( Nature , 4 April 1878, p. 446). Thiselton-Dyer had stated that …
To T. M. Reade 8 April 1878
Summary
It is important that notion of "small antiquity" of the earth be upset.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11465 |
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- … To T. M. Reade 8 April 1878 …
- … Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Apr 1878 Thomas Mellard Reade …
- … Bibliography Reade, Thomas Mellard. 1878. The age of the world as viewed by the geologist …
- … In April 1878, Reade published a paper in the Geological Magazine titled ‘The age …
- … as viewed by the geologist and the mathematician’ ( Reade 1878 ). See also letter from T. …
- … M. Reade, 18 February 1878 and n. 2. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 8 th 1878 My dear Sir I have been very glad to read your …
To G. J. Romanes 9 April [1878]
Summary
Sympathises with GJR on dreadful loss [of his sister, Georgina].
Can GJR visit Down?
Onions not yet up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.533) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11466 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 9 April [1878] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.533) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Apr [1878] George John Romanes …
- … 1877 ). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Romanes visited Down on 18 May 1878 (DAR 242). …
- … Romanes , Romanes’s elder sister, died in London on 1 April 1878; her death was announced …
- … in The Times , 3 April 1878, p. 1. …
- … From 27 April to 13 May 1878, CD visited William Erasmus Darwin in Southampton (‘ …
From T. T. Sherlock 9 April 1878
Summary
Encloses some notes on Descent [2d ed.]. Discusses CD’s contention [p. 130] that natural selection could not act to increase altruistic behaviour in man; considers that the benefits conferred upon a person exhibiting such virtues would outweigh the threat to survival that such behaviour would pose.
| Author: | Thomas Travers Sherlock |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11467 |
From G. J. Romanes 10 April 1878
Summary
Thanks for letter of sympathy.
Would like to visit in May.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11469 |
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- … From G. J. Romanes 10 April 1878 …
- … p. 70 George John Romanes London, Cornwall Terrace, 18 10 Apr 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … test CD’s hypothesis of pangenesis (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 9 April [1878] and n. 4). …
- … in his letter to Romanes of 9 April [1878] . Georgina had nursed Romanes when he had …
- … pp. 9 and 70 n. 1). Romanes visited Down on 18 May 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … From 27 April to 13 May 1878, CD and Emma Darwin visited William Erasmus Darwin in …
- … 18 Cornwall Terrace: April 10, 1878. Many thanks for your kind expressions of sympathy. …
To W. H. Flower 11 April 1878
Summary
Asks whether WHF has had time to look at goose’s wing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 11 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | John Innes Foundation Historical Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11470 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. H. Flower 11 April 1878 …
- … Historical Collections Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Apr 1878 William Henry Flower …
- … see letter to W. H. Flower, 26 February [ 1878] ). Blair’s letter has not been found. No …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 11 th 1878 My dear Flower Pray forgive me for asking …
- … see letter to W. H. Flower, 25 February 1878 ). In December 1877, CD had requested that …
To G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878
Summary
Monstrosity of fuchsia sent by GD not uncommon.
Does not recall bats at Galapagos.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Edward Dobson |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11473 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Apr 1878 George Edward Dobson …
- … See letter from G. E. Dobson, 12 April 1878 . Dobson had asked CD about the presence of …
- … see letter from G. E. Dobson, 12 April 1878 ); he included the information in this …
- … collection of the British Museum ( Dobson 1878 , p. xxx n. ). CD had visited the Galápagos …
- … Bibliography Dobson, G. E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 12 th 1878 Dear D r . Dobson. The monstrosity of …
From G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878
Summary
Sends CD two specimens of Fuchsia monstrosities.
He is writing on the geographical distribution of Cheiroptera and can find no information on presence or absence of bats in the Galapagos. Did CD see any there?
| Author: | George Edward Dobson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 193 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11472 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878 …
- … 162: 193 George Edward Dobson R. Victoria Hosp. , Netley 12 Apr 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … his Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum ( Dobson 1878 ). …
- … Bibliography Dobson, G. E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the …
- … Netley, | Southampton. 12 th . April 1878. Dear D r . Darwin By same post I send you two …
From W. H. Flower 12 April 1878
Summary
Bones in goose’s wing perfectly normal. Malformation probably due to want of balance in muscles; analogous to club-foot. Injury of the parent not reproduced in offspring, but may have led to disturbance in functions of nerves which control muscles. Would like further study.
| Author: | William Henry Flower |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.534) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11471 |
Matches: 4 hits
To W. H. Flower 13 April [1878]
Summary
Will ask Blair for more [goose] wing specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | John Innes Foundation Historical Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11474 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. H. Flower 13 April [1878] …
- … Historical Collections Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Apr [1878] William Henry Flower …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. H. Flower, 12 April 1878 . …
- … In his letter of 12 April 1878 , Flower suggested that Reuben Almond Blair send more …
From B. J. Sulivan [14–20] April [1878]
Summary
Asks whether CD wishes to join other old "Beagles" in supporting an orphan grandson of Jemmy Button.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14–20] Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11459 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan [14–20] April [1878] …
- … 177: 304 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth [14–20] Apr [1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was Philip Walpole Hamond ; he died in Gibraltar before November 1878 (see letter from B. …
- … J. Sulivan, 3 November 1878 ). Henry Norton Sulivan …
- … had married Grace Mary Griffin on 9 April 1878 ( England, select marriages, 1538–1973 ( …
- … and the letter to B. J. Sulivan, 22 April 1878 . The date range is established by the …
- … American Missionary Magazine , 1 February 1878, pp. 32–3, had listed orphans in need of …
- … wife Loocoīliceepa ( ibid . , 1 February 1878, p. 32, 1 October 1879, p. 223). They were …
- … stationed in Gibraltar ( Navy list 1878). He had married Janetta Tucker , daughter of …
To R. A. Blair 14 April 1878
Summary
Encloses report by W. H. Flower on goose’s wing.
Asks RAB to obtain wings from young birds and broken wing from old one. Asks about details of injury.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Reuben Almond Blair |
| Date: | 14 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.535) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11475 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To R. A. Blair 14 April 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.535) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Apr 1878 Reuben Almond Blair …
- … suffered the original injury ( letter from W. H. Flower, 12 April 1878 ). Letter from W. …
- … H. Flower, 12 April 1878 . Blair’s first letter has not been found, but for CD’s reply to …
- … letter to W. H. Flower, 25 February 1878 ). CD enclosed Flower’s conclusions ( letter from …
- … W. H. Flower, 12 April 1878 ) with this letter. In the file with this letter in the …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Ap. 14. 1878 Dear Sir, You will think that I have …
To G. J. Romanes 15 April [1878]
Summary
Regrets that GJR was passed over for membership in Royal Society. Discusses criteria applied by Council.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 15 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.509) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10929 |
From Henry Potonié 16 April 1878
Summary
Points out evolutionary comments by Alexander Braun in his Betrachtungen über die Erscheinung der Verjüngung in der Natur 1849–50.
| Author: | Henry Potonié |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11476 |
Matches: 4 hits
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 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 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 Otto Zacharias 17 April [1878]
Summary
Doesn’t know anything about the insects in question, but has sent the photographs on to an expert in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | 17 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | University of Southern California Libraries, Special Collections, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library (Collection no. 0204, Lion Feuchtwanger papers, Box 01) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11478F |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Beneden, Édouard van | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Delpino, Federico | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Flower, W. H. | (2) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
| Scherzer, Karl von | (2) |
| Wilson, A. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (32) |
| Flower, W. H. | (3) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Dobson, G. E. | (2) |
| Potonié, Henry | (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…
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
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 …
4.30 '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…
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…
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…
