To The Times 1 May 1878
Summary
Appending his name to a declaration that there is no justification for a war between Russia and Great Britain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | The Times |
| Date: | 1 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | The Times, 1 May 1878, p. 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11492F |
From Robert Thomson 1 May 1878
Summary
On earthquakes, and the generation of massive sea-waves that accompany them.
| Author: | Robert Thomson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11492 |
From Raphael Meldola 3 May 1878
Summary
Will exhibit the photos at the Entomological Society and have them identified.
Fritz Müller’s observations on relative abundance of mimicking and mimicked species.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11493 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Raphael Meldola 3 May 1878 …
- … DAR 171: 127 Raphael Meldola Paris 3 May 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … above). CD had sent Meldola the letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 (see letter to …
- … Raphael Meldola, 27 March [1878] ). Müller had noted that, depending on where they were …
- … See letter to Raphael Meldola, 17 April 1878 . The …
- … Exposition Universelle was held from 1 May 1878 to …
- … 10 November 1878 ( EB ). Meldola had brought specimens of a new green dye he had …
- … katydid), from Otto Zacharias (see letter to Raphael Meldola, 17 April 1878 and n. 2, …
- … of the Entomological Society of London (1878): xxiv). Meldola had evidently mistakenly …
From T. H. Farrer 4 May 1878
Summary
Sends Ledum, the nectar of which catches many insects.
Describes his Primula varieties.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11494 |
To T. H. Farrer 7 May [1878]
Summary
Has received Ledum with its captured flies.
"At present I care for nothing in this wide world except the biology of seedling plants."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11495 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 7 May [1878] …
- … Ms 299/29) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 7 May [1878] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and …
- … vol. 23). See letter from James Torbitt, 3 April 1878 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 2. The peduncle or flower-stalk of Primula vulgaris is …
- … and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 . The Darwins visited William Erasmus …
- … in Southampton from 27 April to 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Farrer had …
- … see letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 1). George Payne was Farrer’s gardener. …
- … of the Congress of Berlin in mid-May 1878 (Mackenzie 1993, pp. 240–2). See also letter to …
- … R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil, [18 May 1878] . Abinger Hall, Abinger, Surrey, was Farrer’s home. …
- … see letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 5). CD discussed the cause of doubleness …
To T. H. Farrer 8 May [1878]
Summary
Doubts Ledum warrants investigation. Glands probably serve only to protect the flowers against crawling insects, which would not cross-fertilise them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 8 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11496 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 8 May [1878] …
- … Ms 299/30) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 8 May [1878] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and …
- … between this letter and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 1. CD initially thought the plant would be worth …
- … insectivorous ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 May [1878] ). The genus Ledum has been subsumed …
From A. F. Gray 8 May [1878]
Summary
Found a live mussel attached to a blue-winged teal’s foot. Had the bird not been shot, the mussel might have been transported miles.
| Author: | Arthur Fairfield Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 May 1878, p. 121 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11497 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From A. F. Gray 8 May [1878] …
- … Nature , 30 May 1878, p. 121 Arthur Fairfield …
- … Gray Danversport, Mass. 8 May [1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by CD (see letter to A. F. Gray, 21 May [1878] ). In Origin , p. 385, CD described an …
- … made of it for publication in Nature , 30 May 1878, p. 121; this image is reproduced here. …
- … See also letter to Nature , [21? May 1878]. The shell, together with the duck’s foot, is …
From G. H. Darwin [before 9 May 1878]
Summary
Recounts some figures relating deaf-mutism and consanguineous marriages.
GHD has failed to be elected to the Royal Society.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 9 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11498 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [before 9 May 1878] …
- … DAR 210.2: 66 George Howard Darwin unstated [before 9 May 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter and the letter to G. H. Darwin, 9 May 1878 . József Kőrösy was the director of the …
- … 1877. George’s name was put forward again on 7 March 1878, 6 March 1879, and 1 May 1879 ( …
- … Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 27 (1878): 156, …
- … 28 (1878–9): 379, 29 (1879): 1); he was elected on 12 June 1879 ( Record of the Royal …
- … nominated in 1872, was elected on 6 June 1878 ( ibid . ). Henry John Stephen Smith was …
To G. H. Darwin 9 May [1878]
Summary
CD believes few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguineous marriages.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11500 |
Matches: 4 hits
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 May [1878]
Summary
CD wants some plants; asks Lynch to raise some Cactaceae for him. Observations on sensitivity and movements of radicle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 9 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 119–21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11499 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 May [1878] …
- … 1873–81: 119–21) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 9 May [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … Southampton, from 27 April to 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The enclosure …
- … of Cycas in November 1877 and February 1878 (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to J. D. …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 [February 1878] ). According to the Outwards book (Archives, …
- … sent seedlings of Cycas pectinata on 16 May 1878. Julius Sachs had examined the movement …
- … their first child, Frances Harriet, on 9 April 1878 ( Allan 1967 s.v. ‘Hooker pedigree’). …
- … An article in The Times , 4 May 1878, p. 6, commented on the first of five lectures on …
- … Britain ; the first lecture was on 30 April 1878. Thiselton-Dyer had reportedly said that …
From B. J. Sulivan 10 May 1878
Summary
Scheme for Jemmy Button’s grandson has fallen through, as he has already been "adopted".
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 305 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11501 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan 10 May 1878 …
- … DAR 177: 305 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth 10 May 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sulivan for ‘J. Button grandson’ on 22 April 1878 has been crossed out, probably by CD on …
- … Account books–cash account (Down House MS)). See letter to B. J. Sulivan, 22 April 1878 . …
- … See letter from B. J. Sulivan, [14–20] April [1878] , and letter to B. …
- … J. Sulivan, 22 April 1878 . Jemmy Button, whose Yahgan name was Orundellico, had been …
To Francis Darwin [11 May 1878]
Summary
Julius von Sachs will "swear & curse" when he finds out he has missed sensitiveness of root apex. Has been putting his notes together and the case is conclusive. [Dated "Saturday 10th" by CD.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [11 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11504 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [11 May 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 23 Charles Robert Darwin Bassett [11 May 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Southampton, from 27 April to Monday 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Bernard …
- … was at Bassett, Southampton from 27 April to 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … Saturday fell on 11 May 1878, not 10 as CD wrote. …
- … An article in Nature , 17 January 1878, pp. 222–3, titled ‘Insectivorous plants’, …
- … Francis added a memorandum, dated 6 May 1878, at the end of his published paper, referring …
- … in Botanische Zeitung (Kellermann and Raumer 1878; see F. Darwin 1878a , p. 32). Julius …
To G. J. Romanes 11 [May 1878]
Summary
Invites GJR to visit on the 18th.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 11 [May 1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.474) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11502 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 11 [May 1878] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.474) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 11 [May 1878] George John Romanes …
- … was at Bassett, Southampton, from 27 April to 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … In 1878, 18 May fell on Saturday. Emma Darwin recorded Romanes’s arrival at Down on that …
- … Francis Darwin returned from Wales on 27 May 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 11 May 1878
Summary
WTT-D’s statement perverted by Times [4 May 1878, p. 6, on WTT-D’s Royal Institution lectures on vegetable morphology].
S. H. Vines’s work on light inhibition of Phycomyces hyphae ["The influence of light upon the growth of unicellular organs" (1878), Arb. Bot. Inst. Würzburg 2 (1882): 133–47] suggests heliotropism in green plants is independent of, and more primitive than, photosynthesis.
Heliotropism in aerial roots.
Frank Darwin’s work.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.8: 154 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11503 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 11 May 1878 …
- … DAR 209.8: 154 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew 11 May 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Harriet Anne Thiselton-Dyer (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] and n. 6). …
- … vols. London: HMSO. Vines, Sydney Howard. 1878. The influence of light upon the growth of …
- … unicellular organs. Arbeiten des botanischen Instituts in Würzburg 2 (1878–82): 133–47. …
- … D’s statement perverted by Times [4 May 1878, p. 6, on WTT-D’s Royal Institution lectures …
- … upon the growth of unicellular organs" (1878), Arb. Bot. Inst. Würzburg 2 (1882): 133–47] …
- … See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] and nn. 2 and 4. Richard Irwin Lynch was …
- … See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] and n. 7. Sydney Howard Vines had studied …
- … experimental results were reported in Vines 1878 . The date of Francis Darwin’s visit has …
- … CD had mentioned their findings in his letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 9 May [1878]. CD …
- … had visited Kew on 22 January 1878 ( letter to Asa Gray, …
- … 21 [and 22] January 1878 ). Henry Nottidge Moseley collected the orchid specimen while …
From C. B. Clarke 12 May 1878
Summary
Reports curious case of dimorphism in Rubiaceae. Encloses envelope containing bud samples.
| Author: | Charles Baron Clarke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 160 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11505 |
From Francis Darwin [12 May 1878]
Summary
Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11504F |
Matches: 18 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [12 May 1878] …
- … DAR 274.1: 47 Francis Darwin Pantlludw [12 May 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 4). Fortnightly Review and Nineteenth …
- … Bibliography Jevons, William Stanley. 1878. On the movement of microscopic particles …
- … and the letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] , and by the reference to a payment of £ …
- … 60 (see n. 12, below). In 1878, 12 May was a Sunday. …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and nn. 2 and 4. The German paper was Sachs …
- … root. See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 3. Francis wanted to add text to …
- … and 1876). Francis was in Cambridge on 29 May ( letter to Wallis Nash, 29 May 1878 ). See …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 6. CD had described the visit to his son …
- … the heading ‘Advanced to Frank’ on 13 May 1878 in his Account books–cash accounts (Down …
- … round-leaved sundew), read to the Linnean Society on 17 January 1878 ( F. Darwin 1878a ). …
- … were reported in Kellermann and Raumer 1878. James Murie was assistant secretary of the …
- … at the London Institution on 11 March 1878, ‘The analogies of plant and animal life’, was …
- … des sciences between 2 May and 6 June 1878 ( F. Darwin 1878d ). George Howard Darwin had …
- … in liquid’, which was published in the Quarterly Journal of Science , April 1878 ( …
- … Jevons 1878 ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … Francis returned to Down from Wales on 27 May 1878. Albert George Dew-Smith had co-written …
To Francis Darwin [13–26 May 1878]
Summary
Has had conflicting information on the movement of radicles; wants FD to experiment with them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [13–26 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11538 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [13–26 May 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 26 Charles Robert Darwin Down [13–26 May 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, [12 May 1878] , and by the date of Francis’ …
- … s return to Down, 27 May 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis was in Wales …
- … after returning to Down (see letter from Francis Darwin, [12 May 1878] and n. 8). …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 4). Julius Sachs had referred to …
To Thomas Meehan 13 May 1878
Summary
Criticises article by TM. "Such a manner of treating the work of other observers did not appear to me the way to encourage truth."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Meehan |
| Date: | 13 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 356 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11507 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Thomas Meehan 13 May 1878 …
- … DAR 146: 356 Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 May 1878 Thomas Meehan …
- … no morphological description of the flowers. Letter from Thomas Meehan, 28 April [1878] . …
- … Down. | Beckenham Kent (&c). May 13 th . 1878. My dear Sir. When I read your Article, it …
- … 189 (see letter from Thomas Meehan, 28 April [1878] and n. 3). CD’s observations on self- …
To G. J. Romanes 13 May [1878]
Summary
Blood-red onions enclosed.
GJR to come whenever convenient.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 13 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Christ Church Library, Oxford (MS 516) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11506 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 13 May [1878] …
- … Library, Oxford (MS 516) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 May [1878] George John Romanes …
- … between this letter and the letter from G. J. Romanes, 10 April 1878 . See letter to G. …
- … J. Romanes, 9 April [1878] and n. 4. …
- … Romanes visited Down on 18 May 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
From Naphtali Lewy 14 May 1878
Summary
Believes that weakness of hybrids explains Biblical injunctions against improper unions.
| Author: | Naphtali Lewy (Halevi) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11509 |
Matches: 4 hits
| letter | (53) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (22) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Higginson, T. W. | (3) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (50) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (5) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (5) |
| Whitelegge, Thomas | (4) |
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
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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…
