From C. F. Austin February 1879
Summary
Encloses Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, with account of a fungus that exhales chlorine;
relates his discovery in 1852 of a flowering plant that had "perfectly formed beetles" in the place of anthers.
| Author: | Coe Finch Austin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 130 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11853 |
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From D. Appleton & Co. 1 February 1879
Summary
Statement of U.S. sales of CD’s works.
| Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11855 |
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From Henry Potonié 1 February 1879
Summary
Cites evolutionary passages by Alexander Braun in English edition of Braun’s Verjüngung [1853].
| Author: | Henry Potonié |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11856 |
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- … From Henry Potonié 1 February 1879 …
- … DAR 174: 59 Henry Potonié Berlin 1 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … theory. A contribution to the history of the theory of development; Potonié 1879 ) in …
- … the August 1879 issue of Kosmos . …
- … Garland Publishing. 1990. Potonié, Henry. 1879. Alexander Braun’s Stellung zur Descendenz- …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February 1879
Summary
Heliotropic movements. Is giving up experiments until the spring.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 158–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11857 |
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- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February 1879 …
- … 1873–81: ff. 158–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb 1879 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January [1879] and n. 4. CD was returning the Darlingtonia …
- … 486). Francis Darwin left Down on 4 February 1879 to join George Howard Darwin in Algiers …
To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879]
Summary
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11815 |
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- … of Phyllanthus niruri and Medicago maculata from Kew in his letter of 24 March 1879 . …
- … To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879] …
- … DAR 211: 49 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] Francis Darwin …
- … Francis left for Algiers on 4 February 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)) and departed …
- … from Algiers on 8 March ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879 ). See also letter from …
- … Francis Darwin, [ c. 25 February 1879] . Wilhelm Pfeffer discussed Phyllanthus niruri ( …
To H. N. Moseley 4 February 1879
Summary
Comments on HNM’s book [Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11858 |
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- … To H. N. Moseley 4 February 1879 …
- … Comments on HNM’s book [ Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)]. …
- … 8 November 2018, lot 13) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1879 Henry Nottidge Moseley …
- … in Moseley 1875a . For Moseley’s dedication to CD in Moseley 1879 , see the letter to H. …
- … N. Moseley, 20 January 1879 and n. 1. …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb. 4 th 1879 Dear Moseley I have at last read every …
- … a copy of his Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’ ( Moseley 1879 ); see letter to H. …
- … N. Moseley, 20 January 1879 . Moseley’s chapter on …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) is in Moseley 1879 , pp. 481–512. His account ‘Amongst the …
- … 169: 425–503. Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1879. Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’, …
From Thomas Maston 5 February 1879
Summary
A stonemason who has read Origin and Descent and defends CD’s theory against theological prejudice, would like to read CD’s other books but is too poor to afford them.
| Author: | Thomas Maston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11859 |
From H. N. Moseley 5 February 1879
Summary
Sends regards from Capt. Charles Owen, who had collected beetles for CD.
Owen’s son is going to Oregon with Wallis Nash.
| Author: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 258 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11860 |
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- … From H. N. Moseley 5 February 1879 …
- … 171: 258 Henry Nottidge Moseley Exeter College, Oxford 5 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Owen’s son Charles Mostyn Owen (1859–1938) emigrated to Oregon, USA, with Nash in 1879. …
- … Bibliography Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1879. Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’, …
- … Moseley 1879 ; see letter to H. …
- … N. Moseley, 4 February 1879 . Charles Mostyn Owen (1818–94) served in the army in South …
From Raphael Meldola 6 February 1879
Summary
Has arranged for publication of his translation of Weismann.
S. H. Scudder article on sexual dimorphism in butterflies [Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. 12 (1877): 150–8].
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11861 |
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- … From Raphael Meldola 6 February 1879 …
- … DAR 171: 134 Raphael Meldola Atlas Works, Hackney 6 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Alfred Russel Wallace’s ‘Animals and their native countries’ ( Wallace 1879 ) appeared in …
- … the February 1879 issue of Nineteenth Century . …
- … a dissimilar couple; F. Müller 1879a ); see letter to Raphael Meldola, 20 January 1879 . …
- … Meldola’s abstract of Müller 1879 appeared with the title ‘Butterflies with …
- … dissimilar sexes’ in Nature , 24 April 1879, pp. 586–8. Meldola was working on a …
To Raphael Meldola 7 February 1879
Summary
Wishes to subscribe to RM’s translation of Weismann.
Has seen Scudder’s article.
A. R. Wallace’s article ["Animals and their native countries", Nineteenth Century 5 (1879): 247–59] is excellent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11862 |
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- … To Raphael Meldola 7 February 1879 …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Feb 1879 Raphael Meldola …
- … Animals and their native countries", Nineteenth Century 5 (1879): 247–59] is excellent. …
- … and their native countries’ ( Wallace 1879 ) was published in Nineteenth Century ; see …
- … letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 6. …
- … Down, Feb. 7 th . 1879. Dear M r . Meldola, Pray keep Kosmos as long as you like, and I …
- … F. Müller 1879a from CD; see letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 2. …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 3. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & …
- … circulars be issued. See letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 4. CD …
- … error; Meldola referred to Scudder 1877 in his letter of 6 February 1879 . Alfred Russel …
From Leopold Würtenberger 7 February 1879
Summary
£100 has arrived and LW will set to work.
| Author: | Leopold Würtenberger |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11863 |
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- … From Leopold Würtenberger 7 February 1879 …
- … 181: 186 Leopold Würtenberger Dettighofen bei Griessen 7 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Würtenberger, Leopold. 1879. Die darwinistischen Schlußergebnisse meiner …
- … Ammoniten-Studien. Kosmos 6 (1879–80): 192–206. Würtenberger, Leopold. 1880. Studien über …
- … bei Griessen (Gr. Baden) den 7. Febr. 1879 Hochgeehrtester Herr! Soeben erhielt ich Ihre …
- … Griessen (Grand Duchy of Baden) 7 Febr. 1879 Most esteemed Sir! Just now I received your …
- … ammonites; see letter from Leopold Würtenberger, 29 January 1879 . An entry in CD’ …
- … account books (Down House MS) dated 6 February 1879 records a payment to Würtenberger of £ …
- … of my ammonite studies; Würtenberger 1879 ), and Studien über die Stammesgeschichte der …
To Edward Frankland 8 February 1879
Summary
Gives results of the experiments: the leaves in most cases make the water alkaline. It cannot be ammonia. He and his son, Francis, suspect potash, which is valued as a manure. Will be grateful for the analysis EF has offered.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 8 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (Frankland Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11864A |
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- … To Edward Frankland 8 February 1879 …
- … Manchester (Frankland Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Feb 1879 Edward Frankland …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 8 th 1879 My dear D r . Frankland The case stands …
- … see letter to Edward Frankland, 4 January [1879] . Neither Francis Darwin nor CD published …
- … for a month-long visit to Algiers on 4 February 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The …
From George Henslow 8 February 1879
Summary
GH no longer believes in the value of cross-fertilisation in plants.
| Author: | George Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11864 |
From Karl Alberts 9 February 1879
Summary
Birthday congratulations from the editors of Kosmos. They will mark the occasion with a special number of Kosmos.
| Author: | Karl Alberts |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11866 |
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- … From Karl Alberts 9 February 1879 …
- … DAR 99: 95 Karl Alberts Wiesbaden 9 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Gustav Jäger , and Ernst Krause , but from April 1879, Krause was the sole editor. …
- … The February 1879 issue ( Kosmos 4: 335–437) contained essays on CD’s life and …
- … work to mark the occasion of his 70th birthday on 12 February 1879. …
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1879
Summary
Sends birthday wishes.
Comments on progress of CD’s theory in Germany. Mentions opposition of Rudolf Virchow and his reply Freie Wissenschaft und freie Lehre [1878].
Describes research trip to Brittany and Normandy.
Research on Challenger Radiolaria.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11865 |
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- … From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1879 …
- … DAR 166: 72 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel Jena 9 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. Haeckel, Ernst. 1879–81. Monographie der Medusen. Vol. 1: Das …
- … Jena 9 Februar 1879. Hochverehrter theurer Freund! Zur glücklichen Vollendung Ihres 70sten …
- … Jena 9 February 1879. Most esteemed, dear friend! On the happy completion of your 70th …
- … CD’s 70th birthday on 12 February 1879. An incomplete offprint is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … in Brittany, France, in autumn 1878; see Haeckel 1879–81 , 1 (part 1): xvi. The first …
- … volume of Haeckel’s Monographie der Medusen ( Haeckel 1879–81 ), and an atlas containing …
- … 40 plates, were published in 1879; the first volume of the monograph first appeared as …
To Karl Alberts [after 9 February 1879]
Summary
Thanks KA and the other editors of Kosmos for the issue published in honour of his birthday. Sees there is much in it that will interest him greatly.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl Alberts |
| Date: | [after 9 Feb 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 95v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11867 |
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- … To Karl Alberts [after 9 February 1879] …
- … DAR 99: 95v Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 9 Feb 1879] Karl Alberts …
- … Bibliography Preyer, William. 1879. Charles Darwin. Eine biographische Skizze. Kosmos 4 ( …
- … and the letter from Karl Alberts, 9 February 1879 . Alberts had sent CD a special issue of …
- … CD’s life and work commemorating CD’s 70th birthday on 12 February 1879; see letter from …
- … Karl Alberts, 9 February 1879 . Arthur Fitger’s poem ‘Faust’s Schatten an Charles …
- … an extensive list of CD’s publications from 1837 to 1877 ( Preyer 1879 , pp. 346–9). …
From Ernst Krause 10 February 1879
Summary
Birthday greetings.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11868 |
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- … From Ernst Krause 10 February 1879 …
- … DAR 92: B14 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Berlin 10 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Zu Darwin’s 70. Geburtstagsfeier, am 12. Februar 1879’ (The dawning of a new world-view. …
- … For Darwin’s 70th birthday celebration, on 12 February 1879), Die …
- … Gartenlaube 7 (1879): 112–15. …
- … N.O. Friedenstrasse 10. II. den 10 Februar 1879. Hochgeehrter Herr! Beim Beginne eines …
- … CD’s 70th birthday was on 12 February 1879. Krause had contributed to a celebratory issue …
- … N.O. Friedenstrasse 10. II. 10 February 1879. Most esteemed Sir! At the beginning of a …
To Anton de Bary 11 February 1879
Summary
Thanks ADeB for sending him Botanische Zeitung, but asks him to send it no more, as CD takes it regularly and has procured the volumes from the beginning.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anton Heinrich (Anton) de Bary |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A 45) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11869 |
To George Henslow 11 February 1879
Summary
Disagrees with GH over the value of cross-fertilisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henslow |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD Library - G. Henslow 1888) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11870 |
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- … To George Henslow 11 February 1879 …
- … DAR (CD Library - G. Henslow 1888) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb 1879 George Henslow …
- … See letter from George Henslow, 8 February 1879 . Henslow was planning to send a copy of ‘ …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb 11. 1879 My dear Sir I thank you for your kind …
From Grant Allen 12 February 1879
Summary
Has sent copy of his new book, Colour-sense [1879]; in anticipation of criticism, he justifies his reliance on recorded observations rather than experiments, by the heavy demands of his career as a journalist.
| Author: | Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11873 |
| letter | (70) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
| Allen, Grant | (2) |
| Müller, Hermann | (2) |
| Alberts, Karl | (1) |
| Austin, C. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (33) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Tyndall, John | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (70) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| Allen, Grant | (3) |
| Müller, Hermann | (3) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (3) |
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
- … Press . Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back …
- … was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). He was also unsatisfied with his …
- … me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June 1879] ). Even the prospect of a holiday in the Lake …
- … ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26] July [1879] ). From July, Darwin had an additional …
- … ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ). He may have been consoled to learn …
- … pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 ). The year ended with the start of …
- … or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and the …
- … marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). Seventy years old …
- … could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of Greiz College …
- … with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). The botanist and schoolteacher …
- … was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). Carus Sterne was the …
- … ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). As one of Darwin’s most ardent admirers, …
- … he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 ]). Meanwhile, Darwin began searching …
- … my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). While searching for Seward …
- … time Darwin came to investigate his grandfather’s life in 1879, however, not only was Erasmus Darwin …
- … where, & the who—’ ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May [1879] ). On the Galton side of the …
- … in every way’ ( letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). She suggested that Darwin contact their …
- … with pride’ ( letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). It was from Reginald that …
- … with each other’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 27 March 1879 ). Darwin’s aim was ‘to give some sort of …
- … indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin welcomed Krause’s suggestion, but …
- … He hates scientific men’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 ). From the start of his …
- … to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members of Darwin’s …
- … with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard Darwin, …
- … life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little consolation that …
- … his ‘tether’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July …
- … of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At this time, his proper work was …
- … they intended to publish their results as a book. By June 1879, Darwin was completing an …
- … roots of seedlings ( letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] ). Francis in Würzburg …
1879 Letters now online
Summary
In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, wrote, and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an introduction to a translation of an essay by Ernst Krause on Erasmus’s scientific work. Darwin’s son…
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- … In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, …
- … of over 640 letters written to and from Darwin in 1879 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
- … such a job. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 December [1879] ) In early 1879, as a tribute …
- … . ( Letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 ) Just over a week after his …
- … irritations ( Letter t o Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] ) Darwin regarded his …
- … the country . ( Letter to T. H. Farrer, 23 October 1879 ) During the year Darwin …
- … of the theory of natural selection. Nothing came of it in 1879, but it was to bear fruit later. He …
- … strong health . ( Letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 October 1879 ) Darwin wrote this to his …
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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- … map of the sandhills in central Sweden, 16 February 1879 C. W. Hamilton's …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … book, Erasmus Darwin , had been published in November 1879. It was received well by his relations …
- … he had written for the German journal Kosmos in February 1879, an issue produced in honour of …
- … Butler, Evolution old and new , which had appeared in May 1879. Krause wanted to correct Butler’s …
- … Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and letter to Ernst Krause, 9 …
- … Darwin stated that Krause’s piece had been written in 1879 (before Evolution old and new was …
- … had raised the plant from seeds sent by Asa Gray in December 1879. His observations differed, …
- … by Gray in an article and textbook (A. Gray 1877 and A. Gray 1879, pp. 20–1). ‘I think you cannot …
- … vol. 27, letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 December 1879 ). For some years, Wallace’s main source of …
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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- … Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the most …
- … couple of days ( letter from A. F. Batalin, 28 February 1879 ). Darwin was especially keen for his …
- … so much at odds ( letter to Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879 ). He was reassured by De Vries, who …
- … When Francis spent a month in Algiers in early 1879, Darwin asked him to visit the botanist Gaetano …
- … seeds ( letter to Francis Darwin, [4 February – 8 March 1879] ). He continued to write up the …
- … ’. The lull in experimental work continued into March 1879, and Darwin seemed weary when he told …
- … the subject of bloom from his book. In mid-June 1879, Darwin was pleased to get back to …
- … and growth ( letter from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 ). Darwin replied, ‘ I thank you much for …
- … the Spring ’. Luckily, De Vries published two papers in 1879 and 1880 that Darwin was later able to …
- … ‘A horrid bore’ In late October 1879, Darwin told Gray, ‘ I have written a rather big …
- … bodies’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 October 1879 ). Thiselton-Dyer, who had assisted in …
- … earlier ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 November 1879 ). Hooker offered to write to Egypt for …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … it was first published in 1804. On rereading this work in 1879 Darwin judged it ‘a wretched …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…
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- … William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL …
- … Oxford in this same year. In a letter of 18 June 1879, Darwin told Thiselton-Dyer (Hooker’s …
- … William Blake Richmond date of creation 1879-80 computer-readable date 1879 …
- … in DAR 215.31b. Letters from Darwin to John Fiske, 10 June 1879 (DCP-LETT-12098) and to Thiselton …
Life of Erasmus Darwin
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The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a biographical note to accompany an essay on Erasmus's scientific work by the German writer Ernst Krause. But Darwin became immersed in his grandfather's…
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- … The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a …
- … the book into grist for controversy. In February 1879, Darwin received an unusual birthday …
- … my grandfathers life ', Darwin wrote to Krause on 14 March 1879. He made contact with family …
- … my tether '. The book was published in November of 1879. Darwin filled his notice with …
- … whose Evolution Old and New had been published in May of 1879, had not failed to find the …
Power of movement in plants
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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…
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- … Letter 12152 - Francis Darwin to Darwin, 12 July 1879 Francis writes to his father …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 12041 — Darwin, C. R. to Fordyce, John, 7 May 1879 In this letter marked “private”, …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … Litchfield to a family servant as her leaving present in 1879. Henry Eeles Dresser’s album of …
3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos
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< Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of Wight with his immediate family, his brother Erasmus, and his friend Joseph Hooker. The family’s accommodation at Freshwater was rented from the photographer Julia…
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- … in his journal after an encounter with the great man in 1879, ‘his features are not good’; yet ‘his …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
Suggested reading
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Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for young ladies on their entrance to society, (Third edition, London, 1846). Becker, L. E.…
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- … Buckley, A., The fairy-land of science , (London, 1879; Philadelphia 1888). Holmes, M. …
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…
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- … her early teens (she won several prizes there); nor that in 1879 she had parental blessing for her …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … 1872 208 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 29 NOVEMBER 1879 209 A GRAY, 1882, …
