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To Francis Galton [1 March 1879?]

Summary

Can FG come to lunch on Monday?

Sorry FG has not been well and is soon going abroad.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Galton
Date:	[1 Mar 1879?]
Classmark:	UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/26)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11911

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… To Francis Galton [1 March 1879? ] …
… Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [1 Mar 1879? ] Francis Galton …
… s next recorded visit to CD was on 26 April 1879 at Down ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… of this letter in Pearson 1914–30 , 2: 193, between letters dated 22 March 1879 and …
… 30 April 1879, and by the dates …
… of CD’s spring 1879 visit to his brother (see n. 2, below). The only Saturday during this …
… street, London, from 27 February to 5 March 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No other …

From Francis Darwin 3 March [1879]

Summary

Astonished at circular and will risk revolutions to invest. Describes Blidah, Algeria.

Author:	Francis Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	3 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 274.1: 59
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11913F

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… From Francis Darwin 3 March [1879] …
… DAR 274.1: 59 Francis Darwin Blidah 3 Mar [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
… between this letter and the letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 . See …
… letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 . CD advised investing in safe securities …
… George in Algeria, having left Down on 4 February 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… He arrived back at Down on 12 March 1879, departing from Algiers on 8 March ( letter from …
… G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879 ; letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [12 March 1879] (DAR 219.1: 130)). By Francis’s calculation of …
… would have sailed to Algiers on 7 February 1879. Blidah (now Blida) is an Algerian city, …

From G. H. Darwin 3 March 1879

Summary

Thanks CD [for his increased allowance?].

Writes of his tour [in Algeria].

Author:	George Howard Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	3 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 210.2: 73
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11914

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… From G. H. Darwin 3 March 1879 …
… DAR 210.2: 73 George Howard Darwin Blida 3 Mar 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… See letter from Francis Darwin, 3 March [1879] and n. 3. John Ferguson McLennan spent …
… letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 . CD had decided to divide the surplus of …

From W. D. Fox 3 March [1879]

Summary

Sends family news;

describes what remains of his "menagerie" and tells of his interest in the framework of his son’s German badger-hound.

Author:	William Darwin Fox
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	3 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 99: 172–4
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11913

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… From W. D. Fox 3 March [1879] …
… DAR 99: 172–4 William Darwin Fox Sandown 3 Mar [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Mary , and Edith Darwin Fox . Gertrude was married on 10 September 1879 ( The Times , …
… 12 September 1879, p. 1). Agnes may not have been living at home (Census returns of …

To J. N. Lockyer 4 and 6 March [1879]

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Encloses a letter [from Fritz Müller, see 11839] which "eminently deserves to be published in Nature". Discusses the form and illustration needed. Spelling problems to be referred to Robert McLachlan.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Norman (Norman) Lockyer
Date:	4 and 6 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	University of Exeter Library Special Collections (EUL MS 110)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11915A

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… To J. N. Lockyer 4 and 6 March [1879] …
… Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 4 and 6 Mar [1879] Joseph Norman (Norman) Lockyer …
… the letter to Nature , [before 20 March 1879] . Robert McLachlan had written a monograph …
… 5 March (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter to Robert McLachlan, 12 March [1879] . …
… between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . CD enclosed …
… the letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . The letter as published in Nature had a …
… has not been found (see letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 and nn. 1 and 2). …
… See letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . The sketch showed an adaptation of the …

From A. R. Leeds 4 March 1879

Summary

CD elected an honorary member of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Author:	Albert Ripley Leeds
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	4 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 230: 73
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11915B

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… From A. R. Leeds 4 March 1879 …
… DAR 230: 73 Albert Ripley Leeds New York 4 Mar 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …

To Fritz Müller 4 March 1879

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Has sent FM’s letter on caddis-fly to Nature ["On a frog and caddis-flies", Nature 19 (1879): 462–4].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:	4 Mar 1879
Classmark:	The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 48)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11915

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… To Fritz Müller 4 March 1879 …
… Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 4 Mar 1879 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
… s letter on caddis-fly to Nature ["On a frog and caddis-flies", Nature 19 (1879): 462–4]. …
… 285–92. Müller, Fritz and Müller, Hermann. 1879. Phryganiden-Studien (mit einer Einleitung …
… See letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . Müller had discussed an adaptation of the …
… to the surface. See letter to J. N. Lockyer, 4 and 6 March [1879] . For CD’s prefatory …
… the letter to Nature , [before 20 March 1879] . Müller’s most recent work had focused on …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. March 4 th 1879 My dear Sir I thank you cordially for your …
… of caddisflies ( F. Müller and Müller 1879 ). Hermann Müller had written an introduction …
… on caddisflies ( F. Müller and Müller 1879 ), but his own research continued to focus on …

To L. A. Errera 5 March 1879

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Thanks LAE for publication [Errera and G. Gevaert, Sur la structure et les modes de fécondation des fleurs, 1ère partie (1878)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Léo Abram Errera
Date:	5 Mar 1879
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.561)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11916

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… To L. A. Errera 5 March 1879 …
… Society (Mss.B.D25.561) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Mar 1879 Léo Abram Errera …
… Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) March 5— 1879 Dear Sir I have just returned home after a …
… London from 27 February until 5 March 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Errera sent an …
… in 1878; the offprint was published in 1879. CD’s offprint of Errera and Gevaert 1878 has …

To A. S. Wilson 5 March 1879

Summary

Discusses ASW’s discovery of error in Russian belief about wheat varieties. Suggests that he publish paper in Journal of Royal Agricultural Society. [Results actually published in Gard. Chron. n.s. 11 (1879): 622–4.]

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alexander Stephen Wilson
Date:	5 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 148: 367
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11917

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… To A. S. Wilson 5 March 1879 …
… DAR 148: 367 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Mar 1879 Alexander Stephen Wilson …
… Bibliography Wilson, Alexander Stephen. 1879. Experiments with kubanka and saxonica wheat: …
… first year’s experiments and results. Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 May 1879, pp. 652–4. …
… Society . [Results actually published in Gard. Chron. n.s. 11 (1879): 622–4. ] …
… See letter from A. S. Wilson, 27 February 1879 . No drawings have been found in the Darwin …
… kubanka and saxonica wheat’, which was published in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 May 1879 ( …
… Wilson 1879 , p. 653). Wilson had enclosed …
… varieties with his letter of 27 February 1879 , but the manuscript has not been found in …
… Darwin Archive–CUL. A proof copy of Wilson 1879 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
… Down March 5, 1879 My dear Sir I have just returned home after an absence of a week, and …

From E. A. Darwin 8 March [1879]

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Has read Krause’s "Life of Erasmus Darwin" [Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424]; thinks it very interesting to anyone interested in "Darwinismus" – everybody.

Author:	Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	8 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 92: B2; DAR 105: B105, B110
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11918

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… From E. A. Darwin 8 March [1879] …
… B2; DAR 105: B105, B110 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 8 Mar [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
… s "Life of Erasmus Darwin" [ Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424]; thinks it very interesting to …
… in the periodical Kosmos in February 1879. ‘Bate’: to omit, leave out of count, except ( …

From E. A. Darwin [8 March 1879?]

Summary

Asks CD about translation of title-page of Kosmos.

Author:	Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[8 Mar 1879?]
Classmark:	DAR 92: B2, DAR 105: B110
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11919

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… From E. A. Darwin [8 March 1879? ] …
… DAR 92: B2, DAR 105: B110 Erasmus Alvey Darwin [8 Mar 1879? ] Charles Robert Darwin …

To Ernst Krause 9 March 1879

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CD and his brother Erasmus have read EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. Asks whether EK would object to a translation by W. Dallas, to be offered to Fortnightly Review or to be published at CD’s expense as a book.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	9 Mar 1879
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36175)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11920

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… To Ernst Krause 9 March 1879 …
… Library (HM 36175) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Mar 1879 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
… Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) March 9 th . 1879 My dear Sir My Brother & self have read …
… See letter from E. A. Darwin, 8 March [1879] ; Krause published ‘ Erasmus Darwin , der …
… theory; Krause 1879a ) in Kosmos in February 1879. The other editors of Kosmos were Otto …

From C. H. Browning 10 March 1879

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Is reading Origin on inheritance. Reports case of a man who went bald through illness, whose three sons, all born later, also became bald.

Author:	C. H. Browning
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	10 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 160: 333
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11922

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… From C. H. Browning 10 March 1879 …
… DAR 160: 333 C. H. Browning Great Salt Lake, Utah 10 Mar 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Tooele Valley, Utah Ter. March 10 th . 1879. Mr. Charles Darwin Dear Sir: While reading …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 10 March [1879]

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Thanks for second edition of Duchartre.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:	10 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 163)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11921

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… To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 10 March [1879] …
… 1873–81: f. 163) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Mar [1879] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
… to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 [February 1879] . Thiselton-Dyer had sent CD a copy of the …
… first edition ( Duchartre 1867 ; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 [February 1879] ). …

From E. A. Darwin 11 March [1879]

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Suggests CD send Kosmos to W. S. Dallas as Krause will surely give his permission for translation.

Author:	Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	11 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 105: 108–9
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11923

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… From E. A. Darwin 11 March [1879] …
… DAR 105: 108–9 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 11 Mar [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Michael Joseph. Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1879. Hume. London: Macmillan and Co. Krause, Ernst. …
… 118). See letter from E. A. Darwin, 8 March [1879] and n. 6. The journal Kosmos had been …
… by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Ernst Krause, 9 March 1879 . See …
… letter to Ernst Krause, 9 March 1879 ; CD had requested Krause’s permission to have …
… a biography of David Hume ( T. H. Huxley 1879 ) for a series edited by Morley on English …

To G. S. Ffinden 11 March 1879

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Encloses cheque for Down Coal and Clothing Club.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Sketchley Ffinden
Date:	11 Mar 1879
Classmark:	Maggs Brothers (dealers) (catalogue 965)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11924

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… To G. S. Ffinden 11 March 1879 …
… catalogue 965) Charles Robert Darwin unstated 11 Mar 1879 George Sketchley Ffinden …

To W. S. Dallas 12 March [1879]

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Asks whether WSD would be interested in translating Ernst Krause’s article on Erasmus Darwin [Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424] into English.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Sweetland Dallas
Date:	12 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 202: 39
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11927

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… To W. S. Dallas 12 March [1879] …
… DAR 202: 39 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Mar [1879] William Sweetland Dallas …
… a translation to be made in his letter of 12 March 1879 . …
… Ernst Krause’s article on Erasmus Darwin [ Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424] into English. …
… and the letter from W. S. Dallas, 14 March 1879 . In addition to his position as assistant …
… theory; Krause 1879a ) in Kosmos in February 1879. Erasmus Alvey Darwin had suggested that …
… see letter from E. A. Darwin, 8 March [1879] ). John Murray was CD’s publisher. With books …
… from sales. See letter to Ernst Krause, 9 March 1879 . Krause gave his permission for …

From Alexander Dick-Cunyngham 12 March 1879

Summary

Report of wild ass crossed with tame one in India.

Author:	Alexander Dick-Cunyngham
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 161: 279
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11926

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… From Alexander Dick-Cunyngham 12 March 1879 …
… DAR 161: 279 Alexander Dick-Cunyngham Karachi 12 Mar 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Karachi, Sind, 12 th . March 1879 Dear Sir, In your Variation of Animals and Plants, Vol …

From Ernst Krause 12 March 1879

Summary

Glad CD is pleased by his "Erasmus Darwin". Was not able to obtain book by Anna Seward [Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)]. Could CD check relevant passages for errors? Would be great honour if CD could arrange English translation. Wants to enlarge essay into book.

Author:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 92: B15–16
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11925

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… From Ernst Krause 12 March 1879 …
… DAR 92: B15–16 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Berlin 12 Mar 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… See letter to Ernst Krause, 9 March 1879 . CD had asked for Krause’s permission to have an …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A …

To Robert McLachlan 12 March [1879]

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Asks RMcL to correct the proper names in enclosed proof of a letter from Fritz Müller to be published in Nature. CD has no book with names of Trichoptera. [See 11930.]

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Robert McLachlan
Date:	12 Mar [1879]
Classmark:	Superior Galleries (dealers) (28–31 January 1990)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11927A

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… To Robert McLachlan 12 March [1879] …
… dealers) (28–31 January 1990) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Mar [1879] Robert McLachlan …
… between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . See letter to J. …
… N. Lockyer, 4 and 6 March [1879] ; Lockyer had evidently sent CD a proof of Müller’s …

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Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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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

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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. …

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… 20 june 1854 Middelburg 13 october 1879 Groningen 8 …
… 16 july 1815 Rotterdam 28 february 1879 Vucht 102 …
… Arnhem 7 june 1834 23 december 1879 Arnhem 117 …
… 21 september 1849 Den Bosch 13 oktober 1879 Groningen …

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.…

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… 20 June 1854 Middelburg 13 October 1879 Groningen Feminist and …
… 16 July 1815 Rotterdam 28 February 1879 Vucht He was Med. Dr. …
… Arnhem 7 June 1834 23 December 1879 Arnhem https://www …
… 21 September 1849 Den Bosch 13 October 1879 Groningen Partner of …

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…

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… frame and published in The Examiner on 11 October 1879. There was even a wood-engraved version …
… series of eminent men portrayed in The Examiner (11 Oct. 1879), facing p. 1312. Engraving by …

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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…

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… Darwin himself in London in 1873 and was invited to Down in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy …
… inviting Fiske to Down House: DCP-LETT-12098 (10 June 1879) and DCP-LETT-12606 (14 May [1880]). John …

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 …

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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, …

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