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From H. N. Moseley   24 November 1878

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Sends revises [of his Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger", 1872–6 (1879)] and asks permission to dedicate it to CD.

Author:  Henry Nottidge Moseley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Nov 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 256
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11761

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  • … Moseley’s Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’ ( Moseley 1879 ) was dedicated to CD. …
  • … a naturalist on the "Challenger", 1872–6 (1879)] and asks permission to dedicate it to CD. …
  • … Bibliography Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1879. Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’, …

From Emil du Bois-Reymond   7 November 1878

Summary

CD elected foreign associate of the Royal Academy of Sciences [K. Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften].

EdB-R’s paper will be available in English in the New York periodical, Popular Science Monthly, and he hopes CD will read it. [See 11742 and 11842.]

Author:  Emil Heinrich (Emil) Du Bois-Reymond
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1878
Classmark:  DAR 230: 68
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11739A

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  • … Bois- Reymond 1879 ). No previous correspondence with du Bois-Reymond has been found. …
  • … von August Hirschwald. Du Bois-Reymond, Emil. 1879. Darwin vs. Galiani. Popular Science …
  • … Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences ) in January 1879 (see Correspondence vol. …
  • … letter to Emil du Bois-Reymond, 23 January 1879 ); for a transcription and translation, …
  • … on 6 July 1876 ( Du Bois-Reymond 1876 ) was published in translation in February 1879 ( Du …

To F. B. Goodacre   20 August [1878]

Summary

Thanks FBG for his offer [of geese for breeding experiments] but cannot undertake anything. Suggests FBG or any friend cross half-bred birds for a few generations; it would be a valuable contribution to science.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Burges Goodacre
Date:  20 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Dr John Goodacre (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11670

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  • … identity of species of the common domestic and the Chinese goose’ was published in 1879 ( …
  • … Goodacre 1879 ). …
  • … Bibliography Goodacre, Francis Burges. 1879. On the question of the identity of species of …
  • … the common domestic and the Chinese goose. [Read 18 November 1879. ] Proceedings …
  • … of the Zoological Society of London (1879): 710–12. …

From E. B. Aveling   23 September 1878

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Forwards a copy of the Student’s Magazine, which contains the first of a series of articles on CD and his work.

Author:  Edward Bibbens Aveling
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Sept 1878
Classmark:  DAR 202: 9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11708

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  • … pp. 32–3; 1 October 1878, pp. 55–7; 2 December 1878, pp. 99–100; 1 February 1879, pp. …
  • … 148–9; 1 March 1879, pp. …
  • … 175–6; 1 April 1879, pp. …
  • … 207–8; 1 September 1879, pp. 30–3. …
  • … 1878, in DAR 226.1: 169–70. The series continued until September 1879 ( Aveling 1878–9 ). …

To Gaston de Saporta   22 December 1878

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Thanks for GdeS’s Le monde des plantes [1879].

CD has just read "Végétation polaire" [C. R. Congr. Int. Sci. Geogr. 1 (1878): 197–242] with interest. Hooker gave it conspicuous place in his Royal Society Address (1878).

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta
Date:  22 Dec 1878
Classmark:  Archives Gaston de Saporta (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11803

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  • … Bibliography Saporta, Gaston de. 1879. Le monde des plantes avant l’apparition de l’ …
  • … Thanks for GdeS’s Le monde des plantes [1879]. CD has just read "Végétation polaire" [ C. …
  • … plants before the appearance of man; Saporta 1879 ), is in the Darwin Library–CUL. In his …

To H. N. Moseley   26 November [1878]

Summary

Thanks for HNM’s offer to dedicate book [Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Nottidge Moseley
Date:  26 Nov [1878]
Classmark:  Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 10)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11762

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  • … for HNM’s offer to dedicate book [ Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)]. …
  • … H.  N.  Moseley, 24 November 1878 . Moseley 1879 . See letter from H.  N.  Moseley, 24  …
  • … Press. 1985–. Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1879. Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’, …

From F. B. Goodacre   2 September 1878

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Sends geese to CD.

Crossbreeding of Chinese and common geese; believes they may be same species.

Author:  Francis Burges Goodacre
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Sept 1878
Classmark:  DAR 165: 65
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11685

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  • … Bibliography Goodacre, Francis Burges. 1879. On the question of the identity of species of …
  • … the common domestic and the Chinese goose. [Read 18 November 1879. ] Proceedings …
  • … of the Zoological Society of London (1879): 710–12. …
  • … Zoological Society of London ( Goodacre 1879 ). The ‘correlative variations’ were white …
  • … a swelled and flattened trachea ( Goodacre 1879 , p. 711). Alfred Meadows (see letter from …

From Frederick Smith   14 March 1878

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Thanks CD for specimens of, and curious facts on, the "harvesting ant".

Author:  Frederick Smith
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Mar 1878
Classmark:  DAR 177: 198
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11422

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  • … Bibliography Treat, Mary. 1879. Chapters on ants . New York: Harper & Brothers. …
  • … crudelis (a synonym of P. badius , the Florida harvester ant; see Treat 1879 , p. 76). …
  • … of London (1878): xii). See also Treat 1879 , pp. 74 and 88, where Treat describes three …

To Emil du Bois-Reymond   12 November 1878

Summary

Sends thanks [for election to Prussian Academy of Sciences].

Appreciates the copy of address [Darwin versus Galiani (1876)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emil Heinrich (Emil) Du Bois-Reymond
Date:  12 Nov 1878
Classmark:  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 214–215)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11742

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  • … von August Hirschwald. Du Bois-Reymond, Emil. 1879. Darwin vs. Galiani. Popular Science …
  • … Galiani ( Du Bois-Reymond 1876 ); an English translation appeared in February 1879 ( Du …
  • … Bois-Reymond 1879 ). …

From G. J. Romanes   10 September 1878

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Thanks for letter and book [J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie (1876)].

Author:  George John Romanes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Sept 1878
Classmark:  E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 79
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11687

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  • … Baillière et Cie. Romanes, George John. 1879. Concluding observations on the locomotor …
  • … system of medusae. [Read 16 January 1879. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
  • … system of Medusae’ ( G. J. Romanes 1879 ). Romanes did not publish on his experiments on …

From S. B. J. Skertchly   27 February 1878

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Sends CD a copy of his memoir on the fenland [Geology of the fenland (1877)].

Outlines the results of his recent researches into the geological history of man, the development of Palaeolithic culture, the occurrence of Palaeolithic remains in the boulder-clays of eastern England, and their relation to glacial and inter-glacial periods.

Author:  Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Feb 1878
Classmark:  DAR 177: 176
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11379

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  • … small town in Suffolk; see On the manufacture of gun-flints ( Skertchly 1879 ), pp. 69–78. …
  • … finds, see M. J. White 2017 . See Skertchly 1879 , pp. 65–9. For more on Skertchly’s use …
  • … Office. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah. 1879. On the manufacture of gun-flints, the …
  • … Connor 2007 , pp. 63–5. Skertchly’s memoir on Palaeolithic humans was published in 1879 ( …
  • … Skertchly 1879 ). Geikie had argued that Palaeolithic deposits were pre- or interglacial ( …

From R. F. Cooke   27 November 1878

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Sends report on annual trade sale [missing]. New printings of Journal of researches and Descent are needed.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Nov 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 501
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11764

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  • … had been printed in 1877; the thirteenth thousand was issued in 1879. ( Freeman 1977 . ) …
  • … under the title ‘A naturalists voyage’ in 1879. A ‘revised and augmented’ edition of …

From E. L. Sturtevant   12 January 1878

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Encloses some notes on maize that may be useful.

Author:  Edward Lewis Sturtevant
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Jan 1878
Classmark:  DAR 177: 269
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11320

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  • … at the annual meeting of the New York State Agricultural Society on 22 January 1879 ( …
  • … Sturtevant 1879 ); there is a very lightly annotated offprint in the Darwin Pamphlet …
  • … Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Sturtevant, Edward Lewis. 1879. Indian corn. [ …
  • … Read 22 January 1879. ] Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society 33 (1877– …

From G. J. Romanes   21 June 1878

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Thanks for permission to use CD’s MS chapter on instinct for forthcoming book.

Author:  George John Romanes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 June 1878
Classmark:  E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 73
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11561

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  • … 10 September 1878 , and G. J. Romanes 1879 . He produced two books that incorporated …
  • … Press. 1975. Romanes, George John. 1879. Concluding observations on the locomotor …
  • … system of medusae. [Read 16 January 1879. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …

From G. H. Darwin   [before 9 May 1878]

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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

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  • … in November 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 Society of London ). George James Symons , …

From Francis Darwin   [25–7 November 1878]

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He has had no success with horse or Spanish chestnuts.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [25–7 Nov 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 41
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11768H

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  • … Gesellschaft; Braumüller. Preyer, William. 1879. Charles Darwin. Eine biographische …
  • … CD’s 70th birthday ( Preyer 1879 ). Oxalis tropaeoloides is a synonym of O. corniculata …
  • … of CD written by William Preyer for the February 1879 issue of Kosmos , which celebrated …

From A. R. Wallace   14 September 1878

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Requests support for his appointment as Superintendent of Epping Forest.

Working on a book [Australasia. Stanford’s compendium of geography and travel, edited and extended by A. R. Wallace (1879)].

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Sept 1878
Classmark:  DAR 106: B138–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11693

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  • … s compendium of geography and travel , edited and extended by A. R. Wallace (1879)]. …
  • … but see Raby 2001 , pp 219–21. Wallace ed. 1879. Edward Stanford was a London publisher of …

From Wilhelm Behrens   11 October 1878

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Thanks for CD’s remarks on and agreement with his paper on history of pollination theories [see 11678].

Will shortly send his essay on the anatomy of nectaries in flowers [see 12300].

Author:  Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Oct 1878
Classmark:  DAR 160: 123
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11723

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  • … Grüttefien. Behrens, Wilhelm Julius. 1879. Die Nectarien der Blüthen. Anatomisch- …
  • … in the journal Flora oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung between January and October 1879 ( …
  • … Behrens 1879 ). CD’s annotated offprint of the paper is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   16 July 1878

Summary

Sends specimens.

Sensitive plants.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 July 1878
Classmark:  DAR 178: 103
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11612

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  • … Bibliography Church, A. H. 1879–86. A chemical study of vegetable albinism. Journal of the …
  • … on 21 November 1878; the first part was published in 1879 ( Nature , 28 November 1878, p. …
  • … 90; Church 1879–86 ). The enclosure containing Church’s percentages of water in white and …
  • … than green ones were published in Church 1879–86 , part 1, pp. 33–4. CD had requested that …

From S. B. J. Skertchly   4 March 1878

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Thanks CD for his expression of interest in SBJS’s work. His researches on the age and divisions of the Palaeolithic period will be published soon by the Geological Survey [On the manufacture of gun-flints, the methods of excavating for flint, the age of Palaeolithic man, etc. (1879)].

Author:  Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Mar 1878
Classmark:  DAR 177: 177
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11395

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  • … flints, the methods of excavating for flint, the age of Palaeolithic man, etc. (1879)]. …
  • … of the Geological Survey ( Skertchly 1879 ; for his conclusions on the age and divisions …
  • … 1874. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah. 1879. On the manufacture of gun-flints, the methods …
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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 …

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…

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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 …

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. …

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, …
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