From W. E. Darwin 3 February [1881]
Summary
Worm observations.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 88) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13035F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 3 February [1881] …
- … DAR 275: 88) William Erasmus Darwin Basset, Southampton 3 Feb [1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. …
- … and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 February 1881 . This was a collection of leaves that …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] ). William marked one end of the leaves with …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 January [1881] ). CD had observed that worms usually drew …
From W. E. Darwin 4 February 1881
Summary
Discusses possible investments.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 89) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13035G |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 4 February 1881 …
- … Papers (DAR 275: 89) William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 4 Feb 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] ). Erasmus Alvey Darwin . See to letter …
- … to W. E. Darwin, [27 February 1881] and n. 2. See letter …
- … from W. E. Darwin, 3 February [1881] . …
To W. E. Darwin 4 February [1881]
Summary
Discusses earthworms and their ability to perceive narrowest points of leaves to draw them into their burrows.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13036 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 4 February [1881] …
- … DAR 210.6: 174 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb [1881] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. …
- … the letter from W. E. Darwin, 3 February [1881] and nn. 3 and 4. ‘ant. end’: anterior end. …
- … not been found. George’s trip to Madeira in 1881 is mentioned in F. Darwin 1916 , p. xvi. …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] ). Francis Darwin had evidently collected …
- … Teesdale (Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record …
To W. E. Darwin 5 February [1881]
Summary
Discusses investments.
The action of worms when drawing leaves into their burrows.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13037 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 5 February [1881] …
- … DAR 210.6: 175 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Feb [1881] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. Kiernan, V. G. 1955. Foreign interests in …
- … with card triangles, see the letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] and n. 4. Leonard …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [13 January 1881] (DAR 219.1: 140)). Sara Darwin . …
- … the letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 February 1881 . William had drawn up a list of companies …
- … in which CD might invest (see letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 February 1881 ). …
- … Between 1876 and February 1881, the value of CD’s investment in the London and St …
- … £50 2 s. 5 d. to £40 1 s. 1 d. ; by July 1881, it had dropped further to £33 8 s. 3 d. ( …
- … fearing British intervention. By early 1881, the distrust between London and Washington …
- … see letter from W. E. Darwin, 3 February [1881] and n. 4). In Earthworms , p. 58, CD noted …
To J. H. Gilbert 5 February 1881
Summary
Asks whether vegetable mould has an acid reaction. The contents of intestines of earthworms and castings are acid, which leads him to inquire about mould.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13038 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. H. Gilbert 5 February 1881 …
- … Rothamsted Research (GIL13) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Feb 1881 Joseph Henry Gilbert …
- … of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb 5 1881 My dear Sir I trust to your kindess to …
From W. E. Darwin 6 February 1881
Summary
Reports his observations on numbers of Rhododendron leaves found buried [by earthworms].
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 112/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13039 |
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- … From W. E. Darwin 6 February 1881 …
- … DAR 162: 112/1 William Erasmus Darwin Bassett 6 Feb 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. …
- … Charles Darwin ’, La Nature , 29 January 1881, pp. 138–9. This review was a translation ( …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] and n. 5). The numerators ‘68’ and ‘32’ …
- … letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] ). Rhododendrons were useful for testing worm …
- … Ridgemount, | Basset, | Southampton. Feb. 6 th 1881 | Sunday My dear Father, I have just …
To C. G. Semper 6 February 1881
Summary
Comments on CGS’s The natural conditions of existence [1881] and on views of Moritz Wagner on geographical distribution.
Discusses cause of variability.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf (slg 60/Dok/62) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13040 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To C. G. Semper 6 February 1881 …
- … Düsseldorf (slg 60/Dok/62) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb 1881 Carl Gottfried Semper …
- … s The natural conditions of existence [1881] and on views of Moritz Wagner on geographical …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 6 th 1881 Dear Professor Semper Owing to all sorts of …
- … repay the trouble of closer research’ ( Semper 1881 , p. vi). Francis Darwin had worked in …
- … Zoologie 29: 429–94. Semper, Karl. 1881. The natural conditions of existence as they …
- … existence as they affect animal life ( Semper 1881 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL. He had …
- … that the two theories were not as opposed as Wagner thought (see Semper 1881 , pp. 288– …
- … 93). Semper 1881 , pp. 331– …
- … 52. In Semper 1881 , p. 158, Semper described Wladimir Schmankewitsch’s experiments …
To Ernst Krause 7 February 1881
Summary
Butler’s reply to EK is a renewed attack on CD. Urges EK not to answer it. His last letter contains everything necessary. Asks EK for dates of CD’s letter asking EK’s permission to publish a translation of his article [on Erasmus Darwin] and of the letter in which he told EK that Butler’s book had been advertised.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36214) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13041 |
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- … To Ernst Krause 7 February 1881 …
- … Library (HM 36214) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Feb 1881 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 7 th 1881 My dear Sir As M r . Butlers last letter was …
- … had published a letter in Nature , 5 February 1881, pp. 312–13, renewing his claim that …
- … letter had been published in Nature , 27 January 1881, p. 288, with the title ‘Unconscious …
- … see letter to Ernst Krause, 29 January 1881 ). It is unclear from whom CD received the …
From Fritz Müller 7 February 1881
Summary
Describes variability in the stamens and pollen of Lagerstroemia, which CD spoke of in Forms of flowers.
Also reports on similar phenomena in Pontederiacea (Heteranthera reniformis).
Has received from Paul Mayer an interesting paper on metamorphosis in Palaemonetes varians, which is also being studied by J. E. V. Boas in Denmark. Shows differences between larval development in Danish forms and those found in southern Italy.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 406–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13041A |
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- … From Fritz Müller 7 February 1881 …
- … Theodor (Fritz) Müller Blumenau, Santa Catharina, Brazil 7 Feb 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Blumenau, Sa. Catharina, Brazil, 7. Februar 1881. … In Ihren “Forms of flowers” sprechen …
- … Blumenau, Sa. Catharina, Brazil, 7 February 1881. … In your “Forms of flowers” you speak …
To W. E. Darwin 8 February [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for sending leaves and making observations on how earthworms drag them into their burrows.
Doubts justice of fierce review against J. Geikie’s book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)] in Nature [by W. B. Dawkins, 23 (1881): 309–10], but if reindeer and hippopotamus have really been found in close contact in same bed – "it tells horribly against interglacial periods".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13042 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 8 February [1881] …
- … DAR 210.6: 176 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Feb [1881] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … Bibliography Geikie, James. 1881. Prehistoric Europe: a geological sketch. London: Edward …
- … Geikie ’s Prehistoric Europe: a geological sketch ( J. Geikie 1881 ) was published in …
- … Nature , 3 February 1881, pp. 309–10. …
- … A reply from Geikie appeared in Nature , 10 February 1881, p. 336. …
- … of fierce review against J. Geikie’s book [ Prehistoric Europe (1881)] in Nature [by W. …
- … B. Dawkins, 23 (1881): 309–10], but if reindeer and hippopotamus have really been found in …
- … this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 6 February 1881 . See letter from W. …
- … E. Darwin, 6 February 1881 and n. 1. Francis Darwin may have been deciding …
- … letter to the Darwin children, 3 January 1881 ). Sara Darwin , William’s wife. A scathing …
To W. W. Baxter 9 February 1881
Summary
Orders vaseline and pomatum – the latter to put on his beard, which in dry weather feels uncomfortably harsh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13047 |
To R. D. Fitzgerald 9 February 1881
Summary
Thanks for pt 6 of [Australian orchids].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert David Fitzgerald |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 2546) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13045 |
To Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1881
Summary
Asks EH to call on Zeiss and to help arrange for microscope for Francis Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13044 |
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1881
Summary
Sends birthday wishes.
Comments on Movement in plants.
Sends System der Ascrapeden [1880].
Describes work on Challenger Medusae.
Comments on success of CD’s theory.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13043 |
From Anthony Rich 9 February 1881
Summary
Contemptuous of Samuel Butler.
Has read that Huxley will be Inspector of Fisheries.
When CD visits in spring, he will acquaint him with legalities of Worthing house.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13046 |
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- … From Anthony Rich 9 February 1881 …
- … DAR 176: 145 Anthony Rich Worthing 9 Feb 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Chappell Croft, | Heene, Worthing. Feb y . 9. 1881. My dear M r . Darwin The sight of your …
- … visit Rich in Worthing until September 1881, following their summer holiday in Patterdale …
- … parts of Britain from 17 to 20 January 1881 had delayed George Howard Darwin ’s departure …
- … from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, 25 January 1881 (DAR 210.3: 1)). For the severity of …
- … and the snowstorms’, The Times , 20 January 1881, p. 11. CD’s letter to Rich has not been …
- … had been disparaged by Krause and CD, was published in Nature , 5 February 1881, pp. 312– …
- … 13 ( letter to Ernst Krause, 7 February 1881 ). CD may have told Rich that the prime …
- … CD ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 6 January 1881 ). CD thought Gladstone’s personal letter …
- … he had experienced in his life ( letter to W. E. Gladstone, 7 January 1881 ). The pension …
- … was announced in The Times , 22 January 1881, p. 9. In Movement in plants , pp. 87–8, CD …
From Ernst Krause 10 February 1881
Summary
Birthday greetings.
Thinks it best not to reply further to Butler. Has read G. J. Romanes’ article with great pleasure. Romanes is right to ridicule Butler. Quotes passages about Butler from CD letters. Has received letter from F. M. Balfour urging him not to reply to Butler.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13048 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Ernst Krause 10 February 1881 …
- … DAR 92: B63–4 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Berlin 10 Feb 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … s latest claim in Nature , 5 February 1881, pp. 312–13, that unacknowledged use had been …
- … CD in Erasmus Darwin ( letter to Ernst Krause, 7 February 1881 ). Krause’s refutation of …
- … s earlier claims was published in Nature , 27 January 1881, p. 288. George John Romanes ’ …
- … of an oversight’ ( Nature , 27 January 1881, p. 288). Krause’s note to Francis Darwin was …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause, [after 10 February 1881] and n. 5). …
- … 1880 ) appeared in Nature , 27 January 1881, pp. 285–7, the same issue of Nature as …
- … wrote “Life and habit”’ ( Nature , 27 January 1881, p. 287). Butler’s work Life and habit …
- … See letter to Ernst Krause, 7 February 1881 and nn. 3 and 4. William Sweetland Dallas had …
- … Krause’s letter to Nature , 27 January 1881, p. 288, defending CD against Butler’s claim …
- … letter to Ernst Krause, 10 January 1881 ). The offending sentence read: ‘Finally, as …
From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause [after 10 February 1881]
Summary
CD thanks him for his congratulations and for details of letters, which he will keep with the Butlerian documents.
FD is happy for his lecture to be republished in Kosmos.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | [after 10 Feb 1881] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36219) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13048F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause [after 10 February 1881] …
- … Library (HM 36219) Francis Darwin Down [after 10 Feb 1881] Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 . See …
- … letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 . Krause had sent details of the letters in …
- … of the letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 , Krause had written a note to Francis ( …
From Josef Popper 11 February 1881
Summary
Interested in theory of flight machines. Thinks it may be possible to fly by hitching man to large birds. What does CD think?
Recalls gift of book sent to CD.
| Author: | Josef Popper (Josef Popper-Lynkeus) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13051 |
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- … From Josef Popper 11 February 1881 …
- … DAR 201: 30 Josef Popper (Josef Popper-Lynkeus) Vienna 11 Feb 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Wien den 11. Februar 1881 Hochgeehrter Herr! Vertrauend auf Ihr Wohlwollen, erlaube ich …
- … Vienna 11 February 1881 Most esteemed Sir! Trusting in your goodwill, I venture to trouble …
To G. J. Romanes 11 February 1881
Summary
Thanks GJR for his second letter replying to Butler [Nature 23 (1880–1): 335–6].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.582) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13049 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 11 February 1881 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.582) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb 1881 George John Romanes …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 11 th . 1881 My dear Romanes I must write a few lines …
- … 1880 ) appeared in Nature , 10 February 1881, pp. 335–6. CD evidently thought that the …
To T. R. R. Stebbing 11 February 1881
Summary
Thanks him for his letter in Nature [23 (1880–1): 336, concerning Samuel Butler’s Unconscious Memory]. Explains how revision in Krause’s part [of Erasmus Darwin] and the subsequent misunderstanding came about.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.583) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13050 |
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- … To T. R. R. Stebbing 11 February 1881 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.583) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb 1881 Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 11 th 1881 My dear Sir You must allow me to thank you …
- … later editions ( Nature , 10 February 1881, p. 336). See also n. 4, below. Butler claimed …
- … see letter to Ernst Krause, 7 February 1881 ). When writing Erasmus Darwin in 1879, CD had …
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Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
Summary
In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, …
- … was another source of pleasure in the early months of 1881. This book had been a major undertaking …
- … making 2000’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January 1881 ). Unlike Darwin’s other books, …
- … case is to me’ (letters to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] and 19 February [1881] ). On 7 …
- … individual experience ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 7 March 1881 ). The difficulty with earthworms …
- … were trustworthy ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 March [1881] ). Although results from earlier …
- … ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described his work on …
- … annuals ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 March [1881] ). Darwin thought flowers of the semi- …
- … sulky in a day or two’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1881 ). The degree of Darwin’s distress …
- … period of the season’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 30 July 1881 ). Darwin gave in. ‘I am now uneasy …
- … teacher told him ( letter from C. E. Södling, 14 October 1881 ), while H. M. Wallis, who sent …
- … general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert on …
- … any criticism’ ( letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1881 ). He continued his friendly disagreement …
- … of the Fuegians’ ( letter to W. P. Snow, 22 November 1881 ). Darwin received news about the …
- … on the shoulder (l etter from B. J. Sulivan, 18 March 1881 ). Among numerous new …
- … ( letter from Francisco de Arruda Furtado, 29 July 1881 ). Likewise, among the many books …
- … excellent Journal’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 4 July [1881] ). In these ways, Darwin kept up with …
- … conscious of it’ ( letter to Alexander Agassiz, 5 May 1881 ). His scientific friends, however, did …
- … on all our minds’ ( letter to John Lubbock, [18 September 1881] ). When Hooker, anxious about his …
- … much out’ of his mind ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 June [1881] ). Feeling ‘awfully guilty’ for …
- … & many a good fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). …
- … on all physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 April 1881 ). A letter he had written to the …
- … & tear of controversy’ ( letter to G. R. Jesse, 23 April 1881 ). Later in the year, Darwin …
- … judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests were …
- … intelligent man’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 1 July [1881] ). Despite this, Darwin thanked ‘all …
- … ‘go to the wall’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 19 November [1881] ). Darwin was as solicitous about …
- … no pretensions’ (l etter from W. E. Darwin, 13 January [1881 ]), Darwin immediately prepared a …
- … have occurred to him’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 29 January 1881 ). While Francis was …
Volume 29 (1881) is published!
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In October 1881, Darwin published his last book, The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. A slim volume on a subject that many people could understand and on which they had their own opinions, it went…
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- … From the start of 1881, Darwin had his demise on his mind. He increasingly relied on his son …
- … now available. Read more about Darwin's life in 1881 in our Life in letters series …
- … received. Letter t o Francis Darwin, 9 November [1881] In October 1881, Darwin …
- … Letter to A. B. Buckley, 4 January 1881 In January, Darwin heard that …
- … do. Letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1881 The Darwins spent June in the …
- … Letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 August [1881] In early August, Darwin …
- … Letter to T. H. Farrer, 28 August 1881 Darwin’s elder brother, …
- … Letter t o B. J. Sulivan, 1 December 1881 …
Intellectual capacities: From Caroline Kennard, 26 December 1881
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We might assume that among female admirers of Darwin’s work, many would have been disappointed by his views on the comparative intellectual capacities of the sexes expressed in The Descent of Man (1872). This was certainly true of the American feminist…
Terms of engagement: To Julius Wiesner, 25 October 1881
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Thomas Huxley’s pugnacious public defence of evolution led to his nickname ‘Darwin’s bulldog’ and to a view of Darwin as an evader of controversy. Darwin firmly believed that controversy rarely did any good, but this did not mean that he avoided challenges…
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- … however, was tempered. Writing to Wiesner on 25 October 1881 , Darwin stated ‘I have no doubt …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … in Down, where his brother Erasmus had been interred in 1881. But some of his scientific friends …
- … vol. 29, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 ). Darwin had a long-running …
- … last book, Earthworms , had been published in October 1881. It proved to be very popular, with …
- … vol. 29, letter from J. F. Simpson, 8 November 1881 ). He remarked on the ‘far reaching …
- … Correspondence vol. 29, letter to Emily Talbot, 19 July 1881 ) was also published in the …
- … American, Caroline Kennard, had written on 26 December 1881 (see Correspondence vol. 29) to …
- … on the topic of science and art. He had sat for Collier in 1881 for a portrait commissioned by the …
- … letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley 1881, pp. 199–245). Huxley used …
- … discoverer of tidal evolution’ ( Nature , 24 November 1881, p. 81). Darwin boasted to Rich: …
- … the birth of his first child (Erasmus Darwin) on 7 December 1881. Finally, Darwin had a second …
- … by Lyell’s sister-in-law Katherine (see K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 445–6). A complete draft and …
Alexander Burns Usborne
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Alexander Burns Usborne was born in Kendal, Westmorland, in 1808, the son of Alexander and Margaret Usborne; his father died in 1818 and in his will was described as the purser on HMS Hannibal. His son joined the navy in 1825 aged 16 as a second-class…
1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean
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< Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was increasingly frail, and that, as he approached death, he had finally escaped from religious controversy to become a heroic figure, loved and venerated for his achievements…
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- … < Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was …
- … Society in 1858. Moreover, the Society was now, in May 1881, dominated by Darwinians. Its President …
- … work and any other subject that cropped up.’ On 7 August 1881 Darwin was able to report to Romanes …
- … of image John Collier date of creation 1881 computer-readable date …
- … archive, manuscript letter LL/8, Darwin to Romanes, 27 May 1881. Correspondence between Darwin and …
- … Letter from Darwin to his son George, 23 July 1881, telling him the picture was finished (DCP-LETT …
- … pp. 118–121, correspondence between Romanes and Darwin in 1881 (DCP-LETT-13173, 13229, 13282). …
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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- … from scientific debate. The matter spilled over into January 1881. With Henrietta’s aid, the advice …
- … bags ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [6, 13, or 20] March 1881 ). Romanes was at work on a lengthy …
- … memorial was eventually submitted to Gladstone in January 1881 and was successful. For a copy of the …
Casting about: Darwin on worms
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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
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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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- … and the fertilisation of figs by Hymenoptera, 9 January 1881 CD's instructions to …
4.41 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 2
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< Back to Introduction In October 1881, Darwin was included in Linley Sambourne’s series of ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits’ of celebrities as No. 54. While the caption recurs to the old theme of Darwin’s views on human ancestry, the drawing contains a more…
3.20 Elliott and Fry, c.1880-1, verandah
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< Back to Introduction In photographs of Darwin taken c.1880-1, the expression of energetic thought conveyed by photographs of earlier years gives way to the pathos of evident physical frailty. While Collier’s oil portrait of this time emphasises…
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- … and Letters of his father (1887), and there it was dated 1881. However, another photograph from …
- … by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG X5938) to 29 November 1881. However, Janet Browne points out …
- … of sadness at that time. In a letter to Hooker of 15 June 1881, echoed in another to B.J. Sulivan of …
- … of Elliott and Fry date of creation c.1880-1881 computer-readable date c …
- … and bibliography letters from Darwin to Hooker, 15 June 1881 (DCP-LETT-13207) and to B.J. Sulivan, …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … align="aligncenter" width="206"] Clémence Royer (1881)[/caption] …
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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3.21 Herbert Rose Barraud, photos
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< Back to Introduction The successful portrait photographer Herbert Rose Barraud, who had studios in London and Liverpool, photographed Darwin in the summer of 1881, in a group of four or so close-up head-and-shoulders portraits. This was probably at…
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4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death …
- … No. 54. Charles Robert Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S.’ of October 1881, it is an affectionate and whimsical …
- … date of creation November-December 1881 computer-readable date 1881-11-01 to 1881-12-5 …
- … Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , issued 6 December 1881 (unpaginated). Janet Browne, Charles Darwin: …
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…
Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … again, for I am sure that it is worth it.’ As late as 1881, less than a year before his death, …
