To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Summary
About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
To G. H. Darwin 20 January [1881]
Summary
[Ernst Krause’s] letter to Nature ["Unconscious memory – Mr Samuel Butler", 23 (1881): 288] has been dispatched.
Gladstone has dated Wallace’s pension from last July, "which is splendid".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13019 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 20 January [1881] …
- … DAR 210.1: 102 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Jan [1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … Unconscious memory – Mr Samuel Butler", 23 (1881): 288] has been dispatched. Gladstone has …
- … the letter from A. R. Wallace, 29 January 1881 ; no earlier letter informing CD of the …
- … On George’s trip to Madeira, see the letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] and n. 5. …
- … letter from W. E. Gladstone, 6 January 1881 ); these were officially granted by the Crown, …
To G. H. Darwin 27–8 February [1881]
Summary
Describes lecture at Royal Institution by J. S. Burdon Sanderson on movement of plants and animals; JSBS’s preliminary part was so long that he never got to the plants.
Comments on the triumph of the ladies in the voting at Cambridge.
Mentions F. Galton’s visit to Down, a call on the Huxleys, and a visit with the Duke of Argyll.
Tells a story about the absent-mindedness of Burdon Sanderson.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 27–8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13068 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 27–8 February [1881] …
- … 103 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 27–8 Feb [1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … syphilis), departed for South Africa in late January 1881 ( Jordan 2010 , pp. 27 and 29). …
- … in London from 24 February to 3 March 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma Darwin had …
- … unwell in her letter to him of 16 February 1881 (DAR 210.3: 4). George’s letter has not …
- … been found. In her letter of 8 February 1881, Emma had reminded George to observe …
- … him ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 19 February [1881] ; letter from Elizabeth Darwin to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 20 February [1881] (DAR 251: 1413)). William Cecil Marshall had designed the …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 7 January 1881 ). Huxley’s wife was Henrietta Anne Huxley . …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] and n. 5). Charles and Mary Elizabeth Lyell …
- … 18 February [1854] . On 25 February 1881, John Scott Burdon Sanderson gave a lecture …
- … see letter to G. D. Campbell, [7 January 1881] ). Campbell’s notes inviting CD to visit …
- … letter has not been found. On 24 February 1881, there was a Senate vote at the University …
- … Henrietta Emma Litchfield on 19 February 1881 (CUL Add.9368.1: 5977). Francis Darwin and …
- … Galton visited Down on 19 and 20 February 1881; Louisa Jane Galton was bilious and unable …
To G. H. Darwin 8 June [1881]
Summary
Discusses a letter [not found] from R. S. Ball that has quite delighted him.
Describes events at Patterdale.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13197 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 8 June [1881] …
- … DAR 210.1: 104 Charles Robert Darwin Patterdale 8 June [1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … Bibliography Ball, Robert Stawell. 1881. A glimpse through the corridors …
- … of time. Nature , 24 November 1881, pp. …
- … 79–84, 1 December 1881, pp. 103–7. Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through …
- … of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. …
- … year is established by the address. In 1881, the Darwins visited Patterdale in the Lake …
- … the ‘discoverer of tidal evolution’ ( Ball 1881 , p. 81). Ball praised George in a lecture …
- … Engineers ( OED ). George arrived on 15 June 1881 and William Erasmus Darwin came on 18 …
- … See letter from J. H. Gilbert, 5 June 1881 and n. 1. Gilbert and John Bennet Lawes had …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, [ 9 June 1881] and n. 6). William Ralston Shedden-Ralston . …
To G. H. Darwin 23 July 1881
Summary
GHD’s abstract from Nature [24 (1881): 231] has been published in Kosmos.
John Collier has finished his portrait of CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 23 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13252 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 23 July 1881 …
- … a portrait of CD for the Linnean Society ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 25 May [1881] ). …
- … DAR 210.1: 105 Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 July 1881 George Howard Darwin …
- … GHD’s abstract from Nature [24 (1881): 231] has been published in Kosmos . John Collier …
- … Down. ] July 23 rd 1881 In Kosmos just published (p 223) your abstract in Nature has been …
- … system’ ( G. H. Darwin 1881a ) was published in Nature , 24 February 1881, pp. 389–90. …
- … of the abstract was published in Kosmos 9 (1881): 220–3. Ernst Krause ’s note on p. 223 …
- … of the solar system. [Read 20 January 1881. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
To G. H. Darwin 24 August [1881]
Summary
The General Post Office sent one penny in response to GHD’s complaint, and demanded a receipt, which CD has sent. CD will keep the penny.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13295 |
To G. H. Darwin [28 August 1881]
Summary
Suggests that GHD employ W. M. Hacon as solicitor for selling E. A. Darwin’s house, rather than Mr Salt’s agents; he remembers that firm as full of odious people.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Aug 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13300 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin [28 August 1881] …
- … DAR 210.1: 107 Charles Robert Darwin Down [28 Aug 1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … in the firm Salt & Sons , died on 22 May 1881 at Shrewsbury ( England & Wales, national …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, [29 August 1881] . …
- … In 1881, the Sunday before 29 August was 28 August. George Moultrie Salt was partner in …
- … Erasmus Alvey Darwin , who died on 26 August 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). William …
To G. H. Darwin 30 August [1881]
Summary
CD is sorry he bothered GHD about the solicitor, but he boils with indignation to this day when he remembers how rudely he was treated by Mr Salt’s firm in London [40 years earlier].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13305 |
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To G. H. Darwin 8 September [1881]
Summary
Has been visiting Anthony Rich, who persists in his intention to leave his property to CD despite the large fortune left by Erasmus. It is now all the more necessary for CD to arrange his own will.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1.: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13322 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 8 September [1881] …
- … DAR 210.1. : 109 Charles Robert Darwin Worthing 8 Sept [1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … Rich (see n. 2, below). See letter from G. H. Darwin, [7 September 1881] . CD visited …
- … Rich in Worthing from 8 to 10 September 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). George had …
- … outlive him, but was in her mid-seventies in 1881; William Erasmus Darwin served as Rich’s …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, [7 September 1881] , in which George had stated that Erasmus …
- … the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at York (1881), pp. 93–126, …
- … mentioned in The Times , 7 September 1881, p. 10. Erasmus Alvey Darwin had bequeathed half …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). In December 1878, Rich had declared his …
To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
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- … To the Darwin children 16 September 1881 …
- … 210.6: 183 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Sept 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin Francis …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Sept. 16. 1881. — (Circular for my children. ) It seems to me …
- … Erasmus Alvey Darwin , who died on 26 August 1881, had bequeathed half his personal estate …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). Six Queen Anne Street was Erasmus’s London …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, [7 September 1881] ). CD had previously divided his overplus so …
To G. H. Darwin 6 [October 1881]
Summary
Is obliged to GHD for arranging everything.
Sorry about the proof-sheets.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 6 [Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13319 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 6 [October 1881] …
- … DAR 210.1: 110 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 [Oct 1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … at Down ( letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [11 October 1881] (DAR 210.3: 25)). …
- … see letter to G. H. Darwin, [28 August 1881] and n. 2). George’s note to Paterson has not …
- … for the Advancement of Science, held at York (1881): 93–126 (see letters from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 and [ …
- … 7 September 1881] ). CD had begun to …
- … protoplasm in plant tissues in August 1881. At this time, he was focusing on chlorophyll, …
- … fly trap), dated between 8 and 12 October 1881, are in DAR 52: F73–83. William Erasmus …
From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin [14 October 1881]
Summary
Arrangements for the disposal of the contents of Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house at 6 Queen Anne Street, London.
The text on EAD’s gravestone.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [14 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.3: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13400F |
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- … From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin [14 October 1881] …
- … DAR 210.3: 24 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [14 Oct 1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … has been found, but see the letter from G. H. Darwin, 15 October 1881 . The Darwins …
- … visited Cambridge from 20 to 27 October 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The Irish …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 15 October 1881 . The Friday before 15 October was 14 October. …
- … Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 2 October [1881] (DAR 219.9: 273)). F. : father, i.e. CD. …
- … Taylors removing Furniture’ on 18 November 1881; the firm has not been further identified. …
To G. H. Darwin [before 25 October 1881]
Summary
Will GHD ask Lord R[ayleigh] whether "gas-men in testing light, exclude the diffused light".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [before 25 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12961 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin [before 25 October 1881] …
- … DAR 210.1: 115 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 25 Oct 1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … Bibliography Wiesner, Julius. 1881. Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen. Eine kritische …
- … the letter to Julius Wiesner, 25 October 1881 . John William Strutt was the third Baron …
- … the plant from the source (see Wiesner 1881 , p. 78); George suggested that the presence …
- … might account for Wiesner’s results (see letter to Julius Wiesner, 25 October 1881) . …
To G. H. Darwin 19 November [1881]
Summary
Tremendously interested by GHD’s news [about the Plumian Professorship at Cambridge]. Suggests he get William Thomson to write to the electors.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Nov [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1.: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13489 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 19 November [1881] …
- … DAR 210.1. : 111 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Nov [1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … See letter from G. H. Darwin, 17 November 1881 and n. 1. George was one of the executors …
- … the letter from G. H. Darwin, 17 November 1881. George was going to Glasgow to see William …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 17 November 1881 ). Neither William Hepworth Thompson or Charles …
To G. H. Darwin 25 November [1881]
Summary
Last issue of Nature has made him "awfully proud". [See R. S. Ball, "A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13511 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 25 November [1881] …
- … DAR 210.1: 112 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Nov [1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … See R. S. Ball, "A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82. ] …
- … Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge’ ( Nature , 24 November 1881, p. 81). See also letter …
- … to G. H. Darwin, 8 June [1881]. …
- … had been at Down from 11 to 13 November 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and letter …
- … Darwin to George Howard Darwin, [16 November 1881] (DAR 210.3: 31)). The issue of Nature …
To the Darwin children 20 December 1881
Summary
Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13570 |
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- … To the Darwin children 20 December 1881 …
- … tom. 1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Dec 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin Francis …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 17 December 1881 and n. 1. The first four parts (comprising …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. December 20 th 1881 To my Executors & other children. I have …
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| Darwin, Leonard | (3) |
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| Darwin, Elizabeth | (3) |
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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!
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
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…
Matches: 11 hits
- … 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
Summary
< 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, …
