To D. W. Thompson [before February 1882]
Summary
Is glad to hear that Hermann Müller approves of D’AWT’s translation of his work [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)]; he hopes a publisher may be found for a work of such high value.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson |
| Date: | [before Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10748 |
From Anthony Rich 1 February 1882
Summary
Has observed earthworms drawing pine needles into their burrows.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13653 |
From T. G. Bonney to W. E. Darwin [before 2 February 1882]
Summary
Wishes to know veracity of a report of CD’s reactions on seeing certain slides of supposedly organic material from meteorites.
| Author: | Thomas George Bonney |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [before 2 Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 247 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13591 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From T. G. Bonney to W. E. Darwin [before 2 February 1882] …
- … DAR 160: 247 Thomas George Bonney BAAS [before 2 Feb 1882] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … the letter from W. E. Darwin, 2 February [1882] . Otto Hahn . The account, ‘Mr. Darwin on …
- … Now reaches life down! ’’’ See letter from T. G. Bonney, 5 February 1882 and n. 2. …
- … of Hahn’s story appeared in the March 1882 issue of Philosophical Magazine (5th ser. 13: …
From W. E. Darwin 2 February [1882]
Summary
Suggested T. G. Bonney contact CD to confirm story was apocryphal.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 108) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 2 February [1882] …
- … DAR 275: 108) William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 2 Feb [1882] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … he arrived in Jamaica at St Thomas on 15 February 1882 (letter from Emma Darwin to G. …
- … H. Darwin, [20 February 1882] (DAR 210.3: 40)). …
- … and the letter from T. G. Bonney, 5 February 1882 . Thomas George Bonney had asked William …
- … Bonney to W. E. Darwin, [before 2 February 1882] ). For CD’s reaction to Hahn’s work, see …
To Raphael Meldola 2 February 1882
Summary
Regrets he can add no more to his preface for Weismann’s Studies. Offers donation to aid with publishing expenses.
Thinks RM’s preface is excellent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Essex Naturalists Field Club, Meldola papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Raphael Meldola 2 February 1882 …
- … Field Club, Meldola papers) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Feb 1882 Raphael Meldola …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 2 d 1882 Dear M r . Meldola I am very sorry that I …
- … letter from Raphael Meldola, 31 January 1882 . In 1880, CD had written a short prefatory …
- … published in three parts between 1880 and 1882 ( Weismann 1880–2 ). CD’s copy of the work …
- … the letter to G. J. Romanes, 28 January 1882 . Meldola’s preface ( Weismann 1880–2 , pp. …
- … in metamorphic species. Part III (1882): The transformation of the Mexican axolotl into …
From Raphael Meldola 3 February 1882
Summary
Declines CD’s generous offer of assistance with publishing costs of Weismann’s Studies, but would welcome his help in getting elected to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13655 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Raphael Meldola 3 February 1882 …
- … DAR 171: 143 Raphael Meldola London, John St, 21 3 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in the Royal Society of London in February 1882; Meldola was elected in June 1886 (Royal …
- … in metamorphic species. Part III (1882): The transformation of the Mexican axolotl into …
- … See letter to Raphael Meldola, 2 February 1882 and nn. 1 and 4. CD offered to contribute …
From F. W. Surman 3 February [1882]
Summary
FWS is applying for a position and wants a character reference.
| Author: | Frederic William Surman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13656 |
To G. S. Astley [after 3 February 1882]
Summary
Testifies to F. W. Surman’s good character and honesty.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gertrude Susan Astley; Gertrude Susan Nicholson |
| Date: | [after 3 Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 123v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13657 |
To J. D. Cooper 4 February 1882
Summary
Discusses plate for use in article ["Action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll-bodies", Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239–61].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Davis Cooper |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.615); DAR 28.2: B1a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13658 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Cooper 4 February 1882 …
- … Mss.B.D25.615); DAR 28.2: B1a Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1882 James Davis Cooper …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Febr 4 th . 1882. My dear Sir Will you be so good as to make …
- … bodies. By Charles Darwin. [Read 6 March 1882. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 March 1882. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of …
- … read before the Linnean Society on 6 March 1882. The three figures appear in ibid. , p. …
To Emil Holub 4 February 1882
Summary
Thanks EH for book on ornithology of South Africa and for his essays [Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas von Aug. von Holub und E. Pelzeln (1882)].
Will be pleased to see him when he comes to England.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emil Holub |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Národní Muzeum, Prague |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13661 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Emil Holub 4 February 1882 …
- … Národní Muzeum, Prague Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1882 Emil Holub …
- … Südafrikas von Aug. von Holub und E. Pelzeln (1882)]. Will be pleased to see him when he …
- … See letter from Emil Holub, 28 January 1882 . Holub sent Beiträge zur Ornithologie …
- … of South Africa; Holub and Pelzeln 1882 ). He had already sent the second English edition …
- … years in South Africa ( Holub 1881b ; see letter to Emil Holub, 23 January 1882 ). See …
- … letter from Emil Holub, 28 January 1882 . …
- … Holub, Emil, and Pelzeln, August von. 1882. Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas. Mit …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb 4 th . 1882 Dear Sir I am much obliged for the gift of …
From A. T. Rice 4 February 1882
Summary
The editor of North American Review asks CD to write an article in support of systematic observations of mental development in infants.
| Author: | Charles Allen Thorndike (Allen) (Thorndike) Rice |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13660 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From A. T. Rice 4 February 1882 …
- … Allen) (Thorndike) Rice North Am. Rev. , New York 4 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from F. B. Sanborn, 12 January 1882 , nn. 2 and 3. Rice was the owner and editor of …
- … Papers on infant development ( Talbot ed. 1882 ); CD’s ‘Biographical sketch of an infant’ …
- … University Press. 1985–. Talbot, Emily, ed. 1882. Papers on infant development. Boston: …
- … American Review, | New York, N.Y. February 4 1882 Dear Sir: The subject of the gradual …
To Anthony Rich 4 February 1882
Summary
Exchanges news on health.
Thanks AR for his worm observations.
George Darwin’s work is attracting attention; he intends to try for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge. Adds other news of George and of CD’s sons Leonard and William.
CD has finished his microscopic work and has only to write up two papers for the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A44–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13659 |
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- … To Anthony Rich 4 February 1882 …
- … DAR 92: A44–7 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1882 Anthony Rich …
- … by Francis Darwin). London: John Murray. 1882. Earthworms : The formation of vegetable …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb. 4 th . 1882 My dear M r Rich It is always a pleasure …
- … See letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 . Rich had described his ailment as inducing …
- … such as Warburg’s tincture. See letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 and n. 4. …
- … In his letter of 1 February 1882 , Rich had described earth slippage on slopes near …
- … Willoughby Ritchie , from 21 to 23 January 1882 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Thomas …
- … Anne Huxley (see letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 and n. 8). The picture was one …
- … further details have been found (see letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 and n. 6). …
- … bodies. By Charles Darwin. [Read 6 March 1882. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 March 1882. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of …
- … London: Chapman and Hall. Earthworms (1882): The formation of vegetable mould through the …
- … sixth thousand, with corrections, was published in 1882; a seventh thousand, corrected by …
- … Francis Darwin , also appeared in 1882 ( …
- … Earthworms (1882) ). George Howard Darwin had been praised as the ‘discoverer of tidal …
- … 1881, Challis did not die until December 1882 ( ODNB ; see Correspondence vol. 29, letter …
- … the first Tuesday after 30 December, which in 1882 was 3 January; George was an additional …
- … University Reporter , 24 May 1881, p. 589; Cambridge University calendar 1882). George …
- … arrived in Jamaica on 15 February 1882 (letter from Emma Darwin to G. …
- … H. Darwin, [20 February 1882] (DAR 210.3: 40)). The Blue Mountains are the longest …
- … to observe the transit of Venus on 5 December 1882 from the station at Jimbour, on the …
- … was published in Nature , 21 December 1882, pp. 177–9. William Erasmus Darwin . …
- … of Science held their annual meeting for 1882 in Southampton, from 23 to 30 August. The …
To S. H. Vines 4 February 1882
Summary
CD will put together his notes on the action of carbonate of ammonia on roots in a few days. Asks SHV to send any information he may have, but not to answer if he has none. [See 13666.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sydney Howard Vines |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13661A |
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- … To S. H. Vines 4 February 1882 …
- … DAR 185: 80 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1882 Sydney Howard Vines …
- … of carbonate of ammonia on roots’ , was read at the Linnean Society on 16 March 1882. …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 March 1882. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb 4 th 1882 My dear M r . Vines In two or three days I …
From T. G. Bonney 5 February 1882
Summary
Thanks for writing. Had disbelieved the story. He has seen Dr Hahn’s slides and it is clear that Hahn cannot distinguish between mineral and organic structures.
| Author: | Thomas George Bonney |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 246, 248 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13663 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From T. G. Bonney 5 February 1882 …
- … DAR 160: 246, 248 Thomas George Bonney Hampstead 5 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … T. G. Bonney to W. E. Darwin, [before 2 February 1882] and n. 2, and the letter from W. …
- … E. Darwin, 2 February [1882] and n. 2. Otto Hahn had sent CD a copy of Die Meteorite ( …
- … 23 Denning Road, | Hampstead, N.W. Feb 5. 1882 My dear Sir I am greatly obliged to you for …
To Raphael Meldola 5 February 1882
Summary
Agrees to propose RM for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13662 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Raphael Meldola 5 February 1882 …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Feb 1882 Raphael Meldola …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Feb 5 1882 Dear M r . Meldola I have asked M r …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 February 1882 and n. 2. The copy of Earthworms was for …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 February 1882 and n. 4. The ‘Certificate of a candidate …
- … see letter to Raphael Meldola, 23 February 1882 ). Meldola’s application was resuspended ( …
From Joseph Hewett 6 February 1882
Summary
Can he improve his oat crop by growing home-grown and purchased cereals together?
| Author: | Joseph Hewett |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 195 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13667 |
From Henry Johnson 6 February 1882
Summary
Offers CD gift of slab with fossil annelid tracks.
Does CD know geologist who might give lecture in Dudley?
| Author: | Henry Johnson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 468 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13665 |
From Raphael Meldola 6 February 1882
Summary
Thanks for agreeing to propose him for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13664 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Raphael Meldola 6 February 1882 …
- … DAR 171: 144 Raphael Meldola London, John St, 21 6 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Raphael Meldola, 5 February 1882 and n. 1. The donation was a copy of …
- … the letter to Raphael Meldola, 5 February 1882 and n. 3. Meldola’s form was resuspended …
From S. H. Vines 6 February 1882
Summary
On aggregation of protoplasm in root cells.
Is preparing new edition of Sachs [Text-book of botany, morphological and physical, ed. S. H. Vines, 2d ed. (1882)].
| Author: | Sydney Howard Vines |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13666 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From S. H. Vines 6 February 1882 …
- … 180: 7 Sydney Howard Vines Christ’s College, Cambridge 6 Feb 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sachs [ Text-book of botany, morphological and physical , ed. S. H. Vines, 2d ed. (1882)]. …
- … See letter to S. H. Vines, 4 February 1882 and n. 1. Vines …
- … Sachs ’s Text-book of botany ( Sachs 1882 ) based on the last German edition ( Sachs …
- … Christs College— | Cambridge— Feb. 6. 1882— My dear D r . Darwin— I am sorry to say that …
From William Horsfall 7 February 1882
Summary
Asks about significance of trilobites for evolution.
Asks if any organism can be designated as animal in one stage and vegetable in another.
| Author: | William Horsfall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 359 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13669 |
| letter | (73) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (39) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Bonney, T. G. | (2) |
| Crick, W. D. | (2) |
| Dew-Smith, A. G. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (3) |
| Cooper, J. D. | (2) |
| Crick, W. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (70) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (5) |
| Crick, W. D. | (4) |
| Johnson, Henry (b) | (4) |
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
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 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
- … is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ). His condition worsened in March. …
- … styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
- … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
- … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
- … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
- … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
- … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
- … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
- … researches themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on …
- … about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author was in fact the clergyman …
- … down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph …
- … me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 …
- … best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle apparently ended in a …
- … edited by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the …
- … the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice looked to Darwin to provide …
- … case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard’s reply must be read in …
- … inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January 1882 ). Automata and vivisection …
- … Collier sent Darwin a copy of his Primer of art (Collier 1882), which seemed to follow Darwin’s …
- … a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry …
- … consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley 1881, pp. 199–245). …
- … be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also letter from T. L …
- … complete rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). Horace had settled in Cambridge with …
- … am now 73 years old’ ( letter to A. A. Reade, 13 February 1882 ). Over the month of February, …
- … ‘I have been for some time unwell’ (Darwin pocket diary, 1882, Down House MS). On a visit to Down in …
- … Pepsin mixture’ (letters to W. W. Baxter, 11 March 1882 and 18 March [1882 ]). Detailed …
The full edition is now online!
Summary
For nearly fifty years successive teams of researchers on both sides of the Atlantic have been working to track down all surviving letters written by or to Charles Darwin, research their content, and publish the complete texts. The thirtieth and final…
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- … all the letter texts – more than 15000 between 1822 and 1882 – are now published online. Like …
- … months of Darwin's life in our Life and Letters series, 1882: Nothing too great or too small …
- … run. ’ Letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 In early 1882, Darwin, who …
- … as I am. ’ Letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 Darwin was by now confident …
- … no pain. ’ Letter to T. H. Huxley, 27 March 1882 Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … Letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [20 April 1882] Emma Darwin wrote the news of …
- … on 20 April: this letter concludes the correspondence for 1882. The family had expected Darwin to be …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … voyage, to a letter to C. A. Kennard written on 9 January 1882 , only shortly before Darwin’s …
Correspondence with women
Summary
We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the letter summaries available on this website, the letters can be assigned to rough categories. Included in the count are letters to women in Darwin’s family…
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- … case greatly suffer. (Darwin to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ) Kennard responded (C. …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 Letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
Summary
< 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…
4.52 'Wasp' caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction Less than a fortnight after Darwin’s death, an irreverent portrayal of him appeared on the cover of a Californian satirical magazine. The Wasp, based in San Francisco, resembled the better-known New York magazine Puck in its…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
Summary
< 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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- … the same block was re-used as the frontispiece to the June 1882 issue, which had two obituary …
- … Police News, accompanying a notice of Darwin’s death in 1882. A vignette version of the most …
- … signed by A. Gusman in Le Magasin Pittoresque, c. 1882 (Bridgeman Images), and a painting by …
- … of the Emotions , pp. 434-49, and in vol. 21 (June 1882), as frontispiece, accompanying two …
- … article in a supplement to the same journal (22 April 1882) (DAR 215.22c). It was copied in a …
- … Photographic Studios of Europe (London: Piper and Carter, 1882), pp. 42-5, ‘Messrs Elliott & …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
Summary
Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … your private use.” (Letter to Kennard, C.A., 9 Jan 1882 ) In this personal exchange, she finds …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
Summary
< 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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4.37 'Mosquito' satire
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< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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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- … plants", Collected papers 2: 236–56], 22 February 1882 …
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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- … width="203"] Caricature of John Lubbock (1882)[/caption] …
4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction In March 1882, a month before Darwin’s death, an admiring image of him appeared in the American comic journal Puck. It was in a cartoon drawn by Joseph Keppler, Puck’s co-publisher, co-editor and chief cartoonist, titled Reason…
1.7 Ouless replica
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< Back to Introduction Following Darwin’s death in 1882, Walter William Ouless painted a replica of the portrait that had been commissioned from him by the Darwin family in 1875. This replica is signed and dated at lower left ‘W. W. Ouless 1883…
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- … to Introduction Following Darwin’s death in 1882, Walter William Ouless painted a replica …
1.20 Leopold Flameng etching, after Collier
Summary
< Back to Introduction Almost as soon as Collier’s portrait of Darwin was put on display at the Linnean Society in 1882, requests for permission to reproduce it flooded in, from book and print publishers. Collier himself often felt, with some…
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- … of Darwin was put on display at the Linnean Society in 1882, requests for permission to …
4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2
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< Back to Introduction In Reason Against Unreason, a cartoon published shortly before Darwin’s death, the American humorous magazine Puck had celebrated him as the embodiment of ‘Reason’. Now, a month after his death, an imaginative drawing in the…
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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- … about to be hung in the rooms of the society’ in April 1882, when his death was announced, and …
- … By the time it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1882, Darwin was already dead. Speaking at …
- … 27 May 1881. Correspondence between Darwin and Collier in 1882, DCP-LETT-13689 and DCP-LETT-13701. …
- … ‘The Royal Academy Banquet’, Times (1 May 1882), p. 7. ‘Fine arts and music. Royal Academy – …
Earthworms
Summary
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…
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
