To John Hutton Balfour 15 September [1864]
Summary
Inquires which nurserymen near Edinburgh cultivate coloured primroses and cowslips. Wants to repeat John Scott’s remarkable experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Hutton Balfour |
| Date: | 15 Sept [1864] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4613 |
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- … Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Sept [1864] …
- … Inquires which nurserymen near Edinburgh cultivate coloured primroses and cowslips. Wants …
- … namely to tell me what nurseryman near Edinburgh, I had better apply to for coloured …
- … the Primulaceae at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, where he worked as foreman of the …
From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
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- … DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant , 19 December 1863, p. …
- … 8. John Scott Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 7 Jan [1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … paper on monoecious spikes of maize [ Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20]. …
- … Botanic Gardens [Edinburgh] 7 th . Jan y . Sir. I have at last finished—and sent off by …
- … of Zea Mays ’ to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 December 1863 ( Scott 1863b ). …
- … not been found; however, the notice from the Edinburgh Evening Courant , 19 December 1863, …
- … As regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, John Hutton Balfour was Scott’s …
- … to CD that the reception of his papers in Edinburgh was not entirely favourable: ‘here of …
From John Scott 10 March 1864
Summary
Has left his position at Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4423 |
From John Scott 12 [February 1864]
Summary
Regrets sending his MS missing two pages.
Has proofs of his paper on the monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
J. H. Balfour objected to notion of maize descent from a hermaphrodite.
Reading of JS’s paper on Selaginella hybrid [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 192–9] deferred until March. Believes it is first example of experimentally produced hybridity in higher cryptogams.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Feb 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4386 |
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- … DAR 177: 100 John Scott Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 12 [Feb 1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … paper on the monoecious spikes of maize [ Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213– …
- … of JS’s paper on Selaginella hybrid [ Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 192–9] …
- … Edinburgh | Botanic Gardens Jan y . 12 th . Sir. I duly received your notes of the 6 …
- … read at a meeting of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 March 1864. After ‘numerous …
From John Scott 8 June 1864
Summary
Discusses cost of trip to India and CD’s offer to advance sum. Thanks Hooker for assistance. Would prize a scientific testimonial from CD.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4524 |
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- … Pa. : Taylor & Francis. Post Office Edinburgh directory : Post-Office annual directory and …
- … superiors at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from …
- … calendar . Post-Office Edinburgh and Leith directory. …
- … Edinburgh: Ballantyne & Hughes [and others]. 1845–1908. …
- … is to the nursery firm Peter Lawson and Son, 1 George IV bridge, Edinburgh ( Post …
- … Office Edinburgh directory 1863–4, R. Desmond 1994 ). The letter to Scott has not been …
- … by your kindly forwarding it to me go in to Edinburgh. I could there get M r . M c .Nab or …
- … his position at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, CD had offered financial assistance, …
To David J. Brown 18 April 1864
Summary
Discusses DJB’s MS concerning the origin of species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David James Brown |
| Date: | 18 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.299) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4464 |
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- … Brown’s occupation was given as baker in the List of the Edinburgh Geological Society . …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. List of the Edinburgh Geological Society : List of …
- … the members of the Edinburgh Geological Society. (Corrected to 14th …
- … May 1874. ) Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society 2 (1874) pt. 3, Appendix, pp. …
From John Scott 14 April [1864]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s consoling letter. His mind cannot concentrate after losing his position, and he feels "an inward dread of life’s future". Would have been glad to work for CD. Understands why Hooker cannot recommend him.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4463 |
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- … John Scott, 9 April 1864 . David Page was an Edinburgh geologist and educator who wrote a …
- … 1854. Introductory text-book of geology. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & sons. Page, …
- … text-book of geology, descriptive and industrial. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood and sons. …
- … into Kew, but I did not care about leaving Edinburgh at the time. I do not now regret it …
- … department at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (see letters from John Scott , 10 March …
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Summary
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
From John Scott 28 May [1864]
Summary
Discusses the negative testimonial provided him by James McNab.
Sends testimonial from J. H. Balfour.
Would be glad if offered the sort of colonial opportunity Hooker suggests.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 107; Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4513 |
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- … superiors at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, John Hutton Balfour and James McNab . …
- … vice-presidents of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ( Medical directory 1863), and had …
- … with the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh for some years, and I have much pleasure in …
- … results of which were published in the “Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal” and in the …
- … Transactions of the Botanical Society [of Edinburgh] 14 (1883): 160, and J. W. Kennedy …
- … department at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from 1859 to 1864 ( Freeman 1978 ). For …
To J. D. Hooker 19 [April 1864]
Summary
Another plea to take Scott on at Kew. Emma begs CD not to employ him at Down.
Has just received a long article on the Origin from D. J. Brown, an Edinburgh baker [see 4464].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 19 [Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 230 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4468 |
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
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- … Scott had evidently already sent to the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , a note on …
- … curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, where Scott had been foreman of the …
- … keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (J. W. Kennedy 1908, R. Desmond 1994 ). …
- … all the plants belonging the Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. First on two plants of the O. …
- … to look to. — I left the Bot. Gard. Edinburgh completely chagrined with my masters …
- … his position at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (see letter from John Scott, 10 March …
To John Scott 9 April 1864
Summary
Regrets that JS has left the [Edinburgh] Botanic Garden and that [J. D.] Hooker is not in a position to secure a foreign appointment for him. Offers financial assistance on the grounds of science.
Has sent JS a copy of the Reader.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 9 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4458F |
To J. H. Balfour 21 October [1864]
Summary
Thanks Balfour for Corydalis seed
and sends a photo of himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Hutton Balfour |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5251 |
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- … Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct [1864] …
From John Struthers 31 December 1864
Summary
Sends CD part two of his anatomical papers [Anatomical and physiological observations (1863) [part 1 (1854)]]; thinks CD may be interested in the paper dealing with variation in numbers of digits in man. Draws CD’s attention to another variation: the occurrence of a supra-condyloid process in the human arm.
| Author: | John Struthers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 267 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4725 |
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- … as surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, to take up a position as professor of …
- … appeared in the July 1863 issue of the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , pp. 83–111. …
- … physiological observations. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox. Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & …
- … duties connected with my removing from Edinburgh to Aberdeen have caused delay. If at any …
From J. D. Hooker [4 April 1864]
Summary
JDH has written to J. H. Balfour for a character reference for John Scott.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4448 |
From J. H. Balfour 22 September 1864
Summary
Does not know an Edinburgh nurseryman who can supply the cowslips and primroses CD wants; will try to get them from the Botanic Garden.
Hears from Hooker that CD is also examining Lythrum.
| Author: | John Hutton Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4620 |
To J. D. Hooker 5 April [1864]
Summary
Sees difficulty of placing Scott at Kew. Suspects Balfour is prejudiced because Scott is a Darwinian.
CD’s former letter on Clematis [4403] blundered; work now being revised.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 5 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 227a–c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4450 |
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- … department at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. CD …
- … that Scott read to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 March 1864 ( Scott 1864c ; see …
- … paper read to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ( Scott 1863a ); in his letter to CD of [ …
- … 11), Scott mentioned the unpopularity in Edinburgh of CD’s views. John Hutton Balfour’s …
From John Scott 5 May [1864]
Summary
Encloses MS of his paper ["On individual sterility of Oncidium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 162–7].
His next will be on Passiflora, Disemma, and Tacsonia [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 197–206].
When he receives proofs of his Primula paper he will add CD’s case about equal-styled cowslip.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4485 |
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
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- … department at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (see letter from John Scott, 10 March …
- … Scott 1864c ) to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 March 1864. See Scott 1864c , …
- … of orchids’ and Orchids 2d ed. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal was published from …
- … Transactions of the Botanical Society [of Edinburgh]. See n. 7, above. CD communicated …
To J. D. Hooker 26[–7] March [1864]
Summary
John Scott has left Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
Asks JDH to ask Tyndall whether Frankland exaggerates the effect of snowfall on advance of European glaciers.
Huxley and Falconer squabble too much in public.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 26[–7] Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 225 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4436 |
| letter | (50) |
| Scott, John | (15) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Balfour, J. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Balfour, J. H. | (2) |
| Scott, John | (2) |
| Brown, D. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (50) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (19) |
| Scott, John | (17) |
| Balfour, J. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Edinburgh University
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh
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- … and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh …
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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- … and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert …
- … medicine more congenial. In October 1826 Charles returned to Edinburgh for a second year, this time …
- … on two occasions the operating theatre in the hospital at Edinburgh, and saw two very bad operations …
- … bought it later for himself. Or perhaps, having returned to Edinburgh in the autumn of 1826, he made …
- … and then added all the books he had read since starting at Edinburgh in 1825. Some of the …
- … in 1812; William Henry, after some medical training in Edinburgh, returned to Manchester to work in …
- … scientific interests, and also show the close connections of Edinburgh’s intellectual community. A …
- … was produced by Robert Jameson, who started the Edinburgh philosophical journal in 1819 …
- … to meetings of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh. Hugh Blair, although not a …
- … text Books that I have read thro since my return to Edinburgh.— Franklins Journal to …
- … Library–Down. 7 CD probably refers to the Edinburgh journal of science (1824–32), …
- … History Society . Vols 1–8i (1808–39). 13 Edinburgh new philosophical journal vols. 1 …
- … . 4th edition. 3 vols. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell; Edinburgh: W. Creech. Bostock, John. …
- … with geological illustrations . By Georges Cuvier. 5th ed. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. London: T. …
- … and description of the northern whale-fishery . 2 vols. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … reading. Read Loudon’s Arboretum [Loudon 1838] in Edinburgh Review July 1839 [Anon. 1839a]— …
- … Zoological Journal ] a second time Edinburg New [ Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal ] …
- … the Wernerian Natural History Society ]— read Edinburgh. Royal [ Transactions of the …
- … Schlegel Essay on serpent (1844). 6 s . 6 d . Edinburgh [Schlegel 1843]. Geograph. Distrib & …
- … 1845] order at L. Library. read Botanical Soc. of Edinburgh Transactions [ Transactions of …
- … Natural History Society ] Ed. New Phil Jour [ Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal ] …
- … Dobrizhoffer’s Abipones [Dobrizhoffer 1822] Edinburgh New Philosoph. Journ. [ Edinburgh New …
- … of Edinburg Phil. Journal. & L’Institut for 1839 [ Edinburgh Philosophical Journal and L& …
- … Nat. 116 [ Annales des Sciences Naturelles ] Edinburgh New Philosoph [ Edinburgh New …
- … series on the natural history of animals published in Edinburgh from 1834 to 1843. Only those titles …
- … 82 CD refers to a translation published in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal in which …
- … The military life of John Duke of Marlborough . Edinburgh and London. [Other eds.] *119: 15 …
- … the evidence given before the Committee of Fisheries . Edinburgh. 119: 14a ——. 1799 …
- … Anon. 1839a. Loudon’s British trees and shrubs . Edinburgh Review 69: 384–405. *119: 8v …
- … 1840. Review of S. G. Morton, Crania Americana . Edinburgh New Philosophical Review 29: 111 …
- … and its moral influence on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. …
- … delineations of American scenery and manners . 5 vols. Edinburgh. [Darwin Library. Abstract in …
- … 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . Edinburgh and London. 119: 16a …
- … in the life of an Italian [i.e., Giovanni Ruffini] . Edinburgh and London. [Other eds.] 128: 9 …
- … of the author’s life by his brother (Alexander Bethune) . Edinburgh. [Other eds.] 119: 21b …
- … Boutcher, William. 1775. A treatise on forest trees . Edinburgh. 119: 7a, 13a …
- … years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773. 5 vols. Edinburgh and London. 119: 9a …
- … [——]. 1849. The Caxtons. A family picture . 3 vols. Edinburgh and London. 128: 25 …
- … Life and correspondence of David Hume . 2 vols. Edinburgh. *119: 23; 119: 17b, 22b — …
- … and communities (The emigrant’s manual). Edinburgh. 128: 3 Bushnan, John Stevenson. …
- … ——. 1821. Elements of the philosophy of plants . Edinburgh. *119: 1v. ——. 1832. …
James Crichton-Browne
Summary
James Crichton-Browne became one of the most distinguished psychiatrists of the late nineteenth-century, but the letters he exchanged with Charles Darwin as the young and overworked superintendent of the largest mental asylum in England, are almost the…
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- … heads the diploma conferring honorary membership of the Edinburgh Royal Medical Society on …
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
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Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Eck, F. A. (1) Edinburgh Royal Medical Society (1) …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
Summary
Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … marine invertebrates carried out during his student days in Edinburgh and later on board the …
- … invertebrate zoology stemmed from his years as a student in Edinburgh and, in particular, his …
- … tidal pools, which I dissected as well as I could.’ In his Edinburgh notebook kept during this …
- … background and, in particular, his earlier researches in Edinburgh on the ova of invertebrates, …
- … into contact with these ideas through his association in Edinburgh with Grant (A. Desmond 1984; …
4.9 'Graphic', cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction A cartoon which appeared in the Graphic in 1871 was unusual, in that it pictured a serious scientific challenge to Darwin’s theories. Sir William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, a leading physicist based at the University of…
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- … to the Association’s annual meeting, taking place in Edinburgh, to launch an attack on Darwinism. As …
- … of visual jokes about the ‘Humours of Science’ at the Edinburgh meeting. Darwin, with his …
- … references and bibliography ‘The British Association at Edinburgh – Humours of Science’, The …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science; held at Edinburgh in August 1871 (London: John …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … of which came from Richard Owen in the April issue of the Edinburgh Review . Indeed, after …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … George Eliot was the pen name of the celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
Early Days
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment The young Charles Darwin From an early age, Darwin exhibited a keen interest in the natural world. His boyish fascination with naturalist pursuits deepened as he entered college and started to interact with…
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- … his professors. Under the mentorship of Robert Grant at Edinburgh, Darwin undertook original …
- … Darwin describes the lodgings he and Erasmus have found in Edinburgh, and their first impressions of …
- … lectures and lecturers, often ridiculing them. Isolated in Edinburgh he asks that his sisters write …
All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin
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To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…
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- … a highly critical review appeared anonymously in the Edinburgh Review in April. Darwin asked one …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … constructed from the latest authorities. London and Edinburgh, 1823. (Contemporary annotations …
- … Joachim. Elements of the philosophy of plants . Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.2: 162v.). …
- … before noticed . By Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. Edinburgh, 1827–35. (DAR 33: 255v.; number …
- … Britannica. 20 vols., 1 vol. Supplement. 6th ed. Edinburgh, 1823. (DAR 30.2: 198v.; 33: 254). …
- … Fleming, John. The philosophy of zoology . . . 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1822. (Letter from Susan …
- … Peru and Mexico for the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1824. (DAR 37.1: 662). …
- … Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. Edinburgh and London, 1802. (DAR 34.1: 92v.). …
- … it highly useful to the arts and sciences . . . 2d ed. Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 30). Darwin …
- … Dalyell, Thomas. Observations on the Planariae. Edinburgh, 1814. ( Voyage , p. 89). Fox …
- … Basil Hall, . . . Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 7 (1815): 269–78. (DAR 38.2: …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … was elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The year was marked by …
- … 1862, when Scott was working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, that he should repeat Karl …
- … of Argyll, had delivered an address to the Royal Society of Edinburgh criticising Origin . Like …
- … December elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. ‘Here is a really curious …
- … who had worked under Balfour at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, was compounded by Scott’s …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … first heard about Fanny when he was an undergraduate at Edinburgh. She soon became one of the main …
- … both recently back from France, Catherine wrote to Darwin in Edinburgh. ‘I never saw such merry, …
- … his father’s decision that he give up studying medicine at Edinburgh and instead go to Cambridge …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Asa Gray. Darwin is annoyed at Owen’s malignity [ Edinburgh Rev. 111 (1860): 487–532]. …
