From A. G. Dew-Smith 17 January 1875
Summary
Sends a letter from Anton Dohrn, which, if CD approves, will be printed with a list of all donors to the Naples Zoological Station. AGD-S has just returned from a visit to the Station and gives an account of its status. German government has made a grant.
| Author: | Albert George Dew-Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9822 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … not been found, but see the letter from Michael Foster, 30 January 1875 . The original …
- … organised in Britain by Michael Foster . For one of the letters circulated in 1874, see …
- … Michael Foster, 17 June [1874] . Dohrn raised money for the Zoological Station by letting tables, or research space (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter …
From Michael Foster 20 September 1871
Summary
Offers his services for the future.
Working hard at establishing physiology at Cambridge.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 164 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7957 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … CD’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to Michael Foster, 29 [June 1871] . …
- … Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n. 4. Foster was praelector in physiology at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1870. He established practical courses in biology and physiology, and became the first university professor of physiology in 1883 ( ODNB ). See letter …
From Michael Foster 25 June 1871
Summary
Regrets he cannot get to Queen Anne Street, but intends to come to Down.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7831 |
From Michael Foster 30 January 1875
Summary
Account of the fund to help Anton Dohrn’s zoological station at Naples.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 215/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9835F |
From Michael Foster [26 June 1871]
Summary
Has arranged to send CD a bottle of urari [curare]. Describes its effect with strychnine.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 141–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7834 |
From Michael Foster [before 9 May 1874]
Summary
Encloses a report on state of appeal for Naples Zoological Station.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 9 May 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 167 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9448 |
Matches: 2 hits
From Michael Foster 4 June [1871]
Summary
Sends answers to CD’s queries on expression.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 162, DAR 195.1: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7800 |
From Anton Dohrn 7 February 1875
Summary
Thanks to CD’s help Zoological Station has passed a crisis and is now flourishing.
Is writing pamphlet on "the origin of vertebrates and the principle of succession of functions" [see 9991 and 10003]. It is likely CD will not be pleased with it, but he thinks he must now, after seven years, bring it out. Seeks to open the way for a new series of theoretical questions.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 215 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9845 |
From Charles Lyell 24 April 1874
Summary
Will subscribe £25 towards F. A. Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Lyell correspondence Mss.B.L981) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9426F |
From G. H. Darwin 18 October 1874
Summary
Has been invited to lecture at the Royal Institution by Spottiswoode. Discusses subjects he might deal with and his reasons for attempting it.
Tells of a complicated case of a double sale of a living.
Huxley says F. M. Balfour passed brilliantly.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9683 |
From John Tyndall 21 April 1873
Summary
[Sir Joseph?] Whitworth’s contribution brings total to over £2000. Wishes CD could be persuaded to come to lunch with Huxley and Emerson.
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: C15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8870 |
From J. D. Hooker [18 April 1876]
Summary
JDH has heard from Asa Gray, who approves of the botany primer [Botany (1876)].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Apr 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 49–50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10282 |
From Herbert Spencer 26 April 1873
Summary
Wants to use CD’s support to put pressure on Michael Foster to enable Huxley to take an immediate holiday.
| Author: | Herbert Spencer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 232 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8883 |
From Francis Darwin [1 September 1875 or later]
Summary
Proofs have come. It will be jolly coming down to Southampton.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Sept 1875 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10153F |
From T. H. Huxley 31 March 1874
Summary
His note on brain [in man and apes for 2d ed. of Descent] nearly finished.
Has heard nothing about Dohrn.
THH has been invited to lecture in America.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9380 |
From F. M. Balfour [14 December 1876]
Summary
Michael Foster approves of names FMB suggested CD apply to [in proposing FMB to the Royal Society] and adds George Allman, Foster, W. H. Flower, and P. M. Duncan, the only biologists on the Council.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 Dec 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10713 |
From F. M. Balfour 11 November 1873
Summary
Suggests raising money to help Anton Dohrn complete the Naples Zoological Station, which is in danger of remaining unfinished.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9138 |
From P. H. Pye-Smith 19 December 1881
Summary
Urges CD to write on vivisection for Nineteenth Century or suggest a competent scientific author. Forming an association to forward interests of vivisectionists.
| Author: | Philip Henry Pye-Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13566 |
From T. H. Huxley 6 March 1874
Summary
Has heard from Dohrn about his financial problems. Asks CD’s advice on what to do.
THH’s article in Contemporary Review ["Universities: actual and ideal" (1874), Collected essays, vol. 3 (1894)].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 193–4; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (Huxley: 13.256, 13.258) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9336 |
From F. M. Balfour [14] December [1876]
Summary
Lists his chief publications and suggests names of biologists in the Royal Society whom CD might ask to sign his nomination certificate.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14] Dec [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10712 |
| letter | (24) |
| Foster, Michael | (6) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (3) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Foster, Michael | (6) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (3) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
