To William Whewell 16 April [1839]
Summary
Thanks WW for wedding gift.
Expresses admiration for his History of the inductive sciences [1837].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Whewell |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1839] |
| Classmark: | Trinity College Library, Cambridge (Add c 88: 6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-506 |
To William Whewell 16 February [1839]
Summary
Asks WW to alter, before printing, the passages in WW’s Presidential Address to the Geological Society [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 93] which pointedly allude to the delay in publication of CD’s Beagle journal; they might annoy FitzRoy, who, as Captain, has a right to first use of the papers of all officers on board.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Whewell |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1839] |
| Classmark: | Trinity College Library, Cambridge (Add c 88: 4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-496 |
To William Lonsdale [27 April 1839 or earlier]
Summary
Returns Whewell’s presidential address to the Geological Society of London (Whewell 1839), and suggests that ‘rules’ be changed to ‘customs’.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Lonsdale |
| Date: | [27 Apr 1839 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | University Archives (dealers) (3 March 2021, lot 73) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-496F |
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- … William Whewell ’s presidential address to the Geological Society of London (see n. 2, below). The last Saturday in April 1839 was 27 April. Immediately after Whewell delivered his presidential address to the Geological Society of London on 15 February 1839, CD had asked him to make his comments on the delay in publishing CD’s researches from the Beagle voyage less pointed to avoid annoying the Beagle ’s captain, Robert FitzRoy ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Whewell, William | (2) |
| Lonsdale, William | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Whewell, William | (2) |
| Lonsdale, William | (1) |
