From Francis Galton 9 June 1879
Summary
Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12097F |
Matches: 50 hits
- … Galton, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests. …
- … DAR 210.14: 30 Francis Galton 9 June 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … aside from a similar sum given him by his uncle, John Darwin (1730–1805) , it was the sole …
- … pecuniary aid that Robert ever received ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 85). …
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
- … W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
- … King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. London: Giles …
- … Mem: about D r . Erasmus Darwin’s bequests When D r . …
- … Eras: Darwin died, he appears to have left no money …
- … to D r . Robert Darwin who was the sole surviving issue of his first marriage with Miss …
- … M r . Darwin’s) youngest Brother D r . …
- … Eras. Darwin— Did Issue mean, D r . …
- … Eras Darwin’s children—or children & …
- … grandchildren— This much excited Emma Darwin—as D r . Rob et . had 6. children—& Violetta …
- … decided against the grandchildren M rs . Darwin had only 2 children living at her death …
- … Robert Waring Darwin (1766–1848) was the …
- … sole surviving child of Erasmus Darwin and his first wife, Mary Howard . …
- … Elizabeth Darwin ’s first husband was Edward Sacheverel …
- … Pole ; her six children by Erasmus Darwin , still living at the time of his death, were …
- … the illegitimate daughters. Robert Waring Darwin married Susannah Wedgwood (1765–1817) in …
- … CD’s father, Robert Waring Darwin , had five other children: Marianne …
- … Parker , Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , Susan Elizabeth Darwin , Erasmus …
- … Alvey Darwin , and Catherine Langton . Violetta Galton ’s eight children …
- … Adele Bunbury , Agnes Jane Galton , Darwin Galton , Erasmus Galton , Violetta Galton , and …
- … his grandfather, CD did not discuss Erasmus Darwin’s legacies to any of his children; CD …
- … that Erasmus had given his son Robert Waring Darwin £20 when he first set up his medical …
- … £ 30.000. On the other hand, D r . Erasmus Darwin left comparatively very little money & a …
- … a time, and it is supposed that D r . E. Darwin was enabled to save what he did by living …
- … Galton June 9/79. 1st ly . M rs . Eras: Darwin (neé Collier) had a jointure f m . Col l . …
- … the Rev d John Gisborne— 2nd ly D r . E Darwin lived at Radbourne after his marriage to M …
- … till M r . Pole was of age— M rs . Erasmus Darwin having £800-a year, besides the rent of …
- … the Radbourne Let 3 rdly . D r . Eras: Darwin has to educate & place out at Ashbourne, M …
- … Mother, M rs . Day— 4 thly . — D r . E Darwin lent several thousands, or I think there was …
- … was left in his will to M rs . Era s . Darwin, (his 2 nd . Wife) & her Children—& it was …
- … M rs . Archdall’s death. 5 th . When D r . E Darwin died—he left by his second marriage 6. …
- … If the Archdall money was ever p d . M rs . Darwin was to have it, & the second family …
- … at M rs . Darwin’s death—& so they did receive f r . 5 to £6,000—each f m . …
- … first to last— Had M rs . Eras s . Darwin died soon after her Husband—the Pole Jointure …
- … money cd. be paid which was very uncertain— Old M r . Darwin of Elston—left his Property— …
- … some to his Heir William Darwin—& some to the issue of his ( …
- … According to CD’s introductory sketch, Robert Waring Darwin received £20 from Erasmus when …
- … he set up practice in Shrewsbury ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 85). The Poles had four children: …
- … of the Pole family, a few miles west of Derby, was rented out by the Darwins for most of …
- … the time until Elizabeth Darwin’s son Sacheverell Pole reached his majority at 21 ( King- …
- … been employed by Erasmus as a nursemaid for Robert Waring Darwin (see King-Hele 1999 , pp. …
- … 106–7). Robert Waring Darwin (1724–1816) , who died unmarried, was …
- … the elder brother of William Brown Darwin , who then inherited Elston …
- … Hall, and of Erasmus Darwin . …
- … Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin never married. …
To Francis Darwin 2 June [1879]
Summary
Thanks for FD’s letter describing microscopic work under experienced supervision.
Is glad to hear of C. E. Stahl’s objection to treating plants as mere machines.
Pleased that J. von Sachs has yielded on growth.
Perhaps Stahl will recognise whether the case of the silver fir is the same as that referred to in the German account [see 12074b].
CD has finished the first draft of his essay on Erasmus Darwin’s life and is "heartily sick of the job".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12078A |
Matches: 20 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin 2 June [1879] …
- … DAR 271.4: 15 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 …
- … June [1879] Francis Darwin …
- … more today— Abberdubby is very flourishing & cocket. — Your affect. father | C. Darwin …
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
- … W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
- … Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
- … und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
- … 1878–9): 397–424. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
- … Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. …
- … the first draft of his essay on Erasmus Darwin’s life and is "heartily sick of the job". …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 . Francis had asked Ernst Stahl about Albert …
- … plant movement (see letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 and n. 9). In Movement in …
- … pet name for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin . ‘Cocket’: pert, saucy; brisk; merry ( OED ). …
- … of any plant (see letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 ). CD had spent several weeks …
- … an English translation of Ernst Krause ’s essay on Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1879a ). …
- … appeared in November 1879 ( Erasmus Darwin ). In his letter of [before 29 May 1879] CD had …
From V. H. Darwin 5 June [1879]
Summary
Sends her drawing of Elston Hall as it was in 1754.
| Author: | Violetta Harriot Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 171 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12085 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … From V. H. Darwin 5 June [1879] …
- … Darwin, V. …
- … H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 99: 171 Violetta Harriot Darwin Derby 5 June [ …
- … 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and two recent views (see letter from V. H. Darwin, 30 [May 1879] ). The coigns (coins or …
- … stones) are clearly visible in the drawing that appears in print ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 3). …
- … William Brown Darwin inherited Elston Hall in 1816 and made an addition …
- … the building in 1837 ( Burke’s landed gentry , Darwin pedigree , Pevsner 1979 , p. 122). …
- … the modern drawing I have—and M r . W m . Darwin could not have put them in, when he did …
- … improved away by the wood Engraver— Believe me | yours very affect ly . | V. H. Darwin …
- … printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees , by Richard Broke Freeman. …
- … printed for the author. 1984. ] Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the …
- … with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Pevsner, Nikolaus. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from V. H. Darwin, 30 [May 1879] . …
- … Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin had sent CD two more recent photographs of Elston Hall with …
- … altered around 1750 (see letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 ). Violetta’s drawing of …
- … 18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969. Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of …
- … the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p. : …
From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 June 1879
Summary
Last night had tremendous thunderstorm. Will ask Goebel about proshelismus. Describes experiments on beans. Please send Bessy’s address. Has got to know nice Englishman named Purdy and his wife. Bathes nearly every night with the Finlander.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12128F |
Matches: 28 hits
- … Darwin, Francis …
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From Francis Darwin to …
- … Emma Darwin 30 June 1879 …
- … DAR 274.1: 49 Francis Darwin 30 June 1879 …
- … Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Scribner’s Sons. 2008. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
- … Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. NDB : Neue deutsche Biographie. …
- … The Darwins stayed at the home of Laura Mary Forster , West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, …
- … s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Francis and his brother George Howard Darwin visited Norway in …
- … August 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The American has not been identified. ‘ …
- … Correspondence vol. 26, letter from G. H. Darwin, 7 November 1878 ). CD wanted to find …
- … James VI and I and Charles I (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … Ubbadubba was a pet name for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin . Dor was Walter …
- … Davenport Atkin (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 6). See n. 7, …
- … away from the sun (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 6). Karl Goebel , …
- … Vicia (vetch; see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1879] ). He was using lunar …
- … on Porliera (a synonym of Porlieria ), see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. …
- … 3. See letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] . CD had asked Francis to touch a cell (of …
- … assessment of Albert Bernhard Frank , see the letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 . …
- … Elizabeth Darwin and Mary Elizabeth Atkin had travelled to Switzerland on 17 …
- … returned to Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Villars-sur-Ollon is a …
- … wife was Mary Anne Purdie . Leonard Darwin became instructor in chemistry and photography …
- … Correspondence vol. 25, letter to Leonard Darwin, 31 March 1877 ). The Finnish botanist …
- … student in Sachs’s laboratory (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879] and n. …
- … 3). George Howard Darwin had been …
- … researching the Darwin family tree and discovered an ancestor had been in the service of …
To Francis Darwin 28 June [1879]
Summary
Discusses the movements of radicles. His observations show that sensitivity to touch resides in the root tip and he believes that sensitivity to gravity governing geotropic responses is also in the root tip. Would much like to convert Julius von Sachs to his ideas on radicle movement.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12128 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin 28 June [1879] …
- … is, I am not even staggered by him. I am tired— goodbye my dear old fellow | C. Darwin …
- … DAR 211: 59 Charles Robert Darwin Abinger Hammer 28 …
- … June [1879] Francis Darwin …
- … year is established by the address; the Darwins stayed at the home of Laura Mary Forster , …
- … 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The Darwins had just arrived at West Hackhurst (see …
- … n. 1, above). George Howard Darwin had been in London …
- … doing research on the Darwin family for CD (see letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 and n. 1). John Scott Burdon Sanderson had previously assisted CD …
- … by causing injury to the root ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1879] ). …
- … Sachs’ curvature’, see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , n. 8. CD and Francis …
- … in the roots of this species (see letter to Francis Darwin, 6 and 7 June [1879] and n. …
- … 5, and letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 4). …
- … of Great Britain 7 (1873–5): 332–5. Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the …
- … by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
- … Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … by CD for information about Erasmus Darwin ’s medical practice; CD was writing an …
- … introductory biographical sketch of his grandfather for Erasmus Darwin . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1879] . …
- … CD went to London on 26 June 1879; the Darwins stayed at the home of …
- … CD’s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … In his letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1879] , Francis told CD that Julius …
From G. H. Darwin 24 June 1879
Summary
Sends results of his researches on the Darwin family at the Record Office.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12116 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 24 June 1879 …
- … Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … Sends results of his researches on the Darwin family at the Record Office. …
- … DAR 210.2: 77 George Howard Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 …
- … 24 June 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … reproduction of the signature of William Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn, are in DAR 210.14: 210. …
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
- … with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Godfrey, John T. …
- … curious & bears his signature. I can’t spare it to send it you. Yours affec | G H Darwin …
- … notice CD was writing to the English translation of a life of Erasmus Darwin ( Krause …
- … 1879a , Erasmus Darwin ; see also letter to C. M. …
- … C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 ). …
- … William Darwin (1620–75) of Lincoln’s Inn was CD’ …
- … great-grandfather; his father was William Darwin (1573? –1644) of Cleatham Hall, Manton, …
- … 29/1 f.211). By a separate petition, William Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn asked to be given ‘ …
To Francis Darwin 25 June [1879]
Summary
Suggests experiments to test the response of radicles to light. Considers an alternative term for heliotropism.
Will be curious to have FD’s spiral theory about circumnutation explained to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12122 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin 25 June [1879] …
- … DAR 211: 56 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 …
- … June [1879] Francis Darwin …
- … all radicles were deep in the earth. Ever yours affect | C. Darwin Do not forget Porliera …
- … Bibliography Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
- … Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. …
- … 6. See letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 5. Revolving nutation was …
- … Porliera (a synonym of Porlieria ), see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 3. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] . …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] . The letter from Francis was probably that …
- … plants , p. 142). See letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 4. Francis’s …
- … towards or away from light (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] . …
- … The Darwins were away from home between 26 June and 1 July 1879, first in London where CD …
- … Appendix II); see letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] and n. 6). On CD’s interest …
- … fir trees affected by a fungus, see the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 June [1879] and n. …
To G. H. Darwin 25 June [1879]
Summary
Comments in jocular vein on GHD’s "Darwin discoveries" about their ancestors.
Emma says CD needs a change and rest.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12119 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 25 June [1879] …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, G. H. …
- … DAR 210.1: 84 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 June [ …
- … 1879] George Howard Darwin …
- … for your mother says, I believe truly, that I require change & rest. Hurrah. | C. Darwin …
- … Comments in jocular vein on GHD’s "Darwin discoveries" about their ancestors. Emma says CD …
- … between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 . See letter from …
- … G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 . For George’s recent scientific success, see …
- … the letter to G. H. Darwin, 31 May [1879] . CD and Emma stayed at the house of Laura Mary …
- … a mere insignificant joke compared with your Darwin discoveries. — Oh good Lord that we sh …
From Francis Darwin [after 16 June 1879]
Summary
Reports on roots and climbing plants experiments he is performing in Sachs’ laboratory. Orchids with air roots have come. Goebel says proshelic better than helic.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 16 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111F |
Matches: 18 hits
- … Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 16 June 1879] …
- … DAR 274.1: 53 Francis Darwin Würzburg [after 16 …
- … June 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … June 1879 (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 5). Francis probably got a …
- … a botanist in Sachs’s laboratory (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 4). …
- … habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] . …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 8. Francis was working in the …
- … the apex to Francis (see letter to Francis Darwin, [before 5 June 1879] and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … mustard ( Sinapis alba ; see also letter to Francis Darwin, 6 and 7 June [1879] and n. …
- … 5). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 2. For CD’s description of the …
- … was a pet name for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin . No letter mentioning the boys or the …
- … been found, but see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , in which CD mentions …
- … Atkin , had travelled to Switzerland with Elizabeth Darwin on 17 June 1879; they returned …
- … to Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis had evidently ordered …
- … see Shephard 2003 , pp. 178–83). Elizabeth Darwin had written to Francis around 16 …
To Horace Darwin [28 June 1879]
Summary
Sends an enclosure [a statement of CD’s finances and estimate of the inheritance his children may expect] for HD and Ida to read; CD very pleased to be able to leave his children comfortably provided for.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [28 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 5, 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12384 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Horace …
- … To Horace Darwin [28 June 1879] …
- … DAR 185: 5, 20 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [28 …
- … June 1879] Horace Darwin …
- … 17 (English Heritage 88206204)). Horace Darwin asked Ida Farrer to marry him in June 1879, …
- … the enclosure to his daughter Henrietta Emma Litchfield , and son William Erasmus Darwin . …
- … The enclosure is in Emma Darwin’s hand. …
- … CD’s children under the terms of Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s will at the time of his death in …
- … £100 each to William and George Howard Darwin , who were his executors; the bulk of his …
- … division of his surplus income, see the letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 . …
- … provided for. | Yours affect | C. Darwin In July 1871 William carefully estimated the …
- … William’s estimate of CD and Emma Darwin’s property was probably carried out in the …
- … vol. 24, Supplement, letter from W. E. Darwin, 15 August 1871 and n. 3). Anthony Rich …
To Francis Darwin [2 June 1879 or earlier]
Summary
Wants FD to find out what sort of man Ernst Krause is.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [2 June 1879 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12076 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin [2 June 1879 or earlier] …
- … DAR 211: 51 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [2 June …
- … 1879 or earlier] Francis Darwin …
- … Bibliography Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
- … und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
- … this note and the letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879]. CD was working on a …
- … of Ernst Krause ’s essay on Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1879a ). Most of Krause’s longer …
To Francis Darwin 3 June [1879]
Summary
Asks whether canary grass and oats have chlorophyll in their cotyledons.
Has been working hard at circumnutation of leaves to see whether sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 3 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11541 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … me for the University Mag. ! She must be mad. — Ever yours my dear old fellow | C. Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin 3 June [1879] …
- … DAR 211: 25 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 …
- … June [1879] Francis Darwin …
- … Portraits. New Series. — No. 8. Charles Darwin, F.R.S. University Magazine 2: 154–63. …
- … n. 8, below). See letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 . Francis was working in Julius …
- … Germany (see letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 ). CD was trying to establish whether …
- … of CD’s plant experiments. Leonard Darwin was also taking photographs of plants for CD; …
- … Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Leonard Darwin, 25 April 1878 . In 1878, Ellen Frances …
- … filaments of the common teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris ); see F. Darwin 1877a and 1877b. …
- … Francis’s baby son, Bernard Darwin . CD was treasurer of the Down Friendly Society . Its …
To Francis Darwin [after 24 June 1879]
Summary
Movement of radicles.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [after 24 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12121 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin [after 24 June 1879] …
- … DAR 211: 57 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 24 …
- … June 1879] Francis Darwin …
- … extreme
〈 1 2 line missing〉 the old Darwins.〈 1 2 line missing〉 〈 P〉 everel’ to James I〈 … - … was torn in half vertically; the left half is now missing. George Howard Darwin had been …
- … researching the Darwin family history and had informed CD that one of their ancestors had …
- … to James VI and I and Charles I (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 and n. 2). …
To Francis Darwin 16 June [1879]
Summary
Has given his reasons for believing that twisting of stem is related to circumnutation in Climbing plants.
Tells results of experiments on movement of cotyledons and radicles.
Is getting aerial heliotropic roots from Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin 16 June [1879] …
- … DAR 211: 55 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 …
- … June [1879] Francis Darwin …
- … enough to look at his earnest sweet little face your affectionate Father | C. Darwin …
- … a pet name for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin , who was almost 3 years old at this time. …
- … habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & …
- … Norgate. 1865. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
- … Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Sachs, Julius. 1873–4. Ueber das …
- … Porliera in 1878, see the letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 , n. 3. CD was evidently …
- … apheliotropic’. The letter from Elizabeth Darwin to Francis has not been found; she left …
- … Mary Elizabeth Atkin , the next day ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis had probably …
To Francis Darwin [26 June 1879]
Summary
Believes that the response of root tips to being "blinded" with foil is much more interesting than response to cauterisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [26 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12124 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin [26 June 1879] …
- … DAR 211: 58 Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, …
- … 6 [26 June 1879] Francis Darwin …
- … CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 5. …
- … this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] . The Thursday following 25 …
- … of hawkweed; see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1879] ). CD was in London on …
- … at the Royal College of Physicians ; the Darwins stayed two days in London then went to …
From Ernst Krause 13 June 1879
Summary
Has completed his MS and sent it to Dallas.
Has ignored Butler’s criticism of natural selection and corrected only his views of Buffon and Goethe.
It would be best to drop EK’s text from book and quote only certain portions of it.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B29–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12105 |
Matches: 30 hits
- … Krause, Ernst Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 92: B29–30 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Berlin 13 June 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of …
- … Mr. Charles Darwin . London: Hardwicke …
- … and Bogue. Darwin, Erasmus. 1789–91. The botanic garden; a poem, in two parts. Pt 1. The …
- … by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
- … King-Hele, Desmond. 1986. Erasmus Darwin and the Romantic poets. London: Macmillan. …
- … Krause, Ernst. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und seine Stellung in der Geschichte der Descendenz- …
- … seinem Lebens- und Charakterbilde von Charles Darwin. Leipzig: Ernst Günther. [Pollock, …
- … 47: 682–4. Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
- … translating Krause’s essay on Erasmus Darwin . See letter to Ernst Krause, 9 June [1879] …
- … notes. Lichfield: J. Jackson. 1789. Darwin, Erasmus. 1794–6. Zoonomia; or, the laws of …
- … life. 2 vols. London: J. Johnson. Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the …
- … meine Lebensbeschreibung von Dr Erasmus Darwin ganz wegbleibt. Sollten darin einige kleine …
- … Theil des Essaÿ’s gedacht. ? 2. Über Dr Darwins ärztliche/ und humanitäre Thätigkeit. 3. …
- … Abriss der Evol. Theorie vor Dr. Darwin’s Zeit. 4. Analÿse seiner poetischen und …
- … if my biographical account of Dr Erasmus Darwin were wholly left out. Should it contain …
- … integrating part of the essay. ? 2. On Dr Darwin’s medical and humanitarian activities 3. …
- … Historical outline of evol. theory before Dr Darwin’s era. 4. Analysis of his poetic and …
- … Wolfgang von Goethe were contemporaries of Erasmus Darwin , the author of Zoonomia ( E. …
- … Darwin 1794–6 ). Goethe had read German translations …
- … of Zoonomia and the Botanic garden ( E. Darwin 1789–91 ), and had written to a friend that …
- … he had been helped on his scientific paths by Darwin (see King-Hele 1986 , pp. …
- … 170–1). In Erasmus Darwin , pp. …
- … 7, Krause attributed similarities between Darwin’s and Goethe’s work to their both having …
- … Carl von Linné ). In the German translation of Erasmus Darwin , Krause reinstated a longer …
- … section on precursors of Erasmus Darwin and added over one hundred pages of notes (see …
- … 124, 180–286). The section discussing how Erasmus Darwin came to write the Botanic garden …
- … is in CD’s biographical sketch ( Erasmus Darwin , pp. 89–92). …
- … The published version of Erasmus Darwin contained a short introduction to the part by …
From Francis Darwin [after 2 June 1879]
Summary
Geotropism.
Experimenting on Porlieria in damp and dry earth.
Hermann Müller has been ridiculed for teaching children "in the beginning was Carbon".
Will ask about Ernst Krause.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.5: 230–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12075 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 2 June 1879] …
- … DAR 209.5: 230–2 Francis Darwin Würzburg [after 2 …
- … June 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Zeitung 31: 17–23; 33–9; 49–57. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
- … und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
- … this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 June [1879] . CD had sent Francis a twig …
- … small swelling (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 June [1879] ). Ernst Stahl , an assistant …
- … Finnish Society of Sciences]. Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German …
- … with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Frank, Albert …
- … hygrometrica , see letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 and n. 3. In 1878, Francis had …
- … see Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] and n. …
- … 3). See letter to Francis Darwin, 2 June [1879] . CD had spent several weeks working on …
- … an English translation of Ernst Krause’s essay on Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1879a ). …
- … The translation appeared in November 1879 ( Erasmus Darwin ). …
- … Jimmy was a nickname for Horace Darwin ; Pout was a …
- … nickname for Leonard Darwin . The pit and the horse have not been identified. Anton de …
From Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1879]
Summary
Discusses results of geotropism experiment. Has started some heliotropic caustic experiments on mustard roots. Has trouble making marks.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 26 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12126F |
Matches: 13 hits
- … Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1879] …
- … DAR 274.1: 55 Francis Darwin Würzburg [before 26 …
- … June 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
- … Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Sachs, Julius. 1872a. Ablenkung der …
- … this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 28 June [1879] , in which CD mentioned …
- … receiving this letter just before setting off for London. The Darwins left Down on …
- … 26 June 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR242)). Francis’s request for seeds of Rhagadiolus ( …
- … now missing postcard (see letter to Francis Darwin, [26 June 1879] ). CD was studying the …
- … s annotation is a note for his reply (see first letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] ). …
- … was controlled (see letter to Francis Darwin, [before 5 June 1879] ). Francis was working …
To Francis Galton 15 [June 1879]
Summary
CD’s little biography [Erasmus Darwin] has turned out very dull.
May FG’s tour turn out pleasant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 15 [June 1879] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/3/4/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12109 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Galton, Francis …
- … Collections (GALTON/3/3/4/3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 [June 1879] Francis Galton …
- … CD’s little biography [ Erasmus Darwin ] has turned out very dull. May FG’s tour turn out …
- … From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham. One line to thank you for Photograph. My little …
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
- … W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
- … Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
- … und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
- … a photograph of a picture of Elizabeth Darwin (1747–1832) (see letter from Francis Galton, …
- … sketch for the English translation of Ernst Krause ’s essay on Erasmus Darwin ( Krause …
- … 1879a ; Erasmus Darwin ). …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recorded rain on 15 June 1879 and for two other days in that …
To Francis Darwin 24 June [1879]
Summary
Movement in plants: Philodendron and Dendrobium.
Will go to London on Thursday to receive Baly Medal. Laura Forster has offered them her house in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 24 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12117A |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, Francis …
- … To Francis Darwin 24 June [1879] …
- … DAR 271.4: 14 Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 …
- … June [1879] Francis Darwin …
- … know”. His expression really gets more charming every day. Your affect Father | C. Darwin …
- … a pet name of CD’s grandson, Bernard Darwin . The other little boys were probably Bernard’ …
- … Atkin and Robert Laurence Atkin , who had been staying with the Darwins recently (see …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 6). …
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (41) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
| Krause, Ernst | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (22) |
| Darwin, Francis | (11) |
| Galton, Francis | (3) |
| Krause, Ernst | (3) |
| Darwin, Horace | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (63) |
| Darwin, Francis | (15) |
| Galton, Francis | (5) |
| Krause, Ernst | (5) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (4) |
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Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig …
- … as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of the Darwin Correspondence Project to be identified …
- … correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Jane Loring …
- … Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles Darwin Actor 3 – In the dress of a modern day …
- … Agassiz, Adam Sedgwick, A Friend of John Stuart Mill, Emma Darwin, Horace Darwin… and acts as a sort …
- … the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the audience and …
- … this, he sends out copies of his Review of the Life of Darwin. At this time in his life, Asa …
- … friends in England, copies of his ‘Review of the Life of Darwin’… pencilling the address so that it …
- … Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles Darwin… made his home on the border of the little …
- … are kept in check by a constitutional weakness. DARWIN: A plain but comfortable brick …
- … by every blessing except that of vigorous health… DARWIN: 4 My confounded stomach …
- … pursuits and the simplicity of his character. DARWIN: 5 I am allowed to work now …
- … own house, where he was the most charming of hosts. DARWIN: 6 My life goes on …
- … being a part of [an unpublished] manuscript. Darwin settles down to write. His tone is …
- … THE CONCURRENCE OF BOTANISTS: 1855 In which Darwin initiates a long-running correspondence …
- … gossip about difficult colleagues (Agassiz). Gray realizes Darwin is not revealing all of his …
- … man, more formally attired and lighter on his feet than Darwin. He has many more demands on his time …
- … catches his attention. He opens the letter. DARWIN: 8 April 25 th 1855. My …
- … filled up the paper you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I …
- … is condensed in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What …
- … surprising good. GRAY: 12 My dear Mr Darwin, I rejoice in furnishing facts to …
- … of the sort to the advancement of science… DARWIN: 13 I hope… before [the] end of …
- … reasonably expect… Yours most sincerely Asa Gray. DARWIN: 16 My dear Gray… Your …
- … Journal, as a nut for [Professor] Agassiz to crack. Darwin and Gray share a joke at the …
- … will turn up that he cannot explain away… DARWIN: 22 Hurrah I got yesterday my …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a …
- … community. Here is a selection of letters exchanged between Darwin and his workforce of women …
- … Women: Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August 1849] Darwin …
- … peculiarities in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October …
- … garden. Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [6 June 1864] Darwin’s …
- … . Letter 5745 - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] Mary Barber …
- … Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] …
- … Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November1872] Anne Jane Cupples, …
- … observations on the expression of emotion in dogs with Emma Darwin. Letter 8676 - …
- … and offers to observe birds, insects or plants on Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - …
- … ears. Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
- … 27 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …
- … to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an …
- … the sensitivity of the tips. Despite this breakthrough, when Darwin first mentioned the book to his …
- … 1879 ). He was also unsatisfied with his account of Erasmus Darwin, declaring, ‘My little biography …
- … a holiday in the Lake District in August did little to raise Darwin’s spirits. ‘I wish that my …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26] July [1879] ). From July, Darwin had an additional worry: the …
- … that his grandfather had felt the same way. In 1792, Erasmus Darwin had written: ‘The worst thing I …
- … contained a warmer note and the promise of future happiness: Darwin learned he was to be visited by …
- … Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 …
- … the veteran of Modern Zoology’, but it was in Germany that Darwin was most fêted. A German …
- … ). The masters of Greiz College in Thuringia venerated Darwin as ‘the deep thinker’, while …
- … accepted in Germany. ‘On this festive day’, Haeckel told Darwin, ‘you can look back, with justified …
- … Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This …
- … on the theory of development in connection with Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel. Kosmos was, as …
- … March, with encouragement from his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, Darwin decided to publish an …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive …
Darwin and working from home
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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…
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- … fixed on the spot where I shall end it . Charles Darwin to Robert FitzRoy, 1 October 1846 …
- … collaboration of his family. ► Darwin's Study Explore Darwin& …
- … is the study that can be seen at Down House today. Darwin's daily routine …
- … 6 pm Rested again in bedroom with ED [Emma Darwin] reading aloud. 7 …
- … him. Account summarised in Charles Darwin: A Companion by R.B. Freeman, …
Language: key letters
Summary
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the …
- … he first began to reflect on the transmutation of species. Darwin’s correspondence reveals the scope …
- … he exchanged information and ideas. Letter 346: Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, C. S., 27 Feb 1837 …
- … one stock.” Letter 2070: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [before 29 Sept 1857] …
- … down of former continents.” Letter 3054: Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 2 Feb [1861] …
- … that languages, like species, were separately created. Darwin writes to the geologist Charles Lyell …
- … I tell him is perfectly logical.” Letter 5605: Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 15 Aug …
- … loud noise?” Letter 7040: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [1868-70?] As …
- … gradually growing to such a stage” Letter 8367: Darwin, C. R. to Wright, Chauncey, 3 June …
- … unconsciously altering the breed. Letter 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 …
- … Letter 10194: Max Müller, Friedrich to Darwin, C. R., 13 Oct [1875] For Müller, human and …
- … Language […]” Letter 9887: Dawkins, W. B. to Darwin, C. R., 14 Mar 1875 The …
- … of race […]” Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s …
- … and comparative philologist Archibald Sayce wrote to Darwin with a series of detailed questions …
- … how a child first uttered the word ‘mum’. In his reply, Darwin told Sayce “that ‘mum’ arose from …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those …
- … a broad variety of women had access to, and engaged with, Darwin's published works. A set of …
- … women a target audience? Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] …
- … that his views are original and will appeal to the public. Darwin asks Murray to forward the …
- … and criticisms of style. Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [11 May 1859] …
- … it had been proofread and edited by “a lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March 1862 …
- … typically-male readers. Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] …
- … and style. Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 September 1870] …
- … impeding general perusal. Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, J., [29 September …
- … content. Letter 8335 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, [16 May 1872] Reade …
- … of women. Letter 8341 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, [20 May 1872] Reade …
- … women. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November 1872] …
- … Cupples got hold of it first. Darwin’s female readership …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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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, began …
- … a very old man, who probably will not last much longer.’ Darwin’s biggest fear was not death, but …
- … sweetest place on this earth’. From the start of the year, Darwin had his demise on his mind. He …
- … provision for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s gloominess was compounded by the …
- … and new admirers got in touch, and, for all his fears, Darwin found several scientific topics to …
- … Evolution old and new when revising his essay on Erasmus Darwin’s scientific work, and that Darwin …
- … memory in November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 …
- … in a review of Unconscious memory in Kosmos and sent Darwin a separate letter for …
- … Butler wished to boast publicly that his quarrel was with Darwin, agreed. Unsure how to address …
- … gone mad on such a small matter’. The following day, Darwin himself wrote to Stephen, admitting that …
- … a slap in the face as he would have cause to remember’. Darwin was enormously relieved. ‘Your note …
- … wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory that Darwin feared he had redirected Butler’s …
- … so much for anything in my life as for its success’, Darwin told Arabella Buckley on 4 January . …
- … that Wallace would receive £200 a year, he wrote to Darwin, ‘I congratulate you on the success of …
- … on 8 January (his 58th birthday) and immediately wrote to Darwin to thank him for his ‘constant …
- … he had done. Buckley’s delight was evident when she told Darwin on 13 January : ‘I have always …
- … of 1881. This book had been a major undertaking for both Darwin and his son Francis, who assisted in …
- … ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January 1881 ). Unlike Darwin’s other books, Movement in plants …
- … those who had received presentation copies who complimented Darwin, made suggestions, and pointed …
- … of the technical terms used in the book particularly pleased Darwin because, he told Candolle on …
- … Brazil on the movements of leaves that were so original that Darwin sent them to Nature for …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … activities for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his …
- … when strong institutional structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific …
- … section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …
- … about Hooker’s thoughts. Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [11 Jan 1844] …
- … is like confessing a murder”. Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844 …
- … of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 …
- … of the species. Letter 1685 — Gray, Asa to Darwin, C. R., 22 May 1855 Gray …
- … of alpine flora in the USA. Letter 2125 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 20 July [1857] …
- … have in simple truth been of the utmost value to me.” Darwin believes species have arisen, like …
- … or continuous area; they are actual lineal descendants. Darwin discusses fertilisation in the bud …
- … exchange This collection of letters between Darwin and Hooker, while Darwin was writing his …
- … to information exchange. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] …
- … followed automatically. On the issue of nomenclature reform, Darwin opposes appending first …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of …
- … portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that Darwin undertook throughout his lifetime …
- … was jokingly lamenting his role as an intermediary for Darwin and his correspondents from around the …
- … of friends and relatives was not a pursuit unique to Darwin (the exchange of photographic images was …
- … reinforced his experimental and scientific network. Darwin’s Portraits Darwin sat for …
- … famous photographers to studio portraitists looking to sell Darwin’s image to the masses. Between …
- … in nineteenth-century photography. Darwin’s first photo-chemical experience …
- … This particular daguerreotype is unique in terms of Darwin’s collection of photographs – it is the …
- … exchanged, but rather was an object of display placed on a Darwin family mantlepiece. The image …
- … in London and made at least four different exposures of Darwin between 1853 and 1857. They …
- … While this image is notable as the first popular image of Darwin, the extent to which Darwin …
- … me look atrociously wicked.” Image: Charles Darwin, by Maull & Polyblank, albumen …
- … Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) Darwin’s next experience with the …
- … with the results. In 1860-61 and again in 1864 Charles Darwin sat for his eldest son, William Darwin …
Home learning: 7-11 years
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Do try this at home! Support your children’s learning by downloading our free and fun activities for those aged between 7-11 and 11-14 years, using Darwin’s letters.
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- … for those aged between 7-11 and 11-14 years, using Darwin’s letters. Here are a few …
- … family discussion: If you were going to interview Darwin about his life and work, what …
- … Follow-up family discussion: Darwin sent back rocks, soils, plants and animal specimens …
- … world without going on a voyage? More Darwin and the Beagle Voyage activities …
- … Follow-up family discussion: If you were Darwin how would you send back a rare …
- … on a plant hunting trip today? More Darwin the Collector activities …
- … and why does it still happen today? More Darwin and Evolution activities …
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…
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- … the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same …
- … nineteenth century were different in important ways. Many of Darwin's leading supporters were …
- … their religious beliefs with evolutionary theory. Darwin's own writing, both in print and …
- … much as possible. A number of correspondents tried to draw Darwin out on his own religious views, …
- … political contexts. Design Darwin was not the first to challenge …
- … on the controversial topic of design. The first is between Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray, …
- … second is a single letter from naturalist A. R. Wallace to Darwin on design and natural selection. …
- … result of “brute force”. Letter 2855 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 3 July [1860] …
- … a “muddle” on this issue. Letter 3256 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 17 Sept [1861] …
- … experiment about an angel. Letter 3342 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 11 Dec [1861] …
- … some questions about design. Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 May [1868] …
- … of each fragment at the base of my precipice”. Darwin and Wallace Letter 5140 …
- … of natural selection. He worries about the accusation in Darwin & his teachings “ Natural …
- … fittest” instead of “Natural Selection”. Wallace urges Darwin to stress frequency of variations. …
- … Personal Belief This collection of letters explores Darwin’s reluctance to take a definitive …
- … own family. Letter 441 — Wedgwood, Emma to Darwin, C. R., [21–22 Nov 1838] In this …
Language: Interview with Gregory Radick
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Darwin made a famous comment about parallels between changes in language and species change. Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University, talks about the importance of the development of language to Darwin, what…
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- … the interview. 1. According to Darwin, how did language begin? …
- … a bit more about that? 4. How did you use Darwin’s correspondence to re-evaluate …
- … is the power of language. And the most important element in Darwin’s account of the origin of …
- … the world or standing for feelings, begin to accumulate, and Darwin says these signs gave advantages …
- … predators that might attack them, whatever it might be, Darwin thinks had an advantage in the …
- … So language begins to accumulate like that. Likewise, Darwin thinks, in the courtship competition …
- … better functioning brains. And a very important part of Darwin’s account of the origin of language …
- … become more intelligent. And with larger intelligence comes, Darwin thinks, so many things—the …
- … and so forth. 2. Was this an important topic for Darwin? And if so, why? It was hugely …
- … systems of nonhuman animals, and human language. And so Darwin saw himself as trying to combat that …
- … Darwinian account of the origin of language. 3. Darwin made a famous comment about parallels …
- … that? Well, there’s a famous passage at the end of Darwin’s discussion of the evolutionary …
- … ten of these. And a question has arisen, quite what was Darwin getting up to in pointing out these …
- … debate, and on the one side are people who say that Darwin couldn’t resist an opportunity to review …
- … but I also think something more is going on there. Darwin was very concerned to defend his position …
- … the languages still show the formerly high state. So Darwin’s concerned, in my view, to …
- … people who like to think of themselves as fans of Charles Darwin because, of course, we don’t …
- … that, equality of languages. But that wasn’t the case for Darwin, that wasn’t how he understood his …
- … him and us, however uncomfortable. 4. How did you use Darwin’s correspondence to re-evaluate …
- … topics, I learned that there was a story around about how Darwin, very late in life, had changed his …
- … of study of all this, and it turns out that from the time of Darwin’s death through till now, …
- … not quite at the deathbed, but in 1881, a letter in which Darwin wrote to a friend of his that he …
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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- … Disagreement & Respect | Conduct of Debate | Darwin & Wallace The best-known …
- … the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely variable. Many of …
- … was itself an important arena of debate, one that Darwin greatly preferred to the public sphere. …
- … and support sustained in spite of enduring differences. Darwin's correspondence can thus help …
- … Disagreement and Respect Darwin rarely engaged with critics publically. Letters exchanged …
- … Richard Owen, the eminent comparative anatomist, show how Darwin tried to manage strong disagreement …
- … were less severe, the relationship quickly deteriorated and Darwin came to regard him as a bitter …
- … of respect. Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, C. R., 24 Nov 1859 Adam …
- … which can neither be proved nor disproved”. He says that Darwin’s “grand principle natural …
- … and as his true-hearted friend. Letter 2555 — Darwin, C. R. to Sedgwick, Adam, 26 Nov …
- … have influenced the conclusions at which he has arrived. Darwin does not think the book will be …
- … and incoming of living species” and so could not regard Darwin’s attempt to demonstrate the nature …
- … at length a conversation with Owen concerning Origin . Darwin notes “that at bottom he goes …
- … he thinks a sort of Bear was the grandpapa of Whales!” Darwin has heard Herschel considered his book …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … The year 1876 started out sedately enough with Darwin working on the first draft of his book on the …
- … games. ‘I have won, hurrah, hurrah, 2795 games’, Darwin boasted; ‘my wife … poor creature, has won …
- … regarding the ailments that were so much a feature of Darwin family life. But the calm was not to …
- … four days later. ‘I cannot bear to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 …
- … once, the labour of checking proofs proved a blessing, as Darwin sought solace for the loss of his …
- … and his baby son Bernard now part of the household, and Darwin recasting his work on dimorphic and …
- … had involved much time and effort the previous year, and Darwin clearly wanted to focus his …
- … When Smith, Elder and Company proposed reissuing two of Darwin’s three volumes of the geology of …
- … single-volume edition titled Geological observations , Darwin resisted making any revisions at …
- … volume, Coral reefs , already in its second edition. Darwin was nevertheless ‘firmly resolved not …
- … meticulous correction of errors in the German editions made Darwin less anxious about correcting the …
- … to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. ) Darwin focused instead on the second …
- … concentrated on the ‘means of crossing’, was seen by Darwin as the companion to Cross and self …
- … return to old work than part of the future work outlined by Darwin in his ‘little Autobiography’ ( …
- … holiday after finishing Cross and self fertilisation , Darwin took up the suggestion made by a …
- … for his family only. Writing for an hour every afternoon, Darwin finished his account on 3 August …
- … dimittis.”’ (‘Recollections’, pp. 418–19). Darwin remained firm in his resolution to …
- … ever return to the consideration of man.’ In particular, Darwin seemed eager to avoid issues that …
- … wrote with the good news that he could restore Darwin to a religious life. This transformation would …
- … that used to be called transmigration, Nemo pointed out to Darwin, adding, ‘the term nowadays is …
- … enemies... Views such as these were easy enough for Darwin to dismiss, but it was more …
- … St George Jackson Mivart in his Lessons from nature that Darwin had ‘at first studiously …
- … unjust, but it was also the latest attack by the one man who Darwin felt had treated him ‘basely’ …
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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- … heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old …
- … to adapt to varying conditions. The implications of Darwin’s work for the boundary between animals …
- … studies of animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early observations of infants, …
- … of evolution and creation. Many letters flowed between Darwin and his children, as he took delight …
- … Financial support for science was a recurring issue, as Darwin tried to secure a Civil List pension …
- … with Samuel Butler, prompted by the publication of Erasmus Darwin the previous year. …
- … Charles Harrison Tindal, sent a cache of letters from two of Darwin’s grandfather’s clerical friends …
- … divines to see a pig’s body opened is very amusing’, Darwin replied, ‘& that about my …
- … registry offices, and produced a twenty-page history of the Darwin family reaching back to the …
- … the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and Leonard also …
- … and conciliate a few whose ancestors had not featured in Darwin’s Life . ‘In an endeavour to …
- … think I must pay a round of visits.’ One cousin, Reginald Darwin, warmed to George: ‘he had been …
- … an ordinary mortal who could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July …
- … whose essay on Erasmus’s scientific work complemented Darwin’s biographical piece. Krause’s essay …
- … Kosmos in February 1879, an issue produced in honour of Darwin’s birthday. Krause enlarged and …
- … superficial and inaccurate piece of work’, although Darwin advised him not to ‘expend much powder …
- … in the last sentence. When Butler read Erasmus Darwin , he noted the reference to his work, and …
- … the position I have taken as regards D r Erasmus Darwin in my book Evolution old & New, and …
- … 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter, Emma Darwin wrote: ‘it means war we think’. …
- … a grievance to hang an article upon’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [28 January 1880] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working …
- … dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
- … and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a reflection on his debt …
- … ). The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, to …
- … from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to the self-assessment, ‘as for one …
- … I feel very old & helpless The year started for Darwin with a week’s visit to …
- … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
- … ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor health so frequently in …
- … 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and sceptics Darwin excused himself for reasons of …
- … by George Henry Lewes and Marian Evans (George Eliot), but Darwin excused himself, finding it too …
- … the month, another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. Those …
- … imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all imposture’ …
- … stop word getting to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his …
- … the first three months of the year and, like many of Darwin’s enterprises in the 1870s, were family …
- … 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble in …
- … and letter to Charles Lyell, [13 January 1874] ). Darwin blamed his illness for the …
- … . In his preface ( Coral reefs 2d ed., pp. v–vii), Darwin reasserted the priority of his work. …
- … for the absence of coral-reefs in certain locations. Darwin countered with the facts that low …
- … whole coastline of a large island. Dana also thought that Darwin had seen fringing reefs as proof of …
- … presentation copy, Dana sent an apology for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D …
- … Alongside his revision of Coral reefs, Darwin went to work on a new edition of Descent . In …
- … George Cupples, a Scottish deerhound expert who forwarded Darwin’s queries about the numbers of …
- … had raged between himself and Richard Owen since the 1860s. Darwin had omitted this controversial …
- … elements of geology , and with the cheaper sixth edition of Darwin’s own Origin . (The first …
- … Murray’s partner, Robert Francis Cooke, informed Darwin that the lower price would bring the profits …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
- … admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of Darwin’s life in 1860, in the immediate …
- … of publication of Descent of Man in 1871. In this period Darwin became a public figure, and the …
- … increased accordingly. Letters conveyed public reaction to Darwin, as people who were often complete …
- … worked up, or their religious doubts and concerns for Darwin’s own soul. Darwin himself used letters …
- … world a questionnaire on the expression of the emotions. Darwin also continued to confide in his …
- … yet been pointed out to me. No doubt many will be. Darwin to Huxley, 1860. …
- … have been miserably uncomfortable. Emma to Charles Darwin, 1861. I am …
- … gravitating towards your doctrines … Huxley to Darwin, 1862. I cannot bear …
- … what you think about the derivation of Species … Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1863. …
- … fairly settled & succeeding in India. John Scott to Darwin, 1864. I …
- … was quite out of balance once during our voyage … Darwin to Hooker (on hearing of Robert …
- … that the necks of your horses are badly galled … Darwin to a local landowner, 1866. …
- … should be still very far off. Mary Boole to Darwin, 1866. Never, for God’s …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … Editions Plants always held an important place in Darwin’s theorising about species, and …
- … his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close friend …
- … way to continuous writing and revision, activities that Darwin found less gratifying: ‘I am slaving …
- … bad.’ The process was compounded by the fact that Darwin was also revising another manuscript …
- … coloured stamens.’ At intervals during the year, Darwin was diverted from the onerous task of …
- … zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and early May, Darwin was occupied with a heated …
- … chapter of the controversy involved a slanderous attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous …
- … on 12 January , breaking off all future communication. Darwin had been supported during the affair …
- … Society of London, and a secretary of the Linnean Society, Darwin’s friends had to find ways of …
- … pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have defended me’, Darwin wrote on 6 January , ‘You have also …
- … in public. ‘Without cutting him direct’, he advised Darwin on 7 January , ‘I should avoid him, …
- … & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered taking up …
- … , ‘I feel now like a pure forgiving Christian!’ Darwin’s ire was not fully spent, however, …
- … in the same Quarterly article that attacked George. Darwin raised the matter at the end of the …
- … to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a memorial …
- … Hensleigh and Frances Wedgwood. She had corresponded with Darwin about the evolution of the moral …
- … could not sign the paper sent me by Miss Cobbe.’ Darwin found Cobbe’s memorial inflammatory …
- … memorial had been read in the House of Lords (see ' Darwin and vivisection '). …
- … medical educators, and other interested parties. Darwin was summoned to testify on 3 November. It …
- … ( Report of the Royal Commission on vivisection , p. 183). Darwin learned of Klein’s testimony …
- … agree to any law, which should send him to the treadmill.’ Darwin had become acquainted with Klein …
- … am astounded & disgusted at what you say about Klein,’ Darwin replied to Huxley on 1 November …
- … the man.’ Poisons, plants, and print-runs Darwin’s keen interest in the progress of …
- … leading physiologists. Indeed, some of the experiments that Darwin performed on plants, such as the …
- … Vallisneria (tape grass). Fayrer had previously supplied Darwin with a quantity of the dried …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
- … and also a meeting with Herbert Spencer, who was visiting Darwin’s neighbour, Sir John Lubbock. In …
- … all but the concluding chapter of the work was submitted by Darwin to his publisher in December. …
- … hypothesis of hereditary transmission. Debate about Darwin’s theory of transmutation …
- … alleged evidence of a global ice age, while Asa Gray pressed Darwin’s American publisher for a …
- … for the Advancement of Science. Fuller consideration of Darwin’s work was given by Hooker in an …
- … frustrations were punctuated by family bereavement. Two of Darwin’s sisters died, Emily Catherine …
- … from painful illness. Diet and exercise Among Darwin’s first letters in the new year …
- … every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). Darwin had first consulted Jones in July …
- … ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began riding the cob, Tommy, on 4 …
- … day which I enjoy much.’ The new exercise regime led to Darwin’s being teased by his neighbour, John …
- … John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More predictably, however, Darwin immediately converted his renewed …
- … Since the publication of Origin in November 1859, Darwin had continued gathering and organising …
- … by natural selection was based. The work relied heavily on Darwin’s extensive correspondence over …
- … and poultry expert William Bernhard Tegetmeier. In January, Darwin wrote to Tegetmeier that he was …
- … ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 16 January [1866] ). Darwin found the evidence of variation in …
- … varieties from Columbia livia , the rock pigeon. Darwin on heredity: the 'provisional …
- … chapter headed ‘Provisional hypothesis of pangenesis’, Darwin proposed that the various phenomena of …
- … example, the reproductive organs, or the tissues of a bud. Darwin had submitted a preliminary sketch …
- … & brimful of my dear little mysterious gemmules.’ Darwin collected information on …
- … Thomas Rivers, and the German botanist Robert Caspary. Darwin was particularly interested in recent …
- … the scion apparently produced buds with blended characters; Darwin had tried to propagate the …
