From Arnold Dodel 6 July 1875
Summary
Thanks CD for a copy of Insectivorous plants.
Describes experiment on Drosera carried out with his pupils.
Describes reception of the book at the University of Zurich.
Comments on Nägeli’s concept of a "morphological species".
Expresses belief in importance of natural selection.
Mentions his forthcoming publication ["Ulothrix zonata", Jahrb. f. wiss. Bot. 10 (1876): 417–550].
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 July 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 195 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10045 |
From Arnold Dodel-Port 3 July 1877
Summary
Sends CD lithograph plates as examples of a book he hopes to publish.
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 July 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 196 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11032 |
From Arnold Dodel-Port 12 June 1878
Summary
Comments on publication of his Atlas der Botanik [1878]. Discusses possible English edition. Draws CD’s attention to plates of Drosera in Atlas. Mentions contribution offered by Hermann Müller, and support by German professors of botany.
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 June 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 197 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11552 |
From Arnold Dodel-Port 18 June 1878
Summary
Comments on positive response to publication [of Atlas]. CD’s approval will help make an English edition possible. Rejects suggestion that CD should subscribe.
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 June 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 198 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11558 |
From Arnold Dodel 13 December 1874
Summary
Describes his university lectures on evolution and their publication in a book [Die neuere Schöpfungsgeschichte (1875)].
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9756 |
From Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port 8 December 1880
Summary
Have received Movement in plants. It will interest not only botanists but zoologists and biologists.
Ten years ago AD-P encountered great opposition when he started teaching Darwinism at Zurich. Now all except old Oswald Heer call themselves Darwinists.
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port; Carolina Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 199 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12898 |
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