To Otto Zacharias 5 October [1876]
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The sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation will be sent to OZ as they become ready.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1876] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/03) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10632 |
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- … National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/03) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill …
To Williams and Norgate 1 April [1860]
Summary
Thanks for information about French dictionaries.
Asks that Westminster Review [of Apr 1860] be sent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 1 Apr [1860] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/02) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2739 |
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- … National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/02) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Apr [ …
To Ernst Dieffenbach 8 April [1845]
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Thanks ED for copy of German edition of Journal of researches. Asks him to write and ask German publisher to return plates and MS.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1845] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/01) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-854 |
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- … National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/01) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Apr [ …
From Emma Darwin to F. J. Hughes 13 February 1882
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Thanks for sympathy on death of Erasmus [Alvey Darwin].
Suggests rewording statement concerning source of CD’s views on evolution.
Recalls happy days at Penally.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Jane Hughes |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-3-06) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13683 |
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- … Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-3-06) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 13 Feb …
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 23 April [1875]
Summary
Further discussion about the act regulating animal experimentation; believes the licensing of places to be impracticable.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Apr [1875] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-2-06) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9945A |
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- … Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-2-06) John Scott Burdon Sanderson, baronet London, …
From Asa Gray 22 May 1877
Summary
Asked C. E. Bessey whether Lithospermum longiflorum was dimorphic like its relatives. Encloses CEB’s reply.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B53–7, DAR 165: 196 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10969 |
From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874]
Summary
Statistics showing rate of decline of population in Sandwich Islands, 1832–72.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8709 |
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- … 4 . 6 1836 —1 . 97 1850 —2 . 01 1860 —2 . 06 1866 —2 . 10 The 4 . 6 seems the only one out …
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Dieffenbach, Ernst | (1) |
| Hughes, F. J. | (1) |
| Williams & Norgate | (1) |
| Zacharias, Otto | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Dieffenbach, Ernst | (1) |
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … That’s not me,? or something. 6: The portrayal of Darwin among French …
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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- … Letter 3901 - Darwin to Falconer, H., [5 & 6 January 1863] Darwin gives feedback on …
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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- … Letter 2337 — Wallace, A. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct 1858 Darwin thanks Hooker and Lyell for …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … Darwin had investigated in depth ( letter from C. F. Claus, 6 February 1869 ). In a letter to the …
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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- … Letter 5003f — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., [6--10 Feb 1866] James Shaw transcribes a …
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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Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … ‘one long gigantic blunder’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 September [1861] ). The fascinating three …
Books on the Beagle
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‘Considering the limited disposable space in so very small a ship, we contrived to carry more instruments and books than one would readily suppose could be stowed away in dry and secure places’. So wrote Captain FitzRoy in the Narrative (2: 18). CD, in his…
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- … in miniature, upwards of 400 volumes!’ This in a cabin 6 feet 6 inches square! Since most of …
- … 2e Partie, Zoologie . Paris, 1816–30. (DAR 30.1: 6, 12v.). Darwin Library–CUL. § …
- … 2 vols. London, 1829. (DAR 37.2: 798; Stoddart 1962, pp. 6, 8, 11). Encyclopædia …
- … Darwin Buenos Ayres Sept. 1833’). CUL Adv.d.79.22–6. § Rivero, Mariano de. Memoria sobre el …
- … of the Geological Society of London 1 (1834): 21–6. (DAR 35.2: 357). Carne, Joseph. On the …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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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- … Zoonomia 2 Vols 4to. 5 Paris Pharmacologia 6 2 Vols 8 Vo Pamplets by D rs . …
- … the earth. 15 1 Vol. 8 Vo Almack & Granby 16 6 Vols 12. mo Henry Chemistry …
- … in the Darwin Library–Down. 5 E. Darwin 1794–6. CD’s annotated copy is in the Rare Books …
- … in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . 3 pts in 6 vols. London. Cochrane, Charles …
Natural selection
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How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…
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- … controversial Essay on the Principle of Population (6 th edition, 1828); Malthus argued that …
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…
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … evils to mankind’ ( draft letter to Charles Bradlaugh, 6 June 1877 ). Darwin enclosed an extract …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … in 1849 ( Correspondence vol. 4, letter to W. D. Fox, 6 February [1849]). According to some …
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…
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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Begins 'Natural Selection'
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Darwin begins writing his 'big book', Natural Selection. The book was never finished, but later formed the basis for On the Origin of Species
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- … Darwin begins writing his 'big book', Natural Selection. The book was never finished, but …
Charles Darwin born
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Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, the fifth of six children of Robert Waring Darwin, a doctor, and his wife Susannah, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood I.
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- … Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, the fifth of six children of Robert Waring …
Darwin on childhood
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On his engagement to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838, Darwin wrote down his recollections of his early childhood. Life. Written August–– 1838 My earliest recollection, the date of which I can approximately tell, and which must have been before…
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- … On his engagement to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838, Darwin wrote down his recollections of …
