From Francis Darwin to J. H. Gilbert 8 June 1876
Summary
Asks about constituents of burnt soil.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
| Date: | 8 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10535F |
From David Forbes 1 March 1872
Summary
Sends information on composition of chalk at Shoreham and Folkestone.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8233 |
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- … low water Folkestone Carbonate of lime 94·09 — of Magnesium 0·31 Insoluble (rock …
Smith, C. A. (1827–1907)
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- … as Springfield Daily Republican; Date: 09-19-1896; Page: 4; Location: Springfield, …
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 |
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- … Corolla 1.14 Style .95 Stamens .98 Anthers .09 Pollen falling freely. Plant No 4 Flower 7 …
Author
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Forbes, David | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Forbes, David | (1) |
| Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
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Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … for anything in this world.’ (Darwin to Syms Covington, 9 March 1856 ) In the late nineteenth …
