From E. A. Darwin [1 February 1825]
Summary
Tells CD a bill is all right. Hopes his father will pay it and a wine merchant’s bill as well.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12 |
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To [?] 12 February [1870–82]
Summary
Send information about the bust of himself by Thomas Woolner and suggests applying to the sculptor himself about a cast.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1870-82] |
| Classmark: | Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6611F |
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- … To [? ] 12 February [1870–82] …
- … Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 12 Feb …
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To Thomas Campbell Eyton 12 [May 1861 – April 1863]
Summary
Thanks TCE for telling him of his crossed pigs. When they are grown, he would like to know whether they resemble each other.
Doubts the half-bred Gallus sonnerati will be productive, though he was assured many years ago that such a fertile half-breed once occurred.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | 12 [May 1861 - Apr 1863] |
| Classmark: | Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham (EYT/1/45) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13804 |
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- … To Thomas Campbell Eyton 12 [May 1861 – April 1863] …
- … Special Collections, University of Birmingham (EYT/1/45) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 May …
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- … 1863 12 Apr 1863 Thomas Campbell Eyton …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. 12 th Dear Eyton I am particularly obliged to you for …
- … sonneratii . In Natural selection , p. 435 n. 12, CD wrote, ‘several years ago I myself …
From E. A. Darwin 12 November [1860–8]
Summary
Sends the tithes.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1860-8] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4340 |
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- … From E. A. Darwin 12 November [1860–8] …
- … DAR 105: B11 Erasmus Alvey Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 12 Nov …
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- … 1867 12 Nov 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 6. Queen Anne St 12 Nov Dear Charles. I send you the Tithes. Langton tells me he has …
[Pollock, Frederick]. 1879b. “Erasmus Darwin.” Pall Mall Gazette, 12 December 1879, p. 12.
To ? 12 July [1872–4]
Summary
Has not strength or time to hunt for Herminium monorchis; has failed to make orchid seeds germinate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 July [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Russia (Collection of P. Waxell (F. 965): no 637) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8406F |
From Joseph Dalton Hooker 1 January 1865
Summary
Forwards H. T. Stainton letter for reply.
Finds many Cucurbita have tendrils with sticking ends.
The "potentiality of so many organs in plants to play so many parts is one of the most wonderful of your discoveries . . . one day it will itself play a prodigious part in the interpretation of both morphological and physiological facts".
Is disgusted with Sabine’s address [see 4708] because of its mutilation of what JDH wrote.
THH’s slashing leader in Reader ["Science and ""Church policy"" ", 4 (1864): 821] – as usual he destroys all in his path.
Encloses letter from G. H. K. Thwaites with a message for CD [see encl].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 1–3; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, DC vol. 162 doc. 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4734 |
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- … p. 437. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September …
- … see Guy 1983 and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [1864] …
- … nn. 3 and 5; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February …
- … 4 November 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12; see also letter to J. D. Hooker, [ c. 23 …
- … not undertaken (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
- … plants’ , p. 78. See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [ …
- … conditions (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] , letter from …
- … Journal for 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix II) that he had finished the paper on …
- … Reader , pp. 708–9 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December …
- … is reproduced in Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV. Sabine had contracted influenza …
- … the Royal Society (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Elizabeth Juliana Sabine, 7 …
- … 1862–83, 1: 816–41). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December …
- … to the book (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April …
- … Hooker of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD reported having seen a foreign …
- … of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12) that he expected to hear of a paper on …
- … in June 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June …
- … December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD had asked Daniel Oliver to check Botanische …
- … 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). Hooker and CD had a long-running interest …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [ …
- … House MS); see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Lubbock, 19 November [1864] ). …
- … plant Nepenthes (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 [March] 1864 , …
- … of James Veitch (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] …
- … notes on the genus are in DAR 157.1: 111–12 and DAR 187: 1. At some point, CD appears to …
- … Melastomataceae). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26–7 April …
- … in September 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
From G. H. Lewes 12 November 1868
Summary
Disappointed that he missed CD. Hopes still to see him in the flesh.
Has CD seen August Weismann’s inaugural address [see 6297]?
| Author: | George Henry Lewes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: D11–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6458 |
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- … From G. H. Lewes 12 November 1868 …
- … DAR 106: D11–12 George Henry Lewes …
- … London, Regents Park 12 Nov 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park. 12 Nov r 1868 My dear M r Darwin It was a …
- … the last German war’, that appeared in the 12 October 1791 issue of the Bee, or Literary …
To G. H. Darwin 12 [December 1874 or January 1875?]
Summary
Regrets the trouble GHD has had.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Dec 1874 - Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9221 |
Allen, David Elliston. 1987. Changing attitudes to nature conservation: the botanical perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 32: 203–12.
Ansted, David Thomas. 1863a. The Ionian islands in the year 1863. London: Wm. H. Allen.
Naudin, Charles Victor. 1859b. Revue des cucurbitacées cultivées au Muséum, en 1859. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Botanique) 4th ser. 12: 79–164.
[Hesse-Wartegg, Ernst A. von.] 1875c. Insektenfressende Pflanzen. Fremden-Blatt, 10 August 1875, pp. 11–12, and 11 August 1875, pp. 11–12.
Beckhard, Martin (1853–1942)
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- … index 1862–1948 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) UK, naturalisation certificates …
- … declarations, 1870–1912 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) United States Federal …
- … New York, New York, Manhattan 0516/15) (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) U.S. …
- … passport applications, 1795–1925 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) 26 …
From George Varenne Reed 12 January 1863
Summary
Sorry CD considers Horace Darwin unfit for school.
| Author: | George Varenne Reed |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3912 |
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- … From George Varenne Reed 12 January 1863 …
- … DAR 176: 78 George Varenne Reed Hayes Rectory 12 Jan 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Hayes Rectory | SE Jan 12. 1863 My dear M r Darwin I am much obliged to you for your …
- … best wishes | I remain | yours very sincerely | G V Reed G V R | Jan 12. /63 | £13〃2〃6 …
- … Easter 1864. The next payment to Reed was made on 16 August 1864 when he was paid £ 12 …
- … 12 s. for the period 19 April to 19 July 1864. …
To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873]
Summary
Had thrown Geographical Society’s Proceedings in waste-basket, but as Strachey shows such admirable powers of discrimination he will fish it out and read the whole article.
Comments on 3d ed. of Sachs’s work [Lehrbuch der Botanik (1873)]. Wishes he were more controversial.
Has become wonderfully interested in Drosera and Dionaea.
9000 copies of Expression have been printed and most are sold.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Jan [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 251–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8733 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873] …
- … DAR 94: 251–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Jan [1873] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 9. CD refers to William Ewart Gladstone. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 7. CD refers to Richard Strachey. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Jan 12 th My dear Hooker I am glad to have seen Gladstone’s …
- … 1873). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 2. CD’s annotated copy of …
To Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse [after 12 March 1868]
Summary
Discusses tuition arrangements for Horace Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse |
| Date: | [after 12 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 39-40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5962 |
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- … To Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse [after 12 March 1868] …
- … 96: 39-40 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 12 Mar 1868] Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse …
- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
- … this letter and the letter from Alfred Wrigley, 12 March 1868 . According to Emma Darwin’s …
- … left home on 29 April 1868. In his letter of 12 March 1868, Wrigley had indicated that he …
- … had been ill for much of the period from 1862 to 1864 (see Correspondence vols. 10–12). …
To J. D. Hooker 12 [April 1859]
Summary
CD agrees cultivated plants may begin to vary after some time and then may vary suddenly, but cautions JDH on lack of evidence. His explanation is that small variations are ignored until they accumulate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 [Apr 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2453 |
To ? 12 November 1874
Summary
Is obliged for addressee’s courteous note and is indifferent to how his name is used.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection (MiscMS 253) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9717F |
To T. H. Huxley [after 12 January 1875]
Summary
CD has written to Mivart to say that he will never hold any communication with him in future.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | [after 12 Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 276 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9813 |
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- … To T. H. Huxley [after 12 January 1875] …
- … DAR 145: 276 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 12 Jan 1875] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … letter and the letter to St G. J. Mivart, 12 January 1875 . CD had written to St George …
- … Darwin’s views condoned immorality; see the letter to St G. J. Mivart, 12 January 1875 . …
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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 …
Australia
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The Beagle arrives in Australia
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- … The Beagle arrives in Australia …
Who we are
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Many people have contributed to the Darwin Correspondence Project since it was first founded in 1974. Some names are now lost to us, and we would appreciate hearing from anyone who has contributed in the past and is not listed here. Current staff are…
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- … Many people have contributed to the Darwin Correspondence Project since it was first founded in …
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
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The website has been updated with an interactive timeline (try it!) and enhanced secondary school resources for ages 11-14. What's more, the full texts of the letters for 1872 are now online for the first time, and a selection of Darwin's…
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- … in print. A fitting way to celebrate Darwin's birthday on 12 February. Use the …
Upper Gower Street
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Moves to 12 Upper Gower Street, London
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- … Moves to 12 Upper Gower Street, London …
About Darwin
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To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection. But even before the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was publicly known through his popular book about the voyage of the Beagle, and he was…
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- … culture, and the discussion of religion. Born on 12 February 1809, Charles Darwin was the son …
About Darwin
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To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection. But even before the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was publicly known through his popular book about the voyage of the Beagle, and he was…
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- … culture, and the discussion of religion. Born on 12 February 1809, Charles Darwin was the son …
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…
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … conviction that species were mutable (S. Herbert 1980, p. 12; Sulloway 1982b). Using transmutation …
Darwin and working from home
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My life goes on like Clockwork and I am fixed on the spot where I shall end it. Charles Darwin to Robert FitzRoy, 1 October 1846 Darwin moved into Down House in Kent on 17th September 1842 and remained there for the rest of his life. It was his…
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…
Biogeography
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Observations aboard the Beagle During his five year journey around the world on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin encountered many different landscapes and an enormous variety of flora and fauna. Some of his most…
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- … Charles. On the Origin of Species , chapters 11 and 12 Papers Darwin, Charles. …
Darwin’s introduction to geology
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Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
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- … and is a topic of active research by historians. On 12 August, Darwin may have accompanied Sedgwick …
Virginia Isitt: Darwin’s secretary?
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In an undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. to come to Down for a trial period as a secretary. When the letter first came to light, no one had heard of the mysterious “Miss I.” and, as far as we…
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Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … in 1864 he drew up the results (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). Darwin sought to show …
- … the award going to Darwin (see Correspondence vol. 12 Appendix IV). With the help of supporters …
- … details of the ensuing debate (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV) demonstrate how Darwin’s …
Results of the Darwin Online Emotions Experiment
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Thanks to all who took part in our online emotions experiment – over 18,000 of you! The formal stage of the experiment is now over, but it will be staying online as an activity, so if you don’t want to know the results, look away now. If you’d like to…
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- … crying, half laughing -16 seconds; crying from grief – 12 seconds; grief and despair – 8 seconds) …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … [11 January 1844] ). Nine months later, in his letter of 12 October [1844], he explained to Jenyns: …
Darwin & coral reefs
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No statement of the theory that could be described as ‘thought out’ has been found in the extensive notes on geological observations that survive from the time Darwin spent on the west coast of South America. There are, however, several references in the…
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- … reefs, such would be very abundant).– [Notebook no. 1.18: 12.] Then, a few pages later, …
Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
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…
