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Author:	Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	[13 Jan 1861]
Classmark:	DAR 185: 117
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3046F

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… From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. …
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… DAR 185: 117 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Emma Darwin [13 Jan …
… 1861] William Erasmus Darwin …
… Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. …
… H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates. …
… London. B. at 2 o .30’— Your affect | C. Darwin Dear Wm, I expect Eva will come with you, …
… 11 January 1861, and left on 21 January (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Emma was mistaken …
… The letter is dated by the reference to George Howard Darwin’s dental treatment (see n. …
… 3, below) and references in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242; see nn. 2 and 8, below). …
… Sunday. CD refers to his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, who lived at 6 Queen Anne Street, …
… London, and to Francis and George Howard Darwin, who, according …
… to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), went to London on 10 January 1861, returning to Down on …
… treatment between December 1860 and February 1861 (see letter from G. H. Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [9 December 1860] (DAR …
… 251: 2226), letters from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [30 January 1861] (DAR 219.1: 36), [12 February 1861] (DAR 219.1: 37), and [20 …
… further identified. London Bridge station. Emma Darwin added this note to CD’s letter. The …
… House with William on 14 January 1861 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); to the London home …

To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828

Summary

[Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s present one having become dangerous.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Darwin family
Date:	3 Oct 1828
Classmark:	L
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-50

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… R. Darwin family …
… To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828 …
… L Charles Robert Darwin [Shrewsbury] 3 …
… Oct 1828 Darwin family …
… The ‘petition’ is in Caroline Darwin’s hand. The subscribers’ names are in their own …
… requisite for the purchase of new Double barrd Gun— Value £20— £. s. d. W Darwin 5= 0 …
… = 0 Miss Darwin 5 . …
… 0– 0 Miss Susan Darwin 5 " 0 . …
… 0 Miss Cath Darwin 5 " 0 " 0. …
… Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] …
… submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s …
… a Distressed Sportsman— 1828. Oct 3— Charles Darwin gent—humbly petitions all benevolently …
… liable to destroy the aforesaid Charles Darwins legs arms, body & brains & consequently …

From Edward Levett Darwin 7 September 1863

Summary

Glad to find they are cousins.

Sends his book [High Elms (pseud.), The game-preserver’s manual (1858)].

Author:	Edward Levett Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	7 Sept 1863
Classmark:	DAR 99: 17–18
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-4295

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… From Edward Levett Darwin 7 September 1863 …
… Darwin, E. …
… L. Darwin, C. R. …
… DAR 99: 17–18 Edward Levett Darwin Derby 7 Sept …
… 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
… day or other it will result in being personal . Yours very sincerely | Edw d L Darwin Chr. …
… Darwin Esq | F.R.S. …
… cousin, once removed ( Darwin pedigree ). CD and his family had gone to Malvern Wells, …
… a common one yet there are I know other Darwins. Your Wife sent me 2/1 for a copy of the …
… Edward Darwin was CD’s first cousin, son of …
… his father’s half-brother, Francis Sacheverel Darwin ( …
… Darwin pedigree ). …
… No other correspondence between CD and Edward Darwin has been found. …
… Emma Darwin had apparently sent for a copy of …
… considerably enlarged’ edition of Edward Darwin’s Game preserver’s manual , which was …
… published in 1863 (E. L. Darwin 1863). …
… Emma Darwin had apparently …
… sent Edward Darwin a copy of An appeal , a four-page circular concerning the cruelty of …
… s manual are the only works by Edward Darwin listed in the NSTC . The reference may be to …
… the particular procedures necessary for trapping foxes ([E. L. Darwin] 1859, pp. 25–6). …
… Marcus Huish, of Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, was married to Edward Darwin’s sister, …
… Frances Sarah ( Darwin pedigree ). The reference is to Samuel Boteler and …
… Hall, Nottinghamshire; Samuel Boteler Bristowe was CD’s and Edward Darwin’s second …
… August (see letter from G. B. Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin, 22 July 1863, and Appendix IX). …
… See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [ …
… September 1863] . The two parts of Edward Darwin’s Game preserver’s manual dealt with the …
… steel trap stands, as it always must, pre-eminent’ ([E. L. Darwin] 1859, p. 22). The …

From Francis Parker 22 April 1867

Summary

Sends £600 bequeathed by Susan Darwin to CD’s younger children.

Author:	Francis (Frank) Parker
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	22 Apr 1867
Classmark:	DAR 174: 19
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5510

Matches: 24 hits

… Parker, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
… DAR 174: 19 Francis (Frank) Parker Chester 22 Apr 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Sends £600 bequeathed by Susan Darwin to CD’s younger children. …
… 100 Henrietta Emma Darwin … 100 …
… Elizabeth Darwin .... . . 100 Cha …
… s . Rob t . Darwin (Specific Legacy— a …
… portrait of Miss Darwins father —valued at …
… £4—) Henrietta Emma Darwin (a Silver Tea Urn—valued at £28 . 2 . 6)— …
… Susan Elizabeth Darwin, CD’s sister, died in October 1866 (see Correspondence vol. 14). …
… were the executors of her will (Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s will, Probate Registry, York). …
… Robert Waring Darwin. …
… I am | Yours very sincerely | Francis Parker Charles Darwin Esq re . Down Bromley Kent. …
… Extract from the Will of the late Miss Susan Elizabeth Darwin dated 1 st . November …
… 1865— “I give and bequeath to my nephews George Howard Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin, and …
… Horace Darwin and my …
… nieces Henrietta Emma Darwin and …
… Elizabeth Darwin (the younger sons and daughters …
… of my Brother Charles Robert Darwin) One hundred pounds each”— I send you in a separate …
… cover the Undermentioned Legacy receipts for signature— Value Geo. Howard Darwin … 100 …
… Francis Darwin .... . …
… 100 Leonard Darwin .... . …
… 100 Horace Darwin . .... …

To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862]

Summary

Thanks WED for observations on Lythrum.

Discusses family affairs.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	30 [Oct 1862]
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 107
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3789

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… to W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] . …
… To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862] …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, W. E. …
… DAR 210.6: 107 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 [Oct …
… 1862] William Erasmus Darwin …
… by the relationship to the letter from W. E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 . See letter to …
… W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] and n. 2, and letter …
… from W. E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 . CD reported this observation in ‘Three forms of …
… My dear old fellow | Your affect | C. Darwin Months hence will do about counting seed; …
… and the letters from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [19 November 1862] and [2 December 1862? ], in DAR 219.1: 67–8). William had …
… DAR 226.1). See letter from W. E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] and n. 4, and letter …
… and Hampshire Bank, Southampton. Henrietta Emma Darwin. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [ …
… s visit to Down House on 31 October, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242): ‘Ch. …
… Lubbock, 25 October 1862 , n. 5. Elizabeth Darwin started at a school in Kensington run …
… by Miss Buob, on 27 January 1863 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
… and the letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [29 October 1862], in DAR 219.1: …
… 63). The Darwins’ governess, Camilla Ludwig, was on an extended visit to her family in …
… in order to separate her from Horace Darwin. The Down surgeon, Stephen Paul Engleheart, …
… from which he had been suffering earlier in the year. See the letters from Emma Darwin to …
… William Erasmus Darwin, [2 March 1862], [27 May 1862], and [6 November …
… in DAR 219.1: 49, 57, 64; see also Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and CD’s Classed account …
… of Down. On Saturday 1 November 1862, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that …
… having become friendly with Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …

Darwin, Emma (1808–96)

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… scientific work - she passed scientific requests from Darwin along to her correspondents. …
… Darwin saw Emma as an exemplary wife. Relevant Gender Resources: http:// …
… scientists-wives Primary Sources: Darwin Correspondence Database, https:// …
… www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-441 Darwin Correspondence Database, https:// …
… www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-542 Darwin Correspondence Database, https:// …
… www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-761 Darwin Correspondence Database, https:// …
… www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-4498f Darwin Correspondence Database, https:// …
… www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-7922 Darwin Correspondence Database, https:// …
… Desmond and James Moore and Janet Browne, ‘Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882)’, Oxford …
… www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7176, accessed 20 Feb 2013] Emma Darwin (1904) and (1915). …
… WSL,26,27 Wedgwood, Josiah II Darwin, C. R. …
… Emma Darwin 1808–96 Youngest daughter of Josiah Wedgwood II. …
… in 1839. Further Information: Emma Darwin née Wedgwood (1808-1896) was the youngest …
… of Josiah Wedgwood II. In January 1839 she married her first cousin, Charles Darwin. …
… She and Darwin had 10 children. Emma was religious: she had been baptised in the …
… beliefs. Early in her relationship with Darwin, Emma expressed concern about his religious …
… salvation. In spite of her concerns over Darwin’s religious beliefs, Emma remained …
… husband’s work throughout his life. Indeed, Darwin entrusted Emma with ensuring that his …
… even if he died suddenly. Emma often took over Darwin’s correspondence when he was feeling …
… unwell. Darwin recognised the critical role Emma played in helping to manage his …

To W. E. Darwin 26 April [1862]

Summary

Thanks WED for eyeglass.

Reports on health of Horace and family matters.

Has finished Orchids.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	26 Apr [1862]
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 96
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3520

Matches: 24 hits

… To W. E. Darwin 26 April [1862] …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, W. E. …
… when Joseph Dalton Hooker was also visiting Down House (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… DAR 210.6: 96 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Apr [ …
… 1862] William Erasmus Darwin …
… you saw Hooker work on plant. — Farewell, dear old fellow | Yours affect y . | C. Darwin …
… proofs of Orchids (see n. 6, below). Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that the ‘Boys …
… went to school’ on Monday 28 April 1862. George Howard Darwin and …
… Francis Darwin both attended Clapham Grammar School in south-west …
… London (see DNB s.v. Darwin, G. H. , …
… and F. Darwin 1920, p. …
… 63). Leonard Darwin had been tutored privately by George Varenne Reed since summer 1859 ( …
… Wedgwood. There is an entry in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) on 25 April 1862 that …
… half-yearly payment to Clapham Grammar School. See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [3 February 1862] (DAR 219.1: 48). Leonard was sent home from Clapham with …
… see CD’s Classed account book (Down House MS), letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [13 December 1862] (DAR 219.1: 69), and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to …
… G. V. Reed, 12 January 1863). Emma Darwin wrote in her diary (DAR 242) that she ‘Went to …
… was a family nickname for George (see, for example, the letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [26 March 1858] (DAR 219.1: 33), which begins ‘My dear Georgy’, but later …
… write to & not Gingo’). CD refers to Horace Darwin who had been ill since the beginning of …
… the year. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Camilla Ludwig, …
… governess at Down House, accompanied Horace Darwin to the home of his aunt Sarah Elizabeth …

From E. A. Darwin, Charles Darwin, and W. E. Darwin to Thomas Salt 12 April 1864

Summary

Instructions concerning the payment of the principal and interest of the mortgage to Mr Childe.

Author:	William Erasmus Darwin; Erasmus Alvey Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Salt
Date:	12 Apr 1864
Classmark:	Rachel Salt (private collection); sold at Spink’s, July 2018
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-4460F

Matches: 14 hits

… E. Darwin Thomas Salt Esq re | Belmont | Shrewsbury …
… Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, E. …
… A. Darwin, C. R. Salt, Thomas …
… From E. A. Darwin, …
… Charles Darwin, and W. …
… E. Darwin to Thomas Salt 12 April 1864 …
… Salt (private collection); sold at Spink’s, July 2018 William Erasmus Darwin Erasmus …
… Alvey Darwin Charles …
… Robert Darwin 12 Apr 1864 Thomas Salt …
… from CD’s father, Robert Waring Darwin (Shropshire Archives, SA D3651/B/47/1/1/1/1/6). …
… Robert Waring Darwin’s children had inherited the loans. Charles Langton was married to …
… principal to the account of the Re vd Charles Langton at the same Bank. E A Darwin | Ch. …
… R. Darwin | W. …

From E. A. Darwin 11 October [1866]

Summary

Disposal of Susan’s effects. Legacies to CD’s children. EAD has taken the letters and papers and asked Henry [Parker] to forward the George Richmond pictures of CD and Emma.

Caroline looks "miserably ill".

Author:	Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	11 Oct [1866]
Classmark:	DAR 105: B48–51
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5238

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… Darwin, E. …
… A. Darwin, C. R. …
… From E. A. Darwin 11 October [1866] …
… DAR 105: B48–51 Erasmus Alvey Darwin London, Queen Anne St …
… 11 Oct [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
… year is established by the reference to Susan Elizabeth Darwin and her estate (see n. …
… 2, below). Susan Darwin had died on 3 October 1866 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 October …
… been sent to CD (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 7 October [1866] ). In a codicil to her …
… Catherine Langton (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 19 February [1866] and n. 6). The …
… George Richmond made portraits of CD in 1839 and 1840, of Emma Darwin in 1840 and 1842, …
… and of Erasmus Alvey Darwin in 1850 (Lister 1981, p. 156; see also frontispieces to …
… tureen is mentioned in the will (will of Susan Elizabeth Darwin, Probate Registry, York). …
… William Erasmus Darwin, CD’s eldest son, inherited the farm at Claythorpe, Lincolnshire. …
… property from her father, Robert Waring Darwin, who had purchased another farm, for CD, at …
… of Susan’s estate (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 7 October [1866] and n. 5). ‘ …
… D r D’ is probably a reference to Erasmus Darwin, but may refer …
… to Robert Waring Darwin. …
… CD and Erasmus Alvey Darwin were the executors …
… of Robert Waring Darwin’s will (will …
… of Robert Waring Darwin, Department of Manuscripts and Records, National Library of Wales, …
… Aberystwyth). CD’s son George Howard Darwin was interested in genealogy and collected …
… on the family. See letter from E. A. Darwin, [before 20 February 1866] and n. 2. …
… are to Henrietta Emma and Elizabeth Darwin. Erasmus probably meant to write ‘Henry’ …

From Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin 25 January [1868]

Summary

Expresses her pleasure at seeing George Darwin’s name as Second Wrangler.

Author:	Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	25 Jan [1868]
Classmark:	DAR 99: 34–5
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5799

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… Darwin, C. M. …
… C. Darwin, C. R. …
… From Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin 25 January [1868] …
… a Clapham in Yorkshire, but Horace and Leonard Darwin were at school in Clapham, London. …
… DAR 99: 34–5 Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin Otley 25 Jan [ …
… 1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Expresses her pleasure at seeing George Darwin’s name as Second Wrangler. …
… us know. With very kind regards, believe me | Y rs . sincerely | Charlotte M C Darwin …
… The year is established by the reference to George Howard Darwin’s examination (see n. 3, …
… below). Charlotte had eight children ( Darwin pedigree ). …
… George Howard Darwin was second in the mathematical honours examination at Cambridge; the …
… University calendar 1868). Francis Rhodes Darwin. George attended Clapham Grammar School …
… Otley. Jan y . 25 th . Dear M r . Darwin, Judging by my own feelings as a Parent, I feel …
… s〉 as second Wrangler at Cambridge— M r . Darwin begs to unite with me in Congratulations …
… to yourself & M rs . Darwin, and we so much regret, that you did not tell us of your 〈bo〉 …

From W. E. Darwin to Emma and/or Charles Darwin c. 20–5 September 1877

Summary

Description of their English dinner companions at a foreign hotel.

Author:	William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Darwin
Date:	c. 20-25 Sept 1877
Classmark:	DAR 210.5: 18
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11146F

Matches: 8 hits

… Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, Emma …
… DAR 210.5: 18 William Erasmus Darwin c. …
… 20-25 Sept 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Emma Darwin …
… From W. E. Darwin to Emma …
… and/or Charles Darwin c . 20–5 September 1877 …

From Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin [20 May 1864]

Summary

CD much obliged for specimen and drawings.

Author:	Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	[20 May 1864]
Classmark:	DAR 97: A7
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3366

Matches: 17 hits

… Darwin, …
… Emma Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, W. E. …
… From Emma and Charles Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin [20 May 1864] …
… DAR 97: A7 Emma Darwin Charles …
… Robert Darwin unstated [20 May …
… 1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
… between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] , and by …
… George Howard, Francis, and Leonard Darwin’s arrival at Down on 21 May 1864 (see n. 5, …
… lived at Maer until 1847, had recently visited Down (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] and n. 4). For CD’s speculation on the …
… Pulmonaria angustifolia , see letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] and nn. 6 and 7. …
… p. 115). See letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] and n. 8. The photographs arrived …
… for example, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] ). See letter from H. E. Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [18 May 1864] and n. 4. …
… See letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] and n. 3. CD wrote in Forms of flowers , …

To W. E. Darwin [10 May 1863]

Summary

Thanks WED for his botanical specimens and observations.

Discusses Corydalis and the fertilisation of Fumariaceae.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	[10 May 1863]
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 111
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-4151

Matches: 19 hits

… his name? ) get on in health? Read Bates’ Book; you will like it— good night | C. Darwin …
… To W. E. Darwin [10 May 1863] …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, W. E. …
… E. Darwin, [17 November 1861] ). Bates 1863. …
… DAR 210.6: 111 Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place [10 …
… May 1863] William Erasmus Darwin …
… between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] , and by the address. …
… According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
… DAR 242), the Darwins stayed at Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey, the home of Josiah …
… on a Sunday. See letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] . The plant was subsequently …
… Correspondence vol. 9, letter to W. E. Darwin, 17 [October 1861] , and letter from W. …
… angustifolia (see letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 May [1863] , n. 1). CD was trying to …
… Correspondence vol. 12, letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] . For CD’s conclusions on …
… pp. 105– 10. See letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] and n. 5. As part of his …
… plants that were apparently fertile without insect aid. According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
… DAR 242), the Darwins returned to Down from Leith Hill Place on Wednesday 13 May 1863. ‘ …
… Skimp’ was a family nickname for Horace Darwin (Freeman 1978). Horace had been unwell …
… see Correspondence vol. 10). George Howard Darwin. His and CD’s observations of insects …

From Sara Sedgwick Darwin [3 December 1877]

Summary

Describes her and W. E. Darwin’s honeymoon.

Author:	Sara Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[3 Dec 1877]
Classmark:	DAR 210.5: 23
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11267F

Matches: 6 hits

… Darwin, …
… Sara Darwin, C. R. …
… From Sara Sedgwick Darwin [3 December 1877] …
… Describes her and W. E. Darwin’s honeymoon. …
… DAR 210.5: 23 Sara Darwin [3 Dec …
… 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …

To W. E. Darwin 10 [December 1856]

Summary

Writes of arrangements for the end of the school-term.

Condition of Emma and the new baby [C. W. Darwin].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	10 [Dec 1856]
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 12
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2019

Matches: 17 hits

… To W. E. Darwin 10 [December 1856] …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, W. E. …
… DAR 210.6: 12 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 [Dec …
… 1856] William Erasmus Darwin …
… for the end of the school-term. Condition of Emma and the new baby [C. W. Darwin]. …
… in your examination Your affect. | C. Darwin What a nice letter that was of Georgys. — …
… Dated by the reference to the birth of Charles Waring Darwin. …
… Emma Darwin noted in her diary that after …
… his school-term ended, George Howard Darwin went directly to the home of Hensleigh and …
… and a fellow student of William Erasmus Darwin’s at Rugby. Henry Hemmings, a servant of …
… Wedgwood, was probably on his way to Barlaston (see letter to G. H. Darwin and W. …
… E. Darwin, 13 [November 1856]). …
… According to Emma Darwin’s …
… diary, the Darwin boys stayed with Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood …
… until Saturday, 27 December, which was William Darwin’s birthday. …
… Emma Darwin recorded in her diary on 26 December, ‘came down to breakfast’. CD recorded …

To W. E. Darwin [24 July 1862]

Summary

Discusses dimorphic plants, valerian and Erythraea. Would like to look at them; suggests WED draw up a paper on them.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	[24 July 1862]
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 101
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3632

Matches: 18 hits

… To W. E. Darwin [24 July 1862] …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, W. E. …
… DAR 210.6: 101 Charles Robert Darwin Down [24 July …
… 1862] William Erasmus Darwin …
… of nectar or position of flowers in the two forms? Good Night— I am tired. — | C. Darwin …
… E. Darwin, [after 14 July 1862] . See letter from …
… W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 . See letter from …
… W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 . There is a series of observations and drawings of the parts …
… relationship to the letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 , and to the letter to W. …
… E. Darwin, [after 14 July 1862] , and by reference …
… a postscript, written in pencil, in Emma Darwin’s hand: ‘Enquire a little about quiet sea …
… the end of next week’. George Howard Darwin and Francis stayed with William in Southampton …
… from 2 August (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [after 5 August 1862] and n. 3). The …
… the Thursday prior to the week ending 2 August 1862. Leonard Darwin was recovering from …
… scarlet fever (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242); see also letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [ …
… 1862] , letters to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862], 9 July [1862], and [after 14 July 1862], …
… Gray, 14 July [1862] ). See letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 , and letter to W. …

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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 …

Interview with Randal Keynes

Summary

Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…

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… Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth …
… University Library - in the Keynes Room! - visiting the Darwin Correspondence Project. Randal is a …
… Your book seems to counter prevailing popular portraits of Darwin as the solitary genius, and of …
… any historian of science, that the great achievements, like Darwin's, and many others, are not …
… [of] all the scientist's colleagues. 6. Darwin's poetic sensibility …
… Yes. 7. How, and what, do we know of Darwin's opinions about religion? …
… to conclude with any certainty. You, and Jim Moore [another Darwin biographer] as well, talk about …
… ?the tatters of belief in a moral, just universe?, and that Darwin now took his stand as an …
… that he read, which are very important - and in general, Darwin's reading is a fascinating …
… important, fundamental act. That was important for her. Darwin just didn't have that in him, …
… ? and look there for the explanation of the difficulties Darwin and Emma had with each other's …
… I'm struck by, also, this moral dimension to Christianity. Darwin, several times, comes back to …
… of liberal theologians and unitarians that were part of Darwin's circle would not necessarily …
… Dr White: Right. 9. Emma Darwin's influence and struggle with faith …
… White: Right. 10. Parallels between Darwin's occupation and Emma's …
… for that was a struggle - and I'm thinking also about Darwin's humility as a man of …
… and? I'm seeing a parallel between her religious journey and Darwin's scientific vocation, …
… what actually drew them together. 11. Darwin's support for the church as a …

Interview with Tim Lewens

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Dr Tim Lewens is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Organisms and artifacts (2004), which examines the language and arguments for design in biology and philosophy, and of…

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… and arguments for design in biology and philosophy, and of Darwin (2007), which considers the …
… belief, and the importance of a historical understanding of Darwin’s work. …
… White: This is part of a series of interviews that the Darwin Correspondence Project at the …
… range of fields, and our aim is to discuss the importance of Darwin, historically and today, and to …
… for design in biology, and -just out – a wonderful book on Darwin and philosophy. Thanks very much …
… introduction. 2. The unusual role Darwin plays today Dr …
… the books which, frankly, are a bit of a harder read. So, Darwin’s study of variation, for example, …
… reason, I suppose, is basically the thought that, basically, Darwin got it right: in some sense or …
… I’d like to make. And another reason is that Darwin puzzles over so many of the conceptual …
… debates that we have right now. 3. Darwin’s reputation among scientists …
… in science. Do you think this has something to do with how Darwin’s reputation was forged in the …
… Einstein is as important for physics, I would say, as Darwin is for biology. There’s a …
… as deep philosophical questions. And so, if you think that Darwin’s basic views really do have …
… as I say, some people have viewed as certainly inherent in Darwin’s work. 4. …
… to that, if I can, is: what’s usually stripped out from Darwin’s own work now as in some ways being …
… 5. Does historical accuracy about Darwin matter? Dr White: Part of what we’re …
… - and in biology in particular – why should the historical Darwin matter at all? Dr Lewens: …
… contains the answer within it. I mean, the very fact that Darwin himself is used today by prominent …
… over what the real nature of Darwinism is, and the fact that Darwin is always invoked to try to …
… Darwinism, partly shows the importance of looking at what Darwin himself really said. You need to …
… as well as simply seeing whether or not the invocations of Darwin which real biologists these days …
… general view of life; a general philosophy – by looking at Darwin’s own claims more directly, as …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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… we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a …
… The Archers , previously worked with us playing Charles Darwin in a dramatisation of the …
… to life with his masterful characterisation of Charles Darwin. It was a long and full day at the …
… A significant proportion of the selection comprised Darwin’s letters to women correspondents, who …
… Other female correspondents asked Darwin questions about the spiritual implications of his theories …
… Even the youngest female members of the Darwin family were not exempted from making observations, as …
… Kennard written on 9 January 1882 , only shortly before Darwin’s death, about the equality of …
… of the Beagle letters (e.g. letter to Caroline Darwin, 29 April 1836 ) to the more considered …
… in interpreting particular letters. How should one read Darwin’s politely worded rebuke to St G. J. …
… proofreading a draft chapter of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …

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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… at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by …
… Corsi today. This is part of a series of interviews that the Darwin Project is doing on Darwin and …
… of debates were going on around transformist theories before Darwin. In the British context, we have …
… on ways of communicating science [in France before or during Darwin's career], for instance, …
… Classical dictionary of natural history) that travelled with Darwin on the Beagle . Bory de Saint …
… we find continues and is a very big part of the reception of Darwin. I’m just wondering again, going …
… from the clergy that you have in England. After all, Charles Darwin was quite happy at the prospect …
… developments in natural science. 4. Darwin’s knowledge of early evolutionary …
… I’m just wondering how you might explain that: is Darwin, in fact, not reading very much of the kind …
… both. As you know, some historians have stressed Darwin’s nasty side (I cannot believe in …
… in England, and indeed perhaps in Europe. But Darwin in ’32, well, of course he knew a lot …
… But when he started reading these French authors, for Darwin they were not any more a burning issue. …
… to repeat again and get at is that by the time in which Darwin sets to read these people – Lamarck, …
… are at stake. So I think generational factors are like that. Darwin was not misleading readers: …
… new varieties, new species, and so on and so forth. But Darwin did not know that. For Darwin, …
… not a religious view of nature. So my answer will be that Darwin read what he needed, not because …
… to him personally. 5. What was Darwin’s impact on the French transformist …
… right through the first part of the nineteenth century, when Darwin does publish what difference …
… about it as a straightforward [matter of the] reception of Darwin’s ideas, but is the fact that …
… thought? Prof Corsi: I think that in France, Darwin was looked at as a very clever …
… in zoology. People felt challenged. The earliest reaction to Darwin was typically French: ?We …
… well, they have to explain why the immediate reaction to [Darwin]? People, even in letters, said, …

Interview with John Hedley Brooke

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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…

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… is [part of] a series of interviews that is hosted by the Darwin Correspondence Project about Darwin …
… of science ? and this is a question raised in a debate in Darwin’s day. I’m not thinking of the more …
… takes place later in the 19th century, over spiritualism. Darwin’s close scientific colleague and …
… eventually engrossed, in spiritualism. He first writes to Darwin about this in 1869, and this is …
… these are better explained by the action of a higher power. Darwin is clearly shocked by this, and …
… scientifically. We tend to think always in terms of Darwin as the great scientist and Wallace as …
… of spirit agency guiding the process of evolution. Darwin himself, of course, resisted that …
… 4. Patterns in the response to Darwin Dr White: We know, partly from your own …
… specific religious traditions and their attitudes towards Darwin. I think it’s fairly obvious that …
… tradition ? you can look at the Presbyterian response to Darwin, for example, as David Livingstone …
… of ultra-conservatives who felt that science in the shape of Darwin was actually destructive of the …
… White: I’d just like to follow up on that a bit more. Darwin had a number of clerical …
… is a willingness, as it were, to be fellow travellers with Darwin ? a willingness to see the world …
… ideas of human evolution in general ? and the sense in which Darwin, of course, reinforced them ? …
… dilemma, and it’s exactly that kind of dilemma that Darwin finds engaging, enthralling, but also …
… or certain of them failed to come to terms with the Darwin mechanism ? correctly formulated ? we …
… liberal Anglicans didn’t really understand exactly what Darwin had said or didn’t know quite how …
… the first to the sixth edition of the Origin of Species, Darwin himself retreats somewhat over the …
… White: Another feature of some liberal Anglicanism in Darwin’s day was a particular emphasis on …
… toward a higher being, or a sense of ultimate purpose. Emma Darwin’s faith seems to be based largely …
… Paul, on an aspect of the agnosticism we associate with Darwin himself late in life, where he does, …
… and indeed has certain passages in the first draft of Darwin’s autobiography deleted because she …
… of research done on specifically theological responses to Darwin ? and particularly on the …
… question to answer. It was of major significance for Darwin himself, and for Emma, and it’s …
… of the origins of religious belief do still find in Darwin himself all kinds of inspiration. As …

The Darwin and Human Nature film series

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We chose four films to cover a broad chronology from the early 19th to the early 20th century; and a range of themes, including teaching Darwinism, slavery and race, degeneration in Victorian society, the boundaries between normal and abnormal in the…

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… were films that would make surprising connections to Charles Darwin’s work on human nature, and that …

Mary Treat

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Mary Treat was a naturalist from New Jersey who made significant contributions to the fields of entomolgy and botany. Over the period 1871–1876, she exchanged fifteen letters with Darwin - more than any other woman naturalist.

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… the period 1871–1876, she exchanged fifteen letters with Darwin - more than any other woman …
… Treat’s interests were broad; she corresponded with Darwin on a range of botanical and entomological …
… Treat undertook observations of plants native to America on Darwin’s behalf. In return, Darwin acted …
… Mary Treat, her work and her correspondence with Charles Darwin …

Face of emotion

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The Project hosted an event on “The Face of Emotion” as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas in October 2011. Darwin’s work on expression was discussed in the context of current research in artificial intelligence, autism, and neuroscience. Video or…

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… as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas in October 2011. Darwin’s work on expression was …
… the short talks that were given: Dr Paul White of the Darwin Project on Charles Darwin's …
… The event also included a small exhibition of original Darwin material and a hands-on session …

'Like confessing a murder' audio play

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This speciallycommissioned BBC Radio drama is based entirely on Charles and Emma Darwin’s own words and correspondence. Behind the controversial public persona, Darwin was an affectionate family man, fully engaged – sometimes heartbreakingly so – in the…

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… BBC Radio drama is based entirely on Charles and Emma Darwin’s own words and correspondence. Behind …
… Origin , when outlining the theory to Joseph Dalton Hooker, Darwin had said felt 'like …
… broadcast by the BBC World Service in 2009. The part of Darwin was played by Alex Jennings and Emma …

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