Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, England
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- … Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, England DAR …
The History Buff (website) www.ehistorybuff.com/darwin_als.html
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- … The History Buff (website) www.ehistorybuff.com/darwin_als.html History Buff …
C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana, Hollings Special Collections Library, University of South Carolina Libraries, Columbia, South Carolina USA
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- … C. Warren Irvin, Jr. , Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana, Hollings Special Collections …
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880] …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. E. …
- … Sedgwick, Sara Darwin, …
- … Sara Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR 211: 1 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 [Jan …
- … 1880] Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Sara …
- … Sedgwick/Sara Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … To the Darwin children 10 January 1880 …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. …
- … E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR 210.6: 155 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan …
- … 1880 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his …
- … handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share. …
From the Darwin children 17 January 1880
Summary
Send CD a present of a fur coat.
Author: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 208 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12428 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … From the Darwin children 17 January 1880 …
- … Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. E. …
- … Sedgwick, Sara Darwin, …
- … Sara Darwin, H. E. …
- … Litchfield, H. E. Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 99: 208 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Sara …
- … Sedgwick/Sara Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield unstated …
- … 17 Jan 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
To the Darwin children 21 February 1879
Summary
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 21 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 153 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To the Darwin children 21 February 1879 …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. …
- … E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR 210.6: 153 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Feb …
- … 1879 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Summary
About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To the Darwin children 3 January 1881 …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. …
- … E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR 210.6: 169 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan …
- … 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 16 Sept 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To the Darwin children 16 September 1881 …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. …
- … E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR 210.6: 183 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Sept …
- … 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
To Darwin Children 8 January 1882
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13603 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To Darwin Children 8 January 1882 …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. …
- … E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR 185: 60 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Jan …
- … 1882 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
To CD’s executors & other children 20 December 1881
Summary
Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 20 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13570 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. …
- … E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … DAR (CD library— Index Kewensis tom. 1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Dec …
- … 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin George …
- … Howard Darwin …
- … Horace Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin William …
- … Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
- … Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
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 |
Matches: 34 hits
- … 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, …
- … printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees , by Richard Broke Freeman. …
- … An appeal. [By Charles and Emma Darwin. ] [Bromley, Kent]: [privately printed. ] [ …
- … Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. [Darwin, Edward Levett. ] 1859. The game-preserver’s …
- … 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 …
- … 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 …
- … Field office. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons. Darwin, Edward Levett. 1863. The game-preserver’s …
- … act" of 1862. 4th edition. Buxton, Derbyshire: the author. Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of …
- … the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p. : …
- … 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 Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
Matches: 23 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. …
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, …
- … Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin [13 January 1861] …
- … DAR 185: 117 Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … Wedgwood/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 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … 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 …
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 |
Matches: 30 hits
- … 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 …
- … Bibliography Anon. 1862. Mr Darwin’s orchids. Saturday Review 14 (1862): 486. …
- … papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. …
- … good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. ‘Three forms …
- … 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 …
- … three forms of Lythrum salicaria. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the …
- … 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), …
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: 25 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. …
- … Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et …
- … 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 . .... …
From E. A. Darwin 19 February [1866]
Summary
Division of Catherine’s estate.
Arrangements for EAD’s will.
Wishes CD would pay him another visit.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B40–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5010 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … Darwin, E. …
- … A. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From E. A. Darwin 19 February [1866] …
- … DAR 105: B40–1 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 19 Feb [ …
- … 1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. …
- … University calendar. Cambridge: W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950. Darwin, Francis. 1916. …
- … Memoir of Sir George Darwin. …
- … In Scientific papers , by George Howard Darwin. Vol. 5. …
- … this letter and the letter from E. A. Darwin, 17 February [1866]. The letter from CD has …
- … been found. See letter from E. A. Darwin, 17 February [1866]. Emily Catherine Langton ( …
- … Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of …
- … the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p. : …
- … printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees , by Richard Broke Freeman. …
- … Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William …
- … 13301)). William Erasmus Darwin was CD’s eldest son. George became an undergraduate …
- … University calendar 1867, p. 400, F. Darwin 1916 ). The references are to the family of …
- … Allen, lived near Tenby at Cresselly, South Wales ( Darwin pedigree , Freeman 1978 ). …
- … of Emily Catherine Langton. Susan Elizabeth Darwin was the the younger of CD and Erasmus’s …
- … had attended Catherine when she was dying (undated letter from H. E. Darwin to G. …
- … H. Darwin (DAR 245: 273)). …
- … George Howard Darwin was CD’s second son. …
- … s death in 1881, George and William Erasmus Darwin appear to have acted as executors (see …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ( Calendar no. …
From Reginald Darwin 29 March 1879
Summary
Sends Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book, some letters, and poems.
Family news.
Author: | Reginald Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 146–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11960 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Darwin, …
- … Reginald Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Reginald Darwin 29 March 1879 …
- … DAR 99: 146–9 Reginald Darwin Buxton 29 Mar …
- … 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sends Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book, some letters, and poems. Family news. …
- … King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. London: Giles …
- … de la Mare Publishers. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
- … und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
- … 9): 397–424. Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
From Reginald Darwin 7 April 1879
Summary
Is glad CD has found interest in "the old book" [Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book].
Discusses Erasmus Darwin and his belongings, which RD has inherited.
Owns a portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby.
Author: | Reginald Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11980 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … Darwin, …
- … Reginald Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Reginald Darwin 7 April 1879 …
- … DAR 210.14: 21 Reginald Darwin Buxton 7 Apr …
- … 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Is glad CD has found interest in "the old book" [Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book]. …
- … Discusses Erasmus Darwin and his belongings, which RD has inherited. …
- … Owns a portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby. …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Erasmus, ed. 1780. Experiments establishing a criterion between …
- … Raeburn, R.A. Edinburgh: P. Neill. Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the …
- … Chicago Press. Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
- … by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
- … Milo. 1994. Portraits of Dr Erasmus Darwin, F.R.S. , by Joseph Wright, James Rawlinson and …
- … the Royal Society of London 48: 69–84. King-Hele, Desmond, ed. 2003. Charles Darwin’s ‘The …
- … Life of Erasmus Darwin’. First unabridged edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
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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
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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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'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…