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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

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To CD’s 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

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… DAR 210.6: 155 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan …
… 1880 Elizabeth (Bessy) (Lizzy) Darwin …
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… 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. …

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

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… To the Darwin children 21 February 1879 …
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… DAR 210.6: 153 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Feb …
… 1879 Elizabeth (Bessy) (Lizzy) Darwin …
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… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …

To CD’s 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

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… DAR 210.6: 169 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan …
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… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …

To CD’s 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

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… 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

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… DAR (CD library— Index Kewensis tom. 1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Dec …
… 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy) (Lizzy) Darwin …
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… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …

From C. D.’s 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; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	17 Jan 1880
Classmark:	DAR 99: 208
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12428

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… DAR 99: 208 Elizabeth (Bessy) (Lizzy) Darwin …
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… Howard Darwin …
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… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield unstated …
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To CD’s 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; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:	17 [Jan 1880]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 1
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12429

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… DAR 211: 1 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 [Jan …
… 1880] Elizabeth (Bessy) (Lizzy) Darwin …
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… Howard Darwin …
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… Leonard Darwin William …
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… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …

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

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… From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin [13 January 1861] …
… DAR 185: 117 Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
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… 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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… 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 …
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… 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

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… 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] …
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… 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), …

Wedgwood, 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,26,27,28,29,30 Wedgwood, Josiah II Darwin, C. R. …
… Emma Wedgwood 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

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… 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. …

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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…

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… human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the …
… he first began to reflect on the transmutation of species. Darwin’s correspondence reveals the scope …
… he exchanged information and ideas. Letter 346: Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, C. S., 27 Feb 1837 …
… one stock.” Letter 2070: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [before 29 Sept 1857] …
… down of former continents.” Letter 3054: Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 2 Feb [1861] …
… that languages, like species, were separately created. Darwin writes to the geologist Charles Lyell …
… I tell him is perfectly logical.” Letter 5605: Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 15 Aug …
… loud noise?” Letter 7040: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [1868-70?] As …
… gradually growing to such a stage” Letter 8367: Darwin, C. R. to Wright, Chauncey, 3 June …
… unconsciously altering the breed. Letter 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 …
… Letter 10194: Max Müller, Friedrich to Darwin, C. R., 13 Oct [1875] For Müller, human and …
… Language […]” Letter 9887: Dawkins, W. B. to Darwin, C. R., 14 Mar 1875 The …
… of race […]” Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s …
… and comparative philologist Archibald Sayce wrote to Darwin with a series of detailed questions …
… how a child first uttered the word ‘mum’. In his reply, Darwin told Sayce “that ‘mum’ arose from …

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 …

The origin of language

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Darwin started thinking about the origin of language in the late 1830s. The subject formed part of his wide-ranging speculations about the transmutation of species. In his private notebooks, he reflected on the communicative powers of animals, their…

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… Darwin started thinking about the origin of language in the late 1830s. The …
… communicate to each other” (Barrett ed. 1987, p. 542-3). Darwin observed the similarities between …
… Proponents of the natural language theory included Darwin’s cousin, Hensleigh Wedgwood , the …
… series of influential lectures delivered several years after Darwin’s Origin of Species , Max …
… the cries of beasts” (Müller 1861, 1: 22-3, 354). Darwin eventually published his views on …
… the similarities between animal and human communication. Darwin’s arguments were based on his broad …
… as well as observations of his own children and pets. Darwin described how language might have …
… and snarls, for example), which functioned as warning signs. Darwin addressed the natural theology …
… other functions, especially the use of the hands. Finally, Darwin drew an extended analogy between …
… and animal psychology, build upon the work of Darwin and his contemporaries, while taking that work …
… sources Barrett, Paul. et al. eds. Charles Darwin’s Notebooks, 1836-1841. Cambridge: …
… Johns Hopkins University Press. Alter, Steven G. 2008. Darwin and the linguists: the …
… Biomedical Sciences , 39: 38-50. Beer, Gillian. 1996. Darwin and the growth of language …
… of Chicago Press. Richards, Robert. J. 1987. Darwin and the emergence of evolutionary …

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