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Evergreen articles for January.

Charles and Emma Darwin
Charles and Emma Darwin (1840).
(Composite image from two contemporaneous portraits by George Richmond.)

29-Jan-1839: Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood

On 29th January 1839, after a short courtship and engagement, Charles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood at St Peter's Church, Maer, Staffordshire.

Published 29-Jan-2019
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, charles darwin, emma darwin (née Wedgwood), religion
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan

13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank

Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.

Published 13-Jan-2016
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, beagle diary, beagle voyage, charles darwin, hms beagle, Robert FitzRoy, south america
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell (1797–1875)

10-Jan-1860: Darwin to Lyell

On 10th January 1860, Charles Darwin wrote to his good friend the geologist Charles Lyell, humorously describing mankind’s ancestor.

Published 10-Jan-2013
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, charles lyell, darwin correspondence, human evolution
William Whewell
William Whewell (1794–1866)

02-Jan-1860: Whewell sets the right tone

On 2nd January 1860, the mathematician, science historian, polymath, and coiner of the term ‘scientist’, William Whewell, wrote to Charles Darwin to acknowledge receipt of his copy of the first edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Published 28-Nov-2010
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, darwin correspondence, origin of species, william whewell
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle at anchor in Sydney, 1836.

12-Jan-1836: Darwin in the Land of Oz

On 12th January 1836, ‘HMS Beagle’ arrived in Sydney harbour, with Charles Darwin on board.

Published 12-Jan-2009
Filed under: Articles Tags: australia, beagle voyage, charles darwin, voyage of the beagle (book)
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911)

11-Jan-1844: Darwin confesses murder!

Darwin comes clean about his heretical views to Joseph Dalton Hooker, humorously likening admitting believing in evolution to ‘confessing a murder’.

Published 11-Jan-2009
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, charles darwin, joseph dalton hooker

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