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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 (plus supplement)

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 plus supplement (1822–1864)’

Yet more ill-heath, with slow progress on Darwin’s ‘big book’.

Published 14-May-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: By Darwin Tags: alfred russel wallace, asa gray, charles lyell, darwin correspondence, darwin's illness, Hugh Falconer, john lubbock, pangenesis, reviews, Robert FitzRoy, thomas henry huxley, William Jackson Hooker
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864’

More sickness, more botany.

Published 26-Apr-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: By Darwin Tags: alfred russel wallace, botany, darwin correspondence, hms beagle, joseph dalton hooker, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’

Six months of illness, and lots of botany.

Published 10-Apr-2023
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin Tags: Archaeopteryx, asa gray, charles lyell, darwin correspondence, emma darwin (née Wedgwood), orchids, pollination, reviews, richard owen, thomas henry huxley
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (30 vols)

The full set!

I have achieved my 30-year ambition of owning a complete published set of Darwin’s correspondence.

Published 02-Apr-2023
Filed under: Blog Tags: darwin correspondence, darwin correspondence project
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’

Darwin grows in confidence.

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin Tags: darwin correspondence, glen roy, henry walter bates, mimicry, orchids, pollination, reviews, richard owen, thomas henry huxley
Manuscript page of ‘On the Origin of Species’
Manuscript page from the first edition of On the Origin of Species.

Charles Darwin’s book-writing process

Charles Darwin’s approach to book-writing went through four key stages…

Published 12-Feb-2023
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, darwin correspondence, francis darwin, henry walter bates, joseph dalton hooker, origin of species
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’

Poking around in flowers’ private parts.

Published 18-Jan-2023
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin, Evolution, History of Science Tags: asa gray, darwin correspondence, glen roy, henry walter bates, john stevens henslow, mimicry, orchids, pollination, reviews, richard owen, thomas henry huxley
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace

Modesty and candour: the Darwin-Wallace friendship

To mark the 200th anniversary of Wallace’s birth, an article exploring the friendship between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.

Published 08-Jan-2023
Filed under: Articles, Mini Biographies Tags: alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, human evolution, natural selection, pangenesis, warning colouration
‘Darwin in Conversation’ exhibition, Cambridge

Cambridge Darwin pilgrimage

A trip to see a treasure-trove of Darwinalia.

Published 02-Dec-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Tags: cambridge, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, darwin correspondence project
‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Published 31-Jan-2019
Filed under: Reviews Genres: About Darwin, By Darwin, History of Science Tags: darwin correspondence, reviews
Remains of the Cathedral in Concepción
Drawing of the remains of the Cathedral in Concepción by John Clements Wickham (1798–1864); Engraving: S. Bull fl. 1838–1846. Source: Wikipedia

20-Feb-1835: Darwin witnesses an earthquake

On 20th February 1835, while taking a rest in a wood in Valvidia, Southern Chile, Charles Darwin experienced a major earthquake.

Published 20-Feb-2015
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle voyage, charles lyell, chile, darwin correspondence, earthquakes, geology, voyage of the beagle (book)
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

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