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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

I have seriously cool friends (part 3)

My wonderful, long-suffering partner, Jen, filled a gaping hole in my Darwin-groupie library this Christmas.

Published 07-Jan-2013
Filed under: Blog Tags: books, darwin correspondence

Two triumphant predictions for science

In which one of Darwin's correspondents compares Darwin's famous moth prediction with the prediction of the orbit of the planet Neptune.

Published 11-Jul-2011
Filed under: Blog Tags: angraecum sesquipedale, astronomy, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, darwin's predictions, xanthopan morgani
On the Origin of Species

06-Mar-1860: Darwin on how to read ‘On the Origin of Species’

On 6th March 1860, Charles Darwin advised a scientist he correctly believed to be sceptical of his views how to go about reading ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Published 12-Feb-2011
Filed under: Blog Tags: anniversaries, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, natural selection
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

Getting to know Charles Darwin in person

Forget the biographies. Forget the published works. If you really want to get to know Charles Darwin in person, you need to read his correspondence.

Published 24-Oct-2010
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, darwin correspondence
On the Origin of Species

02-Nov-1859: Darwin is infinitely pleased with his ‘child’

On 2nd November 1859, Charles Darwin’s publisher, John Murray, sent him a specimen copy of the first edition of On the Origin of Species. Darwin was delighted with ‘the appearance of my child’. The book was published later that month.

Published 02-Nov-2009
Filed under: Articles Tags: darwin correspondence, origin of species

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