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Writing tagged: ‘darwin’s illness’

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
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Newsletter No. 12: ‘A comparatively free man’

A poorly Darwin writes to his cousin • links and book recommendations • the evolution of the eye

Published 12-Feb-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: charles darwin, coronavirus, darwin's illness, edward o wilson, fungi, mammals, richard leakey, sexual selection, william darwin fox
Balanus crenatus
Fossil Balanus crenatus barnacles (labelled by Darwin). Natural History Museum.

Newsletter No. 3: ‘Knee-deep in barnacles’

Our third newsletter marks Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.

Published 12-Feb-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, barnacles, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, conrad martens, darwin's illness, joseph dalton hooker, stamps

Darwin's uncontrollable farting

Letter to the London Review of Books, in response to a recent piece claiming that Darwin suffered from uncontrollable farting.

Published 03-Jul-2011
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, darwin's illness, flatulence, lrb

Shock treatment

Charles Darwin tries galvanisation.

Published 04-Jan-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, darwin's illness

Such modest ambitions, Mr Darwin!

In 1841, Darwin's ill-health evidently left him with low expectations of his future ability to contribute to science.

Published 03-Jan-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, charles lyell, darwin's illness

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