Writing tagged: ‘darwin correspondence’
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Darwin’s beetles
The University of Cambridge Zoological Museum has a rather wonderful box of beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin when he was at the university. Here are some photos.
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Darwin’s octopus
Photo of an octopus collected by Charles Darwin in the Cape Verde Islands.
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Correspondence Vol. 17 is out
Those frankly wonderful people at the Darwin Correspondence Project have announced the publication of volume 17 of their stupendously researched series of books.
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15-Jun-1829: Darwin’s delight
On 15th June 1829, the young Charles Darwin was cited in Stephens’ ‘Illustrations of British Insects’.
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16-Apr-1834: Inspecting the Beagle’s bottom (‘a rather ticklish operation’)
On 16th April 1834, HMS Beagle was beached on the banks of the Santa Cruz River to allow her keel to be inspected. The event resulted in one of the most iconic images of the famous ship. Here’s the story of the operation.
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His view of life
There is indeed grandeur in it.
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Nice one, Yorkshire!
On this date in 1868, Charles Darwin accepted membership of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.
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Darwin gets grumpy
Darwin’s correspondence: the best way we have of getting inside the great man’s head.
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Darwin disappointed by U.S. president’s address
…the president in question being Darwin’s twin, Abraham Lincoln.
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As Darwin so famously said…
In which I write a letter to an Observer journalist, asking for the original source of a Darwin quote.
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07-Aug-1838: Darwin takes the train
On 7th August 1838, Charles Darwin described his first ever railway journey. He was not overly impressed.