Writing tagged: ‘darwin correspondence’
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Taking stock in rolling stock
How Charles Darwin invested in the railways.
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Nidification
Darwin quizzes his cousin on nests.
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Darwin puts his foot down
Not impressed with Emma’s choice of wallpaper.
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01-Mar-1853: Darwin on ice!
On 1st March 1853, Charles Darwin wrote to his son William about, erm… playing ice-hockey!
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Charles, you old rogue!
Darwin admires a young lady.
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03-May-1859: The first review of ‘On the Origin of Species’…
On 3rd May 1859, the first reviewer of ‘On the Origin of Species’, Whitwell Elwin, politely suggested Darwin might do better writing a book about pigeons.
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 7
Last week, I finished reading volume 7 of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, which deals with the years 1858–1859.
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An old sailor reminisces
Darwin writes to Philip Gidley King.
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Darwin comes to Downe
On 17th September 1842, Charles Darwin moved into Down House. It was to remain his home for the rest of his life.
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Bee haviour
In which I repeat some observations made by Darwin 166 years earlier.
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Darwin Correspondence Project
Major website relaunch
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24-Oct-1852: Darwin on the new miracle substance, chloroform
‘The grandest & most blessed of discoveries.’