From:
Frederick Bond
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1860
Source of text:
DAR 76 (ser. 2): 169
Summary:
Hopes to make observations on moths pollinating clovers.
Contributor:
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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 July 1860
Source of text:
DAR 100: 141–2
Summary:
JDH reports on the debate on the Origin at Oxford [BAAS] meeting.
Contributor:
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From:
Hugh Falconer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 July [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 164.1: 5
Summary:
Hyaena remains show how recently Sicily was joined to Africa.
Reports on the Oxford meeting of BAAS.
Contributor:
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From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[10 July 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 110 (ser. 2): 77
Summary:
Cases of "dioecio-dimorphism" as in primroses are widespread. AG always considered them the first step toward bisexuality.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Hardy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 July 1860
Source of text:
DAR 76 (ser. 2): 170
Summary:
CD mistaken, in Origin, p. 73, in saying that only humble-bees visit red clover.
Contributor:
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From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Aug 1860
Source of text:
DAR 98 (ser. 2): 31–2
Summary:
Announces great ally for CD: K. E. von Baer "worth all the Owens & Bishops that ever were pupped". Quotes Baer: "J’ai énoncé les mêmes idées que M. Darwin", but based only on zoological geography.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles-Théophile Gaudin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[15 Aug 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 47: 164
Summary:
Offers to supply CD with information about a new "race" of bees with a larger proboscis. They produce more honey as a result of being able to probe to greater depths.
Contributor:
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From:
William Henry Harvey
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Aug 1860
Source of text:
DAR 98 (ser. 2): 33–40
Summary:
Continues earlier discussion, admitting his opinions have been modified. Still regards natural selection as one agent of several. States areas of disagreement.
Contributor:
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From:
Jeffries Wyman
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 15] Sept 1860
Source of text:
DAR 47: 165–6
Summary:
Cases of monstrosities becoming transmissible.
Comments on passages in Origin on the blindness of the tucu-tucu (Ctenomys) and Mammoth Cave rats.
Contributor:
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From:
Thomas Vernon Wollaston
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16 Sept 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 302
Summary:
Has received a batch of S. African specimens which contain many of the Atlantic genera he found in Madeira and the Canaries.
Contributor:
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From:
James Drummond
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Sept 1860
Source of text:
DAR 157a
Summary:
Reports observations on the fertilisation of Goodeniaceae, and particularly Leschenaultia. [See 2992.]
Contributor:
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From:
Daniel Oliver
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Sept 1860
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 12–13
Summary:
CD’s observations on preference of Drosera for milk and nitrogenous fluids, and the effect of nitrate of ammonia are interesting. Asks whether CD is satisfied that the effect is not due to density of fluid or to a chemical irritant. His own observations suggest such possibilities.
Contributor:
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From:
Daniel Oliver
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Sept 1860
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 1–3
Summary:
His results with pure gum on Drosera spathulata entirely support CD’s opinion. Other observations on insectivorous plants.
Contributor:
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From:
Thomas Bridges
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Oct 1860 or later]
Source of text:
DAR 85: 39
Summary:
Answers to queries on expression with respect to Fuegians.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 3 Oct 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 205.9: 397
Summary:
CD would have carried the public more if he had explained adaptations by multiple causes, some unknown and some well known, i.e., natural selection.
Discusses Hooker’s views of extinction on St Helena.
Work on antiquity of man suspended.
Stopped by 11th edition of Principles of geology [1872].
Contributor:
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From:
James Drummond
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Oct 1860
Source of text:
DAR 162.2: 242
Summary:
Observations of Brunonia and a case of a malvaceous flower, which never opened and was self-fertilised.
Contributor:
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From:
William Henry Harvey
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Oct 1860
Source of text:
DAR 98 (ser. 2): 54–7
Summary:
Thanks CD for his patience and good-nature; does not want a controversial correspondence but wishes to reply to matters in CD’s letter, and does.
Contributor:
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From:
Heinrich Georg Bronn
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[13 or 15] Oct 1860
Source of text:
DAR 160.3: 317
Summary:
Does not remember his criticisms of CD’s theory. Can CD locate them in book?
Criticises analogy between knowledge of electricity and knowledge of origin of life.
Explains A. E. Brehm’s concept of subspecies. Discusses subspecies of Certhia.
Contributor:
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From:
Daniel Oliver
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[15–16 Oct 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 58.2: 53
Summary:
Extracts from botanical literature dealing with Dionaea, intercrossing, and sensitivity. [Bot. Ztg. (1833): 96; Thomas Nuttall, Genera of N. American plants (1818)].
Contributor:
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From:
Robert Patterson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Oct 1860
Source of text:
DAR 46.1: 89–90
Summary:
Sends an account of the destruction of wild rabbits by rats introduced from a wrecked ship.
Contributor:
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Addressee
Correspondent
- Darwin, C. R.
- Hooker, J. D.247
- Darwin, W. E.73
- Gray, Asa68
- Lubbock, John53
- Wallace, A. R.52
- Scott, John46
- Darwin, E. A.42
- Oliver, Daniel41
- Bates, H. W.37
- Murray, John (b)37
- Huxley, T. H.34
- Blyth, Edward33
- Tegetmeier, W. B.32
- Dallas, W. S.26
- Weir, J. J.25
- Farrer, T. H.23
- Innes, J. B.23
- Henslow, George22
- Carus, J. V.21
- Falconer, Hugh21
- Moggridge, J. T.20
- Oxenden, G. C.20
- Bentham, George18
- Fox, W. D.18
- Haeckel, Ernst18
- Sulivan, B. J.18
- Masters, M. T.17
- Cupples, George16
- Holland, Henry16
- Gray, J. E.15
- Müller, Fritz15
- Cresy, Edward, Jr14
- Rivers, Thomas14
- Anderson Henry, Isaac13
- Anderson, Isaac13
- Becker, L. E.13
- Darwin, G. H.13
- Maw, George13
- Trimen, Roland13
- E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung12
- Hildebrand, Friedrich12
- Bate, C. S.11
- Haast, Julius von11
- Newton, Alfred11
- Swinhoe, Robert11
- Buckland, Frank10
- Kovalevsky, V. O.10
- Smith, Frederick (a)10
- Babington, C. C.9
- Henslow, F. H.9
- Hooker, F. H.9
- Kingsley, Charles9
- Moulinié, J. J.9
- Tait, W. C.9
- Crocker, C. W.8
- Kindt, Hermann8
- Murray, Andrew8
- Müller, Hermann8
- Thwaites, G. H. K.8
- Walsh, B. D.8
- Brent, B. P.7
- Candolle, Alphonse de7
- Caspary, Robert7
- Cooke, R. F.7
- Dawkins, W. B.7
- John Murray7
- Quatrefages de Bréau, Armand de Quatrefages7
- Ramsay, A. C.7
- Rolfe, R. M.7
- Watson, H. C.7
- Wilson, Edward7
- Busk, George6
- Clarke, R. T.6
- Croll, James6
- Doubleday, Henry6
- Günther, Albert6
- Harvey, W. H.6
- Jenner, William6
- Lewes, G. H.6
- Lyell, Charles6
- Shaw, James6
- Austen, J. T.5
- Blomefield, Leonard5
- Boott, Francis5
- Bronn, H. G.5
- Clarke, W. B. (b)5
- Dareste, Camille5
- Eyton, T. C.5
- Grove, W. R.5
- Hordern, E. F.5
- Jenyns, Leonard5
- Lubbock, E. F.5
- Plimsoll, Joseph5
- Ransome, Frederick5
- Reade, W. W.5
- Rolle, Friedrich5
- Wedgwood, Hensleigh5
- Blackwall, John4
- Crüger, Hermann4
- Darwin, H. E.4
- Delpino, Federico4
- Dobell, H. B.4
- Farrar, F. W.4
- Gaudry, Albert4
- Gosse, P. H.4
- Jukes, J. B.4
- Koch, Eduard4
- Litchfield, H. E.4
- Naudin, C. V.4
- Nevill, D. F.4
- Paget, James4
- Salter, J. W.4
- Vogt, Carl4
- Walker, Francis4
- Wallace, Alexander4
- Walpole, D. F.4
- Weale, J. P. M.4
- Wooler, W. A.4
- Wrigley, Alfred4
- Wyman, Jeffries4
- Agassiz, Louis3
- Ansted, D. T.3
- Balfour, J. H.3
- Beddoe, John3
- Boardman, A. F.3
- Bowman, William3
- Canestrini, Giovanni3
- Claus, C. F.3
- Collingwood, Cuthbert3
- Crotch, G. R.3
- Currey, Frederick3
- D. Appleton & Co3
- Faivre, Ernest3
- Farr, William3
- Forbes, David3
- Geach, F. F.3
- Goodsir, John3
- Gray, G. R.3
- Harrison, L. C.3
- Hellins, John3
- Jamieson, T. F.3
- Johnson, Henry (a)3
- King, P. G.3
- Layton, Charles3
- Meteyard, Eliza3
- Meyer, A. B.3
- Müller, Albert3
- Parkes, E. A.3
- Price, John3
- Pritchard, Charles3
- Recht, Georg3
- Reinwald, C.-F.3
- Reuter, Adolf3
- Rolleston, George3
- Rérolle, Louis3
- Salvin, Osbert3
- Sclater, P. L.3
- Spencer, Herbert3
- Stainton, H. T.3
- Suchsland, Rudolf3
- Tristram, H. B.3
- Wedgwood, L. C.3
- Weir, H. W.3
- Westwood, J. O.3
- Woodbury, T. W.3
- Alberts, Maurice2
- Anderson, James (c)2
- Appleton, T. G.2
- Aubertin, J. J.2
- Aylmer, I. E.2
- Beck, John2
- Bennett, A. W.2
- Bennett, William2
- Boccardo, Gerolamo2
- Bond, Frederick2
- Boner, Charles2
- Boole, M. E.2
- Bowerbank, J. S.2
- Brace, C. L.2
- Buist, Robert2
- Cameron, J. M.2
- Caton, J. D.2
- Cattell, John2
- Child, G. W.2
- Clarke, Benjamin2
- Crotch, W. D.2
- Darling, I. E.2
- Darwin, Emma2
- Dilke, C. W., Jr2
- Dohrn, Anton2
- Drummond, James (a)2
- Elliot, Walter2
- Flower, W. H.2
- Galton, Francis2
- Glenie, S. O.2
- Grece, C. J.2
- Hance, H. F.2
- Hancock, Albany2
- Hartsen, F. A. von2
- Harward, John2
- Hegt, J. N.2
- Henslow, J. S.2
- Henty, William2
- Herbert, J. M.2
- Hinrichs, G. D.2
- Janson, E. W.2
- Leighton, W. A.2
- Mackintosh, Daniel2
- Masters, William2
- Matthew, Patrick2
- McLachlan, Robert2
- McNeill, Archibald2
- Mivart, S. G. J.2
- Ogle, William2
- Orton, James2
- Parker, Charles2
- Pattle, J. M.2
- Peel, Jonathan2
- Rawson, Arthur2
- Reed, G. V.2
- Rodwell, J. M.2
- Samuelson, James2
- Scherzer, Karl von2
- Skirving, R. S.2
- Smith, Andrew2
- Spruce, Richard2
- Turner, William2
- Unidentified2
- Vaughan Williams, M. S.2
- Waterhouse, C. O.2
- Wedgwood, Elizabeth2
- Wedgwood, Emma2
- Wedgwood, F. J.2
- Wedgwood, M. S.2
- Williams & Norgate2
- Wood, S. V.2
- Woodward, S. P.2
- Wright, E. P.2
- Wright, Thomas2
- Addison, John1
- Alglave, Émile1
- Bacon, Booth1
- Baird, William1
- Barber, M. E.1
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- Barwell, Richard1
- Bateman, James1
- Bateman, Robert1
- Beale, L. S.1
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- Behrens, Frederick1
- Belt, Thomas1
- Bence Jones, Henry1
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- Billinghurst, H. F.1
- Binstead, C. H.1
- Blake, C. C.1
- Blenkiron, William, Jr1
- Bonham-Carter, E. M.1
- Bonham-Carter, Henry1
- Boott, Mary1
- Bornet, Édouard1
- Boucher de Perthes, Jacques1
- Bowker, M. E.1
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- Brady, G. S.1
- Bridges, Thomas (b)1
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- Bristowe, J. S.1
- Brown, Edwin1
- Brown-Séquard, C. É.1
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- Buckler, William1
- Buckman, James1
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- Bunbury, C. J. F.1
- Bush, John1
- Butler, Mary1
- Butler, Samuel (b)1
- Buxton, Charles1
- Büchner, Ludwig1
- Caldwell, Anne1
- Cassell, Petter, & Galpin1
- Claparède, Edouard1
- Clendon, George, Jr1
- Cobbold, T. S.1
- Colgate, Robert1
- Commission générale des ordres royaux1
- Corbet, Eleanor1
- Crichton-Browne, James1
- Daly, J.1
- Darwin, C. M. C.1
- Darwin, E. L.1
- Darwin, Francis1
- Daubeny, C. G. B.1
- Davidson, Thomas1
- Denny, Henry1
- Dicey, E. M.1
- Dickie, George1
- Dixon, W. H.1
- Donders, F. C.1
- Douglas, J. W.1
- Edinburgh Royal Medical Society1
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- Engelmann, Theodor1
- Engleheart, S. P.1
- Evans, John (b)1
- Fairfax, Mary1
- Fawcett, Henry1
- Fitch, Adam1
- Fleury, J. J.1
- Follett, Rosa1
- Frere, G. E.1
- Gaudin, C.-T.1
- Gibbons, W. H. S.1
- Gibbs, George1
- Gibson, G. S.1
- Glennie, J. D., Jr1
- Godman, F. D. C.1
- Goubert, E. M. J. M. P.1
- Gould, J. C.1
- Gould, John1
- Gower, W. H.1
- Gray, J. L.1
- Greig, Mary1
- Hanbury, Daniel1
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- Hardcastle, Mary1
- Hardy, Charles1
- Harris, G. E.1
- Haussoullier, C. P.1
- Heathorn, H. A.1
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- Hewitt, Edward1
- Hochstetter, Ferdinand von1
- Hofmann, A. W. von1
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- Hotham, Harriet1
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- Howell, W. G.1
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- Preyer, William1
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- Ramsey, G. M’I.1
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- Robertson, P. S.1
- Robinson, C. J.1
- Robinson, William (b)1
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- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences1
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