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Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1809 - 1882

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Edinburgh Plinian Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-275
Scope and Contents

The records of the Edinburgh Plinian Society consist of a Minute Book for the period 1826-1828 and a Minute Book for the period 1828-1841. Appended to the relevant volume is a note of the references to the membership of Charles Darwin.

Dates: 1826-1841

Index Book, Shells, c. 1860

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A5/13
Scope and Contents

Notebook is identified on the inside first page as 'Alphabetical list of recent and tertiary fossil shells compared for identification'. This is followed by the note on the 'abbreviations of Localities'. Finally, there is the guidance ‘the figures in red ink shew the number of the Note Book, those in black ink the pages’. From page 29, the list is headed 'Mr Darwin's Shells'.

Dates: c. 1860

Letter from Darwin, Charles, to Charles Lyell, 30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/33
Scope and Contents

6 letters, and one partial letter, 4 envelopes, and typescript copy of two letters from Darwin to Lyell extracted from Notebook 69, additional listing and photocopies of Darwin letters, probably held elsewhere. Article ''On the Distribution of the Erratic Boulders and on the Contemporaneous Unstratified Deposits of South America'.

Dates: 30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 19 June 1861

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/47
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan lamenting the slow sales of his book 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and suggesting this is due to the popularity of "the Gorilla book", [3rd edition Charles Robert Darwin's Origin of the Species].

Dates: 19 June 1861

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/55
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the ownership of letters which her late brother George Wilson had borrowed as background material for the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She suggests writing to the owners to let them know that she has transferred them to Sir Archibald Geikie, and writes a detailed action list. She discusses the health of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and her dislike of Emily M Yelverton.

Dates: 24 January 1860

Letters from Darwin, Charles Robert to Charles Lyell, 13 April 1857

 File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/56
Scope and Contents

Darwin mentions that he is in the process of completing writing his book, however, he finds this process to be "overwhelming".

Dates: 13 April 1857

Letters from Duke of Argyll [Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland] to Charles Lyell, 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/9
Scope and Contents Lyell summarises the letters as: 1) Darwin's theory, pigeons not arboreal, 1860 2) Mull tertiary leaves, 1861 3) Non-arboreal habits of pigeons, March 22 1865 4) Darwin on correlation of growth, June 2 1865 5) Variety of Humming Bird, April 24 1867, Gould on ... of species in Humming Bird 6) Humming Birds, not opposed to Darwin's May 1 1867 7) Applicable to Humming Birds May 17 1867 8) Elephant in ivory of Perigord Cave, June 8th 1867 9)...
Dates: 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903

Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866-19 January 1870

 File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/67
Scope and Contents Letters are summarised by Lyell as: 1) Dr Duncan on Bolderberg Flabellum [relating to Bolderberg formation in Northern Belgium] 2) Tropical corals, how far corals can indicate climate 3) Corals in Norway sea 4) 60 new Liassic [Early Jurassic] corals, showing imperfection of record 5) Lonsdale notes and Keeling island [Cocos, Australia] specimens 6) Scleractinia of antigua corals and explanation of Duncan's theory 7) reference to his paper on corals 8) Corals dredged up by the 'Porcupine'...
Dates: 3 February 1866-19 January 1870

Letters from Hartmann, Carl Friedrich Alexander to Charles Lyell, 10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839

 File — Box Box 1.6: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/121
Scope and Contents

Hartmann was the German translator of Principles of Geology. Correspondence includes sketches and drawings and relates to the translation of Principles; the death of Friedrich Hoffmann; and the translation of Elements.

Dates: 10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839

Letters from Lyell, Charles to Darwin, Charles, 2 November 1869

 File — Box Unknown: Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/7
Scope and Contents

Copy letter written by Arabella Buckley, summarised as 'Lyell to Darwin, Sun's heat, Thomson on time, permanence of Continents'.

Dates: 2 November 1869

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Geology 5
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 5
Etna, Mount (Italy) 4
Biography 3
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Anthracite coal 2
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Canada -- Nova Scotia 2
Clay 2
Cromer (England) 2
Falkland Islands 2
Falun (Sweden) 2
Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian 2
Geology, Stratigraphic Cretaeceous 2
Georgia (United States) 2
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence from 2
Madeira Islands -- Madeira 2
Norfolk (England) 2
North Carolina United States of America 2
Norwich (England) 2
Oolite 2
Raised Beaches 2
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Shells 2
Slavery 2
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South Carolina United States of America 2
Theory of Evolution 2
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