Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist)
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1882
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 19 June 1861
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].
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860
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.
Letters from Darwin, Charles Robert to Charles Lyell, 13 April 1857
Darwin mentions that he is in the process of completing writing his book, however, he finds this process to be "overwhelming".
Letters from Duke of Argyll [Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland] to Charles Lyell, 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903
Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
Manuscript Notebooks, 1855 - 1861
Manuscript Papers relating to Published Works, c. 1840 - c. 1855
Miscellaneous Papers, 1831-1864
MS Notes I - Scientific Journal No. I, 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856
Scientific journal of Sir Charles Lyell, covers subjects such as creation of species - and thoughts on the evolution of man. Lyell refers to others such as Darwin, Hooker, Wollaston and topics such as the glacial epoch, rudimentary organs, volcanoes, Madeira, molluscs, fossil faunas, Australian fauna, Niagara, coal and New Zealand. Lyell provides his own index. Some writing is by Mary Lyell.
MS Notes II - Scientific Memoranda or Journal II, 1 May 1856 - 6 April 1857
Scientific memoranda or journal, includes 'Plan of Work on Origins of Species and Man' on pages 47-49. Subject matter includes, water plants, creation of genera, miracles, creation of species, evolution, genera of shells, radiation, organic nature, volcanoes, ice agency in transporting species, Plato's ideas and modern theory of species, race and races of man. Includes Lyell's own index.
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