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Darwin in the Archives: Papers on Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History and Archives of Natural History

Darwin in the Archives: Papers on Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History and Archives of Natural History

Darwin in the Archives: Papers on Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History and Archives of Natural History

Darwin in the Archives: Papers on Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History and Archives of Natural History

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Overview

To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of the Species, the Society for the History of Natural History has issued a special publication that reproduces facsimiles of papers on Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin published before 2005 (from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History and Archives of Natural History) and a reprint of the Sherborn Fund Facsimile No. 3 (1968) of Charles Darwin's Questions About the Breeding of Animals (1840) with the original introduction by Sir Gavin de Beer. The book opens with a specially commissioned essay by Professor Duncan M. Porter recounting the Society's particular contribution to Darwin scholarship.


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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780748638888
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 11/02/2009
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 9.60(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Dr E. Charles Nelson is Editor of the journal Archives of Natural History.

Duncan M. Porter is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Table of Contents

Darwin in the Archives: an introduction D.M. Porter 1

Studies of Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S.: a biographical and iconographical note. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 4 (4): 210-213 (1964) J.W.T.Moody 17

Nature, poetry and medicine in late eighteenth century England: a unified perspective of Erasmus Darwin. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 7 (4): 537 (1976) M. McNeil 23

Geological Journeys

Jigsaw with pieces missing: Charles Darwin with John Price at Bodnant, the walking tour of 1826 and the expeditions of 1827. Archives of natural history 29 (3): 359-370 (2002) P. Lucas 24

I coloured a map: Darwin's attempts at geological mapping in 1831. Archives of natural history 27 (1): 69-79 (2000) M. B. Roberts 35

Charles Darwin's notes on his 1831 geological map of Shrewsbury. Archives of natural history 29 (1): 27-30 (2002) S. Herbert M. B. Roberts 46

Darwin's dog-leg: the last stage of Darwin's Welsh field trip of 1831. Archives of natural history 25 (1): 59-73 (1998) M. B. Roberts 49

"A most glorious country": Charles Darwin and North Wales, especially his 1831 geological tour. Archives of natural history 29 (1): 1-26 (2002) P. Lucas 64

The Beagle Specimens

Charles Darwin's plant collections from the voyage of the Beagle. Archives of natural history 9 (4): 515-525 (1980) D. M. Porter 90

Charles Darwin's Beagle collections in the Oxford University Museum. Archives of natural history 15 (2): 197-231 (1988) G. Chancellor A. DiMauro R. Ingle G. King 101

Supplementary notes on Darwin's insects. Archives of natural history 23 (2): 279-285 (1996) K. G. V. Smith 136

More Darwin Beagle notes resurface. Archives of natural history 11 (2): 315-316 (1983) D. M. Porter 143

FitzRoy's foxes and Darwin's finches. Archives of natural history 19 (1): 29-37 (1992) W. R. P. Bourne 145

Darwin's Data Gathering: Questions about the Breeding of Animals

Charles Darwin. Questions about the breeding of animals. [1840] Sherborn Fund Facsimile number 3 (1968) G. de Beer 154

Questions about the breeding of animals. Sherborn Fund Facsimile number 3 (1968) C. Darwin 161

Darwin's Questions about the breeding of animals. With a note on Queries about expression. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (3): 220-225 (1969) R. B. Freeman P. J. Gautrey 165

Charles Darwin' s Questions about the breeding of animals, [1839]. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 8 (2): 184 (1977) R. B. Freeman P. J. Gautrey 171

Darwin again. Archives of natural history 13 (1): 98 (1986) J. Browne 171

Charles Darwin and 'ancient seeds'. Archives of natural history 13 (2): 165-168 (1986) D. M. Porter 172

Natural Selection and After

The reading of the Darwin and Wallace papers: an historical "non-event". Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (6): 474-476 (1971) J. W. T. Moody 176

The reception of Darwinism in Norway: the early years 1861-1900. Archives of natural history 12 (1): 153-159 (1985) T. Lie 179

Darwin's Archaeopteryx prophecy. Archives of natural history 19 (3): 407-410 (1992) G. Kritsky 186

Offprints of Darwin's "Climbing plants", 1865. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6 (4): 293 (1973) R. B. Freeman 190

Note on the Fritz Muller-Charles Darwin correspondence. Archives of natural history 26 (2): 293-295 (1999) A.-K. Mayer 191

Charles Darwin's Queries about expression. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 7 (3): 259-263 (1975) R. B. Freeman P. J. Gautrey 194

The early American printings of Darwin's Descent of man ... Archives of natural history 24 (1): 145-148 (1997) J. W. Valentine 199

Darwin's 'American' neighbour. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 8 (1): 78-82 (1976) K. G. V. Smith R. E. Dimick 203

Samuel Butler, Darwin and Darwinism. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 7 (1): 93-105 (1974) B. Coleman 208

Charles Darwin at Glenridding House, Ullswater, Cumbria. Archives of natural history 10 (3): 509-514 (1982) H. P. Moon 221

Darwin in Chinese. Archives of natural history 13 (1): 19-24 (1986) R. B. Freeman 227

Darwin in Chinese: some additions. Archives of natural history 15 (1): 61-62 (1988) P. J. P. Whitehead 233

Methodological Issues in Darwin Studies

The Charles Darwin-Joseph Hooker correspondence: an analysis of manuscript resources and their use in biography. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 8 (4): 351-366 (1978) J. Browne 235

Exploring Darwin's correspondence: some important but lesser known correspondents and projects. Archives of natural history 30 (1): 118-138 (2003) T. Veak 251

Unveiling Darwin's roots. Archives of natural history 13 (3): 313-324 (1986) M. A. Di Gregorio 272

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