Charles Darwin : interviews and recollections / edited by Harold Orel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orel, Harold, 1926-2017.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Darwin, Charles.

Naturalists--England--Biography.

Naturalists.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 231 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This selection of essays allows the reader to learn more about Darwin the family man, as well as the context of Darwin's achievements in several developing research fields of the Victorian Age. Darwin knew and cultivated the friendship of such scientists as Sir Joseph Hooker, Alfred Russel Wallace, Richard Owen, Adam Sedgwick, and Thomas Henry Huxley. He conducted an enormous correspondence with all who could aid him in his work. Their name is legion; it is sampled here, and constitutes one of the marvels of Darwin's century.

Contents:

'Preliminary Notice', in Erasmus Darwin [1794-6] / Charles Darwin 1

'An Autobiographical Fragment', in More Letters of Charles Darwin [1813-20] / Charles Darwin 6

'The Early Years', in The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809-1882 [1809-31] / Charles Darwin 12

'The Walking Tour in North Wales', in The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick [I], edited by John Willis Clark and Thomas McKenny Hughes [1831] 55

'Joining Captain Fitz-Roy on HMS Beagle', in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1836 [1831] / Charles Darwin 59

'Darwin Helps Save the Lifeboats of HMS Beagle', in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle [1831-2] / Robert Fitz-Roy 78

'Impressions of Charles Darwin' in Life and Letters of the Late Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan [1831-6] / Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan 83

'Darwin as a Welcome Guest', in Harriet Martineau's Autobiography [1836-40s] 87

'Owen Studies a Darwin Specimen', in The Life of Richard Owen, by Reverend Richard Owen [1838] 88

'The Death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin', in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin [1851] / Charles Darwin 91

'A Developing Friendship with Darwin', My Life / A Record of Events and Opinions [1858-81] / Alfred Russel Wallace 96

'Adam Sedgwick's Reaction to The Origin of Species', in The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, edited by John Willis Clark and Thomas McKenny Hughes [1859-65] 118

'The Quarrel between Owen and Darwin', in The Life of Richard Owen [1859-82] 128

'A Great Friendship', in Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker [1839-63] 133

'Sir Charles Lyell and The Origin of Species', in Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. [1838-64] 154

'A Family Friend Comments on The Origin of Species', in Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood [1860] 160

'A Philosopher Comments on The Origin of Species', in An Autobiography [1859] 164

'Marriage Advice; Defending Darwin', in Darwin and Henslow / The Growth of an Idea / Letters 1831-1860 [1838, 1860] / John Stevens Henslow 166

'The Great Debate', in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley [1860] 171

'How Darwin Encouraged Galton', in Memories of My Life, by Francis Galton [1855, 1869] 186

'A Character Sketch by Darwin's Son', in The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin [1860s-1882] / Francis Darwin 192

'The Deaths of Erasmus and Charles Darwin', in Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker [1881-2] 214

'Charles Darwin', in Nature [1882] / Thomas Henry Huxley 218

'The Darwin Memorial', in Darwiniana / Essays [1885] / Thomas Henry Huxley 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0312221002

OCLC:

40856988