Charles Darwin / Evolution Collection ca. 1786-1968 [bulk dates 1840s-1920s]

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Charles Darwin / Evolution Collection ca. 1786-1968 [bulk dates 1840s-1920s]

The collection contains printed and manuscript materials, photo albums, correspondence, pamphlets, diaries, and various ephemera by and relating to Charles Darwin and others interested in natural history and the theory of evolution. Includes material by Bernard Darwin, Francis Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Julian Huxley, John Stuart Mill, and Marie Stopes among others. The collection also contains material related to the Huxley family. A final group of manuscripts pertains to the work of the anthropologist Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917).

4.2 linear feet (10 document boxes and 1 oversize box)Copies of selected items : 6 reels microfilm : negative

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Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Huxley was an Britist botanist especially known for his work in comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology. From the description of [Letter] 1857? May 31, Geological Survey of Great Britain [to] Sir / T. H. Huxley. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251868 English scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ilkley, to W.A. Knight, 1886 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526779 Student, Royal School of Mines, London, Eng...

Darwin, Bernard, 1876-1961

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English golfer and grandson of Charles Darwin. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newnham Grange, Cambridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1945 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526031 Epithet: sportswriter and essayist, son of Sir F Darwin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x0000ee ...

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...

Tylor, Alfred, 1824-1884

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Epithet: FGS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0003c2 ...

Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925

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Francis Darwin was the son of British naturalist Charles Darwin, and followed his father into the study of botany. Dr. Harkness studied fungi. He was the president of the California Academy of Sciences, 1887-1896. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Dr. Harvey Wilson Harkness, nd. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864475 Francis Galton Darwin was a botanist. From the description of Letters, 1868-1925. (American Philosophical Society Library). World...

Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975

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English biologist. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Mr. Heineman, 1928 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555836 British biologist, philosopher, and popularizer of science; b. Julian Sorell Huxley. From the description of Papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 86118827 From the description of Julian Sorell Huxley papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28418189 Jul...

Tylor, Anna.

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Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1901.

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Tylor, J. J. (Joseph John), 1851-1901

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