Life and Letters of Charles Darwin : Volume I

by Darwin, Francis

• ISBN13: 9780898752380
• ISBN10: 0898752388
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

In choosing letters for publication the author has been largely guided by the wish to illustrate his father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man could not be written without following closely the career of the author. Thus it comes about that the chief part of the book (Vol. I and II) falls into chapters whose titles correspond to the names of his books.

Author Biography

Darwin will be remembered as the leader of evolutionary biology. Although he was not the originator of the theory of evolution, nor even the first to apply the notion of descent to plants and animals, Darwin was clearly the first thinker to gain widespread acceptance among nineteenth century biologists. Darwin died suddenly, 19 April 1882, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Table of Contents

The Darwin Family	p. 1
Autobiography	p. 25
Reminiscences	p. 87
Letters
Cambridge Life--1828-1831	p. 139
The Appointment to the 'Beagle'--1831	p. 160
The Voyage--1831-1836	p. 191
London and Cambridge--1836-1842	p. 243
Religion	p. 274
Life at Down--1842-1854	p. 287
The Growth of the 'Origin of Species'	p. 363
The Growth of the 'Origin of Species'--Letters--1843-1856	p. 380
The Unfinished Book--May 1856-June 1858	p. 426
The Writing of the 'Origin of Species'--June 18, 1858-Nov. 1859	p. 472
Professor Huxley on the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'	p. 533
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