Darwin Correspondence Project

We locate and research letters written by and to the evolutionary scientist, Charles Darwin (1809–1882), and publish complete transcripts together with contextual notes and articles. Darwin’s letters are an essential resource for understanding the development of his own ideas, and are an important...

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Main Author: Darwin, Charles 1809-1882 (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Library (Issuing body)
Format: Electronic Database
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
WorldCat: WorldCat
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Library [2006?-]
In:Year: 2006
Further subjects:B Database
Online Access: Volltext (DBIS)
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Summary:We locate and research letters written by and to the evolutionary scientist, Charles Darwin (1809–1882), and publish complete transcripts together with contextual notes and articles. Darwin’s letters are an essential resource for understanding the development of his own ideas, and are an important source for the lives and work of more than 2000 correspondents and others mentioned in the letters. A 30-volume print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press, 1985–), will be completed in 2022, and will contain more than 15000 letters, around 9000 of which are in Cambridge University Library’s Darwin Archive. The letters are made available to read and search on this website four years after print publication. Images of original letters are being incorporated through collaboration with
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