In February 1859, the Geological Society of London bestowed its highest honor on 50-year-old Charles Darwin for his nearly three decades of devotion to the profession. The Wollaston Medal, cast from ...
Artnet: Charles Darwin’s Personal Library of 13,000 Books Revealed for the First Time
In The Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals, Charles Darwin noted his disappointment in artists, writing: “I had hoped to derive much aid from the great masters in painting and sculpture, who ...
Charles Darwin’s Personal Library of 13,000 Books Revealed for the First Time
CHARLES DARWIN—Henshaw Ward—Bobbs-Merrill ($5). The Man, in his old age, looked exactly like that preposterous old South African, whose picture, displayed in advertisements or in his book, is now in ...
Smithsonian Magazine: See What Charles Darwin Kept in His ‘Insanely Eclectic’ Personal Library, Revealed for the First Time
See What Charles Darwin Kept in His ‘Insanely Eclectic’ Personal Library, Revealed for the First Time
NUS historian of science Dr John van Wyhe has co-published a groundbreaking new book on Charles Darwin which shows for the first time the extent of his cultural impact over the past 160 years The ...
In the previous post of this two-part series, we looked at Charles Darwin’s life through the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. In this post, we will complete his life’s story, and ...
Forbes: Book Review: Tom Chaffin’s ‘Odyssey: Young Charles Darwin, The Beagle, And The Voyage That Changed The World’ Is Novelistic Nonfiction At Its Best
Book Review: Tom Chaffin’s ‘Odyssey: Young Charles Darwin, The Beagle, And The Voyage That Changed The World’ Is Novelistic Nonfiction At Its Best