Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural SelectionPoulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir
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Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection
Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Natural selection
Carpenter, Dr., 159
Carus, V., 183
Case, Mr., Darwin attends his School at Shrewsbury, 16
“Challenger” Expedition, The, 53, 55
Cirripedia, Monographs on the, 36
Climbing Plants, 196;
Revolution of the Upper Part, 196
Copley Medal of the Royal Society awarded to Charles Darwin, 109;
to Sir Joseph Hooker, 111
Coral Reefs, Work upon the, 32;
Theory of Origin, 33;
Dr. John Murray rejects the Darwinian Theory, 33
Creative Hypothesis, Huxley on the, 135
Crossing in Plants, The Advantages of, 194
Cross-fertilisation in Plants, 201
Darwin, Charles, Birthplace, 9;
His Parentage, 10;
Family Genius, 10;
Secret of his Strength, 13–15;
his high Valuation of Hypothesis, 14;
Boyhood, 16–17;
School-life, 16;
Love of Sport, 16;
at Edinburgh, 17;
Dislike of Dissection, 17;
First Scientific Discovery and Paper, 17, 18;
at Cambridge, 18–20;
his Friendship with Professors Henslow and Sedgwick, 19;
Voyage of the “Beagle,” 21, _et seq._;
Preparation for and Effects of the Voyage, 22;
the Most Important Discoveries during, 23;
Places Visited, 23, 24;
Re-visits Cambridge, 25;
Work upon the Collections, and the “Naturalist’s Voyage,” 25;
at London, 25;
Origin of Species, 25–29;
Geological Work, 29, 33;
Completion of “A Naturalist’s Voyage,” 30;
Zoology of the Voyage of the “Beagle,” 31;
Papers on Earth-Worms, 31;
Marriage, 32;
Book on the Coral Reefs, 32;
Ill-health, 32;
at Down, 35;
his Career as a Biologist, 37;
Systematic Work, 37;
his Dislike of Species-mongers, 39, 40;
Death of his Father and Daughter, 41;
Growth of the Origin of Species Theory, 42–59;
Correspondence with Friends, 50–59;
Experiments with Seeds in Salt Water, 51, 52;
Letter to Wedgwood, 52;
Objections to the Atlantis Hypothesis, 53, 55;
Letter to Lyell, 53;
Friendship and Correspondence with Wallace, 60–64, 81–86;
their Joint Papers Presented to the Linnean Society, 46, 62;
Letter to Asa Gray on Selection, 68–70;
Comparison and Reception of the Joint Papers, 78–82;
Delay in Publishing his Discoveries, 90;
Preparation of Origin of Species, 95, _et seq._;
Observations, 96;
Appeals to Lyell, 97;
Letter to John Murray, 97;
his Influence upon Lyell, 105;
Receives the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, 109;
his Indebtedness to Lyell’s Teaching, 110;
Influence upon Hooker and Asa Gray, 111;
his Controversy with Asa Gray, 114–118;
his Influence upon Huxley, 119–143;
his Views of Natural Selection as the Cause of Evolution not
accepted by Huxley, 121–128;
Extracts from Letters showing Difficulty with which Natural
Selection was Understood, 145, _et seq._;
on Spontaneous Generation, 108, 159;
and Bastian, 160;
his Later Works, 161;
his Theory of Pangenesis, 163, _et seq._;
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