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
Gray, Asa, Darwin’s Correspondence with, 51, 55, 107, 181, 184;
his Influence upon, 112;
Darwin’s Controversy with, 114–118
Gray, Dr., 146, 149
Henslow, Prof., Friendship with Darwin, 18–21
Herbert, J. M., on Darwin’s Character, 19, 20
Hereditary Genius, Evidences in the Darwin Family, 10, 11
Heredity, Theories of, 167, 174
Hermaphroditism, 175
Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, his References to Darwin, 9;
his Correction of Darwin, 9
Hooker, Sir Joseph, 37, 48;
Darwin’s Letters to, on Species-mongers, 39–40;
Darwin’s Opinion of, 48;
Friendship and Correspondence with Darwin, 50;
Lyell’s Correspondence with, as to Specific Centres, 57;
Darwin’s Influence upon, 110, _et seq._;
awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, 111;
and Darwin, 146;
Darwin Writing on Pangenesis, 181, 182
Huxley, Prof., Criticisms of Darwin’s Theory, 46, 48;
on Teleology, 113;
Darwin’s Influence upon, 119–143;
agrees with Darwin on Evolution, 121;
Views on Natural Selection, 121, 124, 126, 138;
Article in the _Times_ on the Origin of Species, 124;
his Article in the _Westminster Review_, 125;
Lectures on the Causes of the Phenomena of Organic Nature, 128, 142;
Views as to Natural Selection not changed, 137, 138;
Speech at the British Association Meeting at Oxford, 139;
awarded the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society, 140;
Darwinism, not Evolution, 140, 141;
and the Bishop of Oxford, 155
Hybrid Grafts, 166
Hybridism, 175, 176
Hybrids, Tendency to Resemble one Parent, 171;
Sterility of, 171;
Produced by Grafting, 168
Hypothesis and Speculation, Bearing on Science, 14, 15
Inheritance, The Theories of, 167, 174
Insectivorous Plants, 198
Instinctive Knowledge in Animals denied by Darwin, 216
Jenkin, Fleming, 81
Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution, 99;
Comparison with Darwin’s, 148, 150
Lankester, Prof. E. Ray, 99, 184
Linnean Society, Joint Memoirs by Darwin and Wallace, read before,
65, _et seq._
Lowe, Robert, 150
Lyell, Sir Charles, Influence on Darwin, 29, 30, 51;
and Continental Extensions, 53;
and Hooker’s Agreement on the Specific Centres Theory, 57;
Darwin’s Appeal to, on the Natural Selection, 97;
Influence of Darwin upon, 105;
Accepts Darwin’s Views, 108, 109;
Death of, 109;
Darwin’s Letter on Pangenesis, 181
Lythrum, Different Forms of Flowers on the, 195
Macleay, W. S., 150
Malthus on Population, its Influence on Darwin, 46;
and on Wallace, 88, 89
Man, The Descent of, 186
Meldola, Prof., on Systematic Work, 37;
and Darwin, 199, _et seq._
Metamorphosis, 171
Mimetic Resemblance, 202
Mimicry, 202, 204;
Bates’ Theory, 212;
Fritz Müller’s Theory, 212;
Dixey’s paper on, 214
Müller, Fritz, Darwin’s Letters to, 181, 183;
on Mimicry, 212–214;
his Paper Translated, 213
Murray, Andrew, 152
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