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DE BEER - De Beer Papers
2 - Scientific Papers
2 - Research into the Life and Work of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
19 - Wilkins Lecture: "The Origin of Darwin's Ideas on Evolution and Natural Selection"
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
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Item
Reference Number
DE BEER/2/2/19/2
Title
Letters Regarding "The Origin of Darwin's Ideas on Evolution and Natural Selection"
Date
Apr 1957
Date2
1961-1962
Date3
1966
Description
Letters to De Beer from Lady Nora Barlow [granddaughter of Charles Robert Darwin] regarding De Beer's research for his Wilkins Lecture; the origin of Darwin's ideas on natural selection; the influence of Malthus on Darwin; Barlow's work on Darwin's notebooks, journals and letters; and Barlow's comments on De Beer's lecture draft.
Letters from Sir Charles Galton Darwin (1887-1962) regarding photographs and illustrations of Charles Robert Darwin (1807-1882).
Other letters regarding the origin of Darwin's theory of natural selection; and requests for reprints of De Beer's paper. Copies of De Beer's outgoing letters are interspersed throughout.
Extent
1 folder
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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