Evidence: | 'All the while I am writing now my head is running about the Tropics: in the morning I go and gaze at Palm trees in the hot-house and come home and read Humboldt: my enthusiasm is so great that I cannot hardly sit still on my chair.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 28 Apr 1831 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Cambridge | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Charles Darwin |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 12 Feb 1809 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | scientist and writer |
Religion: | atheist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Humboldt |
Title: | unknown |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 16499 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Darwin Correspondence Project: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-98.html, |
Citation: | Darwin Correspondence Project: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-98.html, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16499, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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