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The Many Lives of Darwin’s Letters (2022)

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin will be completed in 2022. This essay looks briefly at the history of editing Darwin and compares the modern edition with the Victorian practice of narrating an exemplary life through letters, with commemorative volumes produced by a family member or friend and private material carefully selected to document personal character. How is a scientific life composed? What kind of character is expressed in scientific work?

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Authors & Contributors
Darwin Correspondence Project, Editors
Charles M. Wynn
Sidney Harris
Gisle Solbu
Bruno M. L. Pinto
Heidrun Åm
Concepts
Scientists
Personality of the scientist
Communication within scientific contexts
Correspondence and corresponding
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Professions and professionalization
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
East Asia
Portugal
Norway
North America
France
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