Tag: William Darwin Fox

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, abolitionists, Adrian Desmond, common descent, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, historiography, history, HMS Beagle, human origins, James Moore, new york, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, Tierra del Fuego, William Darwin Fox}

“Sacred Cause”? Reconsidering Charles Darwin as Abolitionist

_{Robert Shedinger
March 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I offer a series of posts here designed to lay out the evidence in detail. It is not merely that Desmond and Moore are selective in the sources they cite. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin Deleted, Down House, Emma Darwin, evolution, John Murray, Joseph Hooker, Journal of Researches, Linnean Society, On the Origin of Species, Peter Bowler, Quarterly Review, Southeast Asia, Ternate, Whitwell Elwin, William Darwin Fox}

Darwin’s Reticence: How on Earth Did the Origin of Species Ever Get Published?

_{Robert Shedinger
February 10, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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Even Darwin would be aghast at what the world has made of a mere abstract that he was almost pathologically ambivalent about ever publishing. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, depression, Emma Darwin, evolution, exaggeration, flatulence, headaches, illness, Janet Browne, Peter Medawar, sexuality, vomiting, William Darwin Fox, William Erasmus Darwin}

The Uses of Illness in Darwin’s Correspondence

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2021

Evolution

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Darwinian biographer Janet Browne notes how Darwin’s illness may have become a convenient excuse for avoiding certain activities. Read More ›