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Charles Darwin’s note-making system – The Friends of Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin’s life and work must be one of the most well documented of any scientist. We still have his Beagle Journal, most of his notebooks, much of his vast correspondence, many of the annotated books from his personal library, many of his own loose papers and draft manuscripts, not forgetting, of course, all the wonderful books and papers he published. Heck, we even have his student bills from university! During his many years of research, Darwin consumed and processed vast amounts of information, merging it with thoughts and research of his own to produce all manner of publications on subjects as apparently diverse as coral reefs, insectivorous plants, barnacles (both living and fossil), earthworms, orchids, cross- and self-fertilisation, human emotions, climbing plants, domestication, not to forget, of course, evolution by means of natural selection, and human evolution and sexual selection. Despite long-term ill-health, Darwin managed to churn out an awful lot of top-rate mat

Charles Darwin’s note-making system – The Friends of Charles Darwin Skip to content Charles Darwin’s note-making system Charles Darwin’s life and work must be one of the most well documented of any scientist. We still have his Beagle Journal , most of his notebooks , much of his vast correspondence , many of the annotated books from his personal library , many of his own loose papers and draft manuscripts , not forgetting, of course, all the wonderful books and papers he published. Heck, we even have his student bills from university ! During his many years of research, Darwin consumed a

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