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Murray suggests that Darwin tone down a passage on the delicate subject of female sexual desire.

Darwin had included the word ‘sexual’ in the title of an earlier draft of Descent: Murray was relieved when it was omitted.

Henrietta made a significant contribution to her father’s work, most notably as editor of Descent. Darwin’s correspondence suggests that she was selected as editor less for the civilizing, feminine influence she might exert on his work and more for…

Like all of Darwin’s children, Francis helped his father from a young age. As a child he and his siblings made observations and collected plant samples. Later in life Francis, classically-educated in Latin, proved a useful source of help for Darwin’s…

Darwin publicly acknowledges his son in law Richard Litchfield’s contribution to Expression on the subject of music.

Lucy Wedgwood’s work on Oxlips was acknowledged in Darwin’s Different Forms of Flowers but she was identified only as “a friend in Surrey”.

Darwin publicly thanks Lady Dorothy Nevill for providing orchid samples.

Darwin proudly references his son George’s technical drawing.

Darwin refers to Mary Treat’s published work ‘Observations on the Sundew’, American Naturalist Vol. VII, (December, 1873), pp. 705 – 708.

Darwin praises the work of Mary Treat, an entomologist from New Jersey. Her article on Drosera was referenced by Darwin in his 1875 publication Insectivorous Plants. As a published naturalist, Treat had already constructed a public profile for…