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Henrietta Emma Litchfield (née Darwin; 25 September 1843 [1] – 17 December 1927 [2]) was a daughter of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Wedgwood. Henrietta was born at Down House, Downe, Kent, in 1843.
Henrietta Emma Litchfield (nascida Darwin; 25 de setembro de 1843 — Surrey, 17 de dezembro de 1927) era uma das filha de Charles Darwin e sua esposa Emma Wedgwood.
Though far less recognised by Victorian society for her intellectual worth than her father or brothers, Henrietta was an essential lynchpin in the Darwin circle, and helped anchor both the scientific and domestic activities of her family.
28 de abr. de 2016 · Henrietta teve um papel ainda mais importante: o de editora. Darwin chegou a pedir que a filha fizesse a revisão de A Origem do Homem... durante uma viagem de férias à Europa.
Though far less recognised by Victorian society for her intellectual worth than her father or brothers, Henrietta was an essential lynchpin in the Darwin circle, and helped anchor both the scientific and domestic activities of her family.
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write.
Written over the period March to July 1871, the year of the twenty-eight-year-old Henrietta’s sudden marriage to a man she had known for less than three months, the journal introduces a confident, intelligent, reflective, and passionate young woman. The full text of the diary is included in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 19: 1871.
