Dr John Van Wyhe Unveils Manuscripts of Naturalist Charles Darwin
Dr John van Wyhe, Tembusu Fellow and senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore’s Department of Biological Sciences unveiled an extraordinary collection of priceless manuscripts of naturalist Charles Darwin on Evolution Day (24 Nov 2020). This included two rare pages from the original draft of On the Origin of Species, now made accessible from the Darwin Online website, 161 years since the initial publication of Charles Darwin’s seminal book in 1859.
Check out the following links for details about the media coverage:
2020, 11.24 Interview with John van Wyhe on new Darwin manuscripts online. BBC World Service TV
2020, 11.24 See 2 new pages from Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’ draft online. Futurity.
2020, 11.23 [Interview with John van Wyhe.] Lessons from Darwin and evolution, 161 years on. The Straits Times, p. B10. (online edition, PDF of print edition)
2020, 11.23 [Interview with John van Wyhe.] Darwin’s handwritten pages from On the Origin of Species go online. NUS Research News
2020, 11.23 Darwin’s handwritten pages from On the Origin of Species go online for the first time. EurekAlert!
2020, 11.23 Darwin’s handwritten pages from ‘On the Origin of Species’ go online for the first time. Phys.Org