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# Looking at Darwin
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/looking-at-darwin/
- Published: 2009-02-02T21:31:49.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:17:45.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books, #MPOW, Systems

I was interested to look at [Charles Darwin’s Worldcat Identity](https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78-95637?ref=lorcandempsey.net) given his bicentenary next week. The event is being widely marked and there is a long list of celebratory activities at [Darwin Online](https://darwin-online.org.uk/?ref=lorcandempsey.net), the site of his digitized papers.

> The year 2009 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of *On the Origin of Species* (24 November 1859) and the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth (12 February 1809). This page aims to list the associated worldwide events and publications. \[[Darwin Online: Darwin 2009 commemorations around the world](https://darwin-online.org.uk/2009.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

The [Identities timeline](https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78-95637?ref=lorcandempsey.net#linktimeline) shows the strong ongoing interest in Darwin and his work.  
![darwin.png](https://www.lorcandempsey.net/content/images/wordpress/lorcan/darwin.png)  
Here are the most widely held books **about** Darwin:

- *The origin : a biographical novel of Charles Darwin* by Irving Stone (Book)
- *Darwin and the Beagle* by Alan Moorehead (Book)
- *Darwin* by Adrian J Desmond (Book)
- *The tree of life : a book depicting the life of Charles Darwin, naturalist, geologist & thinker* by Peter Sís (Book)
- *The survival of Charles Darwin : a biography of a man and an idea* by Ronald William Clark (Book)

Here are the most widely held books in Worldcat **by** Darwin, together with the numbers Worldcat shows to give some sense of relative spread:

- *The origin of species by Charles Darwin* (Book). 615 editions published between 1800 and 2007 in 26 languages and held by 5,639 libraries worldwide
- *The voyage of the Beagle* by Charles Darwin (Book). 435 editions published between 1800 and 2006 in 16 languages and held by 4,438 libraries worldwide
- *The Darwin reader* by Charles Darwin (Book). 56 editions published between 1886 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 2,680 libraries worldwide
- *The origin of species* by Charles Darwin (Book). 121 editions published between 1859 and 2007 in 12 languages and held by 2,654 libraries worldwide
- *The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex* by Charles Darwin (Book). 278 editions published between 1870 and 2007 in 15 languages and held by 2,314 libraries worldwide
- *Computer version of Darwin’s Descent of man and Origin of species*, plus DOS applications.
- *The expression of the emotions in man and animals* by Charles Darwin (Book). 94 editions published between 1872 and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 2,174 libraries worldwide
- *Autobiography and selected letters* by Charles Darwin (Book). 68 editions published between 1929 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 2,045 libraries worldwide
- *The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter by Charles Darwin* (Book). 150 editions published between 1887 and 2005 in 8 languages and held by 1,916 libraries worldwide
- *The voyage of Charles Darwin* by Charles Darwin (Book). 67 editions published between 1877 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 1,464 libraries worldwide

(Yep – The Origin of Species gets in there twice …)