From Edward Atkinson 25 October 1877
Clare College Lodge, | Cambridge.
October 25, 1877
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that the Grace for conferring upon you the Honorary LL.D. Degree has been this day passed by the Senate with complete unanimity.1 It rests with yourself to select the day on which it would be most agreeable to you to receive it. There are congregations this term on the 1st, the 15th, & the 22nd of November, and on the 6th of December. The Public Orator, by whom recipients of Honorary Degrees are presented, usually wishes for a fortnight’s notice.2 But I am sure that he and all others who bear office in the University would be desirous of meeting your wishes in this matter in every way that they are able.
Believe me to be, | Sir | Your very obedient Servant | E. Atkinson Vice Chancellor
Charles Darwin Esqre. M.A. F.R.S. | &c &c &c
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cambridge University calendar: The Cambridge University calendar. Cambridge: W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950.
Summary
CD awarded honorary LL.D. degree by Cambridge University. [See 11212.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11209A
- From
- Edward Atkinson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Clare College, Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 230: 57
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11209A,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11209A.xml