From the masters of Greiz College 12 February 1879
To | Charles Darwin
the deep thinker, the learned and celebrated naturalist send their greetings and sincere congratulations to his 70th. birthday and heartfelt wishes for many happy returns, with the assurance of their high esteem and veneration,1
his German admirers, the undersigned Masters at the College of Greiz:
Retzlag. | Grahl. | Rossberg, Dr. phil. | Dr. Reissig. | A. Schlundt, Dr. | Dr. F. Ludwig | Schöber. | F. H. Grünler | [E. Dillner] | O. [Hertzsch]2
Greiz, Thuringia | Germany. | February 12th 1879.
Footnotes
CD was 70 on 12 February 1879.
Friedrich Ludwig had written to CD with observations on the forms of flowers; see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to Friedrich Ludwig, 1 August 1877, and Correspondence vol. 26, letter to Friedrich Ludwig, 29 May 1878. The other signatories have not been identified.
Summary
Send 70th birthday congratulations.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11879
- From
- Greiz College
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Greiz
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 94r
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11879,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11879.xml
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