To H. G. Zeuthen 9 April 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
April 9th. 1879
Sir
I hope that you will be so good as to present to the R. Danish Academy my most sincere thanks for the distinguished honour conferred on me by my election as Member.1 This honour is the more gratifying to me from the number of illustrious naturalists which Denmark has produced & still possesses. Permit me further to thank you cordially for the very kind expressions towards me in your letter, announcing my election.
I beg leave to remain, Sir, | Your obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin
To the Secretary | &c &c &c
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks Royal Danish Academy for electing him as a Member, and for the kind expressions toward him from so many illustrious naturalists.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11984
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Rigsarkivet, Copenhagen (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11984,” accessed on 14 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11984.xml
