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From Archibald Geikie   22 June 1881

Edinburgh

22d June 1881

My dear Sir

Many thanks to you for your kind words of sympathy in regard to the movement in favour of poor Croll.1 I am not very sanguine, but am resolven to leave no stone unturned to gain our end.

Mr. George Darwin’s signature would have been most welcome. As you suppose, it will be best to obtain only a few signatures.

Yours very truly | Arch Geikie

Charles Darwin Esqr

Footnotes

1
CD’s letter has not been found. James Croll had been forced to retire early from the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1880 because of poor health. Geikie had drawn up a memorial to the prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone, requesting an annuity from the civil list for Croll, to supplement his meagre Civil Service pension (Irons 1896, pp. 363, 373).

Bibliography

Irons, James Campbell. 1896. Autobiographical sketch of James Croll: with memoir of his life and work. London: E. Stanford.

Summary

Thanks for CD’s sympathy for James Croll; George Howard Darwin’s signature would have been welcome.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13214F
From
Archibald Geikie
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Edinburgh
Source of text
Haslemere Educational Museum (LD-8-892-P443–4)
Physical description
C 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13214F,” accessed on 28 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13214F.xml

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