To H. N. Moseley 25 September 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Sept. 25th 1881
My dear Mr. Moseley
I earnestly hope that you may be elected Linacre Professor at Oxford, for from my knowledge of your several works & from personal acquaintance with you, I am convinced that no other Zoologist in Grt Britain, who is competent to be a candidate, is so well fitted for the place & so likely to advance natural science in Oxford.1
I remain, Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
To | H. N. Moseley F.R.S.
Footnotes
Moseley had asked CD to provide a testimonial in support of his application to succeed George Rolleston as Linacre Professor of anatomy and physiology at Oxford University (see letter from H. N. Moseley, 24 September 1881).
Summary
Gives his high opinion of HNM’s abilities.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13355
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Nottidge Moseley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 15)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13355,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13355.xml
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