To George Johnston 23 November 1852
Down, Farnborough, Kent
November 23, 1852.
I beg to offer my Testimonial to the high claims which Dr. George Johnston1 most justly holds on the gratitude of every British Naturalist, for his zealous endeavours to aid the study, and spread the love of the Natural Sciences. Dr. Johnston has also, by his several Works and Memoirs,2 widely extended our knowledge in several obscure and neglected departments of Zoology. These endeavours have now been perseveringly followed up for many years; and it would, I believe, rejoice every British Naturalist to see such efforts in any way acknowledged and recompensed by the Government
Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Living Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidæ (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1854.
Summary
Recommends GJ for Government pension.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1491
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Johnston
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 146: 6
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1491,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1491.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5