To W. E. Gladstone 25 October [1877]
Summary
Sends WEG the two articles [see 11163] with references.
CD thinks savages do not have names for shades of colours, which is curious since those he has known have names for every slight promontory or hill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Date: | 25 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 44455: 210) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11207 |
To C. E. Norton 25 October 1877
Summary
CD and Emma are delighted with forthcoming marriage of W. E. Darwin to Sara [Sedgwick].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1597) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11208 |
From William Saville-Kent 25 October 1877
Summary
Enlists CD’s support for a marine biological research institution to be built soon on Jersey.
| Author: | William Saville-Kent |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11209 |
From Edward Atkinson 25 October 1877
Summary
CD awarded honorary LL.D. degree by Cambridge University. [See 11212.]
| Author: | Edward Atkinson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 230: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11209A |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Atkinson, Edward | (1) |
| Saville-Kent, William | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Gladstone, W. E. | (1) |
| Norton, C. E. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Atkinson, Edward | (1) |
| Gladstone, W. E. | (1) |
| Norton, C. E. | (1) |
| Saville-Kent, William | (1) |
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