To Franz Ritter von Kobell 29 July 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 29th 1878
Sir
I beg permission to return my most sincere thanks to the R. Bavarian Academy for the great honour which has been conferred on me by my election as one of the Foreign Members.—1 I feel this distinguished honour all the more as Munich has produced so many magnificent contributions to Science.—
I further thank you for your extremely kind letter, & remain with the highest respect | Sir | Your much obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for election as a Foreign Member.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11634
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Franz Ritter von Kobell
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11634,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11634.xml
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