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From W. B. Cheadle   17 February 1879

2. Hyde Park Place, | Cumberland Gate. W.

Feb. 17. 1879

My dear Sir,

Will you excuse my troubling you again with regard to the Cambridge Memorial? The heading has been altered so as to include all graduates, in whatever faculty—who are, or have formerly been, engaged in the study or practice of Medicine—.1 Thus the objection which, as I understood your letter, alone prevented you from appending your signature has been removed—& I venture to apply again, or, if you should perfer it will you kindly endorse the Memorial at the end—in company with others whose names are already appended   But I should of course feel most satisfied to have you support as a Cambridge man—

Should your son have returned to England, and be willing to give his signature also, I should be greatly obliged for it.—2

I find upon further enquiry that the statement with regard to Medical Fellowships is substantially correct— at Caius two Medical Fellowships were founded by Dr. Caius— one of these is now held by a non-medical Fellow— at Trinity, one of ten Fellowships was given on the condition that the holder proceeded to the M.D degree— This condition appears to have been abrogated—for I believe there is no such Fellow at Trinity now—3

Believe me | Very truly yours | W. B. Cheadle

Footnotes

See letter to W. B. Cheadle, 31 January 1879 and n. 1. CD had declined to sign a memorial calling for the creation of a professorship of pathology at the University of Cambridge on the grounds that he was not involved in the study or practice of medicine.
Francis Darwin, who studied natural sciences at Cambridge and later studied medicine, was in Algiers; see letter from Francis Darwin, [c. 25 February 1879].
See letter to W. B. Cheadle, 31 January 1879 and n. 2. Commenting on Cheadle's letter, Francis or George Darwin told CD that Cheadle was in error about the abolition of medical fellowships at Trinity College, Cambridge. John Caius was a physician and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Summary

Second request that CD sign a Cambridge memorial [i.e., petition]. The heading has been amended to include graduates who have formerly studied medicine.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11887
From
Walter Butler Cheadle
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
London, Hyde Park Place, 2
Source of text
DAR 161: 136
Physical description
ALS 3pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11887,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11887.xml

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