From Edward Frankland 9 February 1882
Science and Art Department | South Kensington
Feb. 9/82
Dear Mr. Darwin
Mr. Meldola is, in my opinion, a most promising young chemist and I am glad to see from his certificate that he is also known to biologists, but I think he is still rather too young both in age & work to be brought forward at the Royal Society with a fair chance of success, at all events as regards his chemical claims. Under the shadow of your name however I should probably have waved this objection if I had not recently declined, on the same grounds, to bring him forward when requested to do so by a particular friend of mine.1
I forward the certificate to Mr. Lockyer.2
Believe me | Yours sincerely | E. Frankland
Footnotes
Summary
Will not support Raphael Meldola’s application to the Royal Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13674
- From
- Edward Frankland
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Science and Art Department, South Kensington
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 212
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13674,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13674.xml