From Henry Johnson 8 October 1862
Shrewsbury
Oct 8 | 1862
My dear Darwin,
I am very much obliged to you for your very kind letter,1 and also for the Photograph, which is a capital likeness of you—& which I shall always greatly value.2 I should know it anywhere.
I did not know that the difficulty of getting into the R. Society was so great. There is no other scientific distinction except the F.R.S. that I should care to add to my name—but, I confess to have had always rather a longing for that but the sum paid by my brother always frightened me.3
From what you tell me about the number of Candidates on the list, I think I should hardly live to be elected for I am already 58.!!4
I dont think it is impossible that I might be able to get leave to send you a skull of the Wroxeter ox.5
Whenever we have a meeting of the Council I will remember to moot the question.6
Yours very sincerely | Henry Johnson
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Doubts he has a chance of being elected F.R.S. because he is 58.
Will send a skull.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3754
- From
- Henry Johnson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Shrewsbury
- Source of text
- DAR 168: 67
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3754,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3754.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10