From G. H. Darwin 14 December 1878
Summary
Asks CD if he would screw himself up to inviting A. Newton to Down.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11796 |
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- … Alfred Newton was professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at Cambridge; Francis Darwin had become friends with Newton while he was a student at Cambridge. Newton had visited Down with Francis from 22 to 24 January 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). No record of Newton’s visiting Down around this time has been found. Anthony Rich had decided to bequeath his property in the City of London to CD in recognition of CD’s contribution to science (see letter …
