From Henry Bence Jones 2 August 1870
Summary
CD has complained of pins and needles keeping him from working on his book [Descent]. If he could spend ten days with HBJ, he would be well and fit.
| Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293 |
To W. D. Fox 18 February [1870]
Summary
Invites WDF to visit.
Describes activities of his children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | Isle of Wight Record Office (Ac 2008/79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7113 |
To [Edward William Blore] [October 1870 or later]
Summary
Horace Darwin wishes to have private tuition to help him pass the "Little Go" and so CD wonders if he might be excused College lectures for the present, to prevent undue strain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward William Blore |
| Date: | [Oct 1870 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7049 |
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- … Horace Darwin . Henry Bence Jones . The little go, or previous examination, was an examination in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and theology usually taken in the second year of residence ( Winstanley 1947 , pp. 144–5). Edward John Routh , a highly successful mathematics tutor at Cambridge, had been private tutor to George Howard Darwin (see Correspondence vol. 13, letter …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
Addressee
| Blore, E. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
| Blore, E. W. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
