To ? 7 June 1877
Summary
Thanks correspondent for his essay and kind allusions [to Cross and self-fertilisation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 7 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (MA 9975) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10989 |
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- … To ? 7 June 1877 …
- … Library and Museum, New York (MA 9975) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 June 1877 Unidentified …
- … Hill Place in Surrey, from 8 to 13 June 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II). CD’s next book …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … Railway Station. | Orpington. S.E.R. June 7. 1877 My dear Sir, I am much obliged to you …
To ? 30 March 1877
Summary
Sends autograph as requested.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | L’Autographe (dealers) (1997?) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10918F |
To ? 4 July [1877?]
Summary
Passes judgment on photo of embryological interest.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 4 July [1877?] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (23 July 1963) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11590 |
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- … To ? 4 July [1877? ] …
- … s (dealers) (23 July 1963) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 4 July [1877? ] Unidentified …
- … to Southampton is associated with July is 1877, and in that year CD left Southampton on 4 …
- … II). The year is therefore conjectured as 1877, but it is possible that some other part of …
To ? [before 22 May 1877?]
Summary
Writes as Treasurer of the Down Friendly Society; discusses financial matters related to the Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [before 22 May 1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8932 |
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- … To ? [before 22 May 1877? ] …
- … DAR 96: 166 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 22 May 1877? ] Unidentified …
- … between this letter and the letter to Down Friendly Club, 19 February 1877 (see n. …
- … 2, below). In 1877, Whit Tuesday fell on 22 May. The enclosure has not been found. It may …
- … in their account (see letter to Down Friendly Club, 19 February 1877 , and letter to J. …
- … B. Innes, 25 February [1877] ). The Down Friendly Club was an assistance fund supported by …
To ? 26 June [1877]
Summary
Asks for a copy [of an unknown item] to be sent to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 26 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (5 May 2008) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11016F |
To ? 24 June [1877]
Summary
Advises correspondent on adopting a career; "each person shd. follow his natural bent & improve his special abilities".
Strongly recommends study of J. S. Mill’s Logic.
His own zeal for science was most stimulated by Herschel’s Introduction to the study of natural philosophy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 24 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (25 July 1972); Kobunso (dealer) (1974) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11014 |
To ? 26 February 1877
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of a publication from a German author. Hopes that the German will not be too difficult to understand in an "important & abstruse" subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | eBay (September 2001) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10871A |
From ? 13 June 1877
Summary
Objects to the passage about the Irish quoted by CD in Descent [1: 174].
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: A12–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10998 |
To ? [9 December 1874, 14 December 1875, or 10 January 1877]
Summary
Invites correspondent to luncheon on Friday or Saturday.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [9 Dec] 1874 or [14 Dec] 1875 or [10 Jan] 1877 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 76, 1994) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9724F |
To ? [1870s?]
Summary
Suggests the recipient catch the 4.12 train.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1870s?] |
| Classmark: | The National Library of Wales (NLW Dolaucothi L 5984) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7088F |
To ? 2 January 1878
Summary
Thanks correspondent for note and specimen; they will be of use in new edition of Forms of flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Gerald and Sue Friedman manuscript collection MC 72 Box 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11308A |
To ? 21 August 1881
Summary
Encloses a letter from his son G. H. Darwin and another from his son Francis Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 21 Aug 1881 |
| Classmark: | C. G. Boerner in Leipzig (dealer) (4–6 December 1911) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13294G |
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- … from G. H. Darwin (no place or date) and another from Francis Darwin (4 May 1877). ] …
To ? 17 February [1875–8]
Summary
Tells correspondent how to locate Michael Faraday’s widow [Sarah Barnard].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1875-8] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9859 |
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- … D) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Feb 1875 17 Feb 1876 17 Feb 1877 17 Feb 1878 Unidentified …
To ? 24 December [1874–81]
Summary
Sends compliments and thanks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1874-81] |
| Classmark: | William Patrick Watson (dealer) (catalogue 21, 2016) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9778G |
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- … 24 Dec 1874 24 Dec 1875 24 Dec 1876 24 Dec 1877 24 Dec 1878 24 Dec 1879 24 Dec 1880 24 Dec …
To ? 30 June [1875–81]
Summary
Asks for copy of [unspecified] essay, but will not answer it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 30 June [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.496) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10552 |
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- … Down 30 June 1875 30 June 1876 30 June 1877 30 June 1878 30 June 1879 30 June 1880 30 June …
To ? 3 February [1875–82?]
Summary
Asks that enclosed letter be posted for him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1875-82] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 124 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13889B |
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- … Darwin Down 3 Feb 1875 3 Feb 1876 3 Feb 1877 3 Feb 1878 3 Feb 1879 3 Feb 1880 3 Feb 1881 3 …
To ? 23 January [1875–82]
Summary
Turns down an offer to undertake a German translation of one of his works.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (11 July 2017) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9828G |
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- … Darwin Down 23 Jan 1875 23 Jan 1876 23 Jan 1877 23 Jan 1878 23 Jan 1879 23 Jan 1880 23 Jan …
To ? 8 April [1875–82]
Summary
Explains that there is no need for the addressee to apologise.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1875-82] |
| Classmark: | Jane da Mosto (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9917F |
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- … Darwin Down 8 Apr 1875 8 Apr 1876 8 Apr 1877 8 Apr 1878 8 Apr 1879 8 Apr 1880 8 Apr 1881 8 …
To ? 23 August [1870–80]
Summary
Discusses evolution of species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1870-80] |
| Classmark: | Charles Hamilton (dealer) (3 November 1966) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13884 |
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- … 1874 23 Aug 1875 23 Aug 1876 23 Aug 1877 23 Aug 1878 23 Aug 1879 23 Aug 1880 Unidentified …
To ? 22 June [1875–81]
Summary
Sends signed photo of himself.
Has published only one paper in Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society, "Parallel roads of Glen Roy" [Collected papers 1: 87–137]. His conclusions have proved erroneous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 22 June [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10544 |
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- … Down 22 June 1875 22 June 1876 22 June 1877 22 June 1878 22 June 1879 22 June 1880 22 June …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
| Unidentified | (24) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
Summary
Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
Summary
< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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Photograph album of Dutch admirers
Summary
Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
Language: key letters
Summary
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
German poems presented to Darwin
Summary
Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…
