To Anthony Rich 4 February 1882
Summary
Exchanges news on health.
Thanks AR for his worm observations.
George Darwin’s work is attracting attention; he intends to try for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge. Adds other news of George and of CD’s sons Leonard and William.
CD has finished his microscopic work and has only to write up two papers for the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A44–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13659 |
To Anthony Rich 9 December 1878
Summary
Is deeply gratified by AR’s proposed generosity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11781 |
From Anthony Rich 13 June 1881
Summary
The Huxleys have visited; CD may come soon.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13202 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Heene, Worthing, on 8 September 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). They stayed at the …
- … while William arrived on 18 June ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George had travelled to …
- … of March ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] ; letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. …
- … Darwin, 23 March 1881 (DAR 210.3: 6); Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George had visited …
- … at Patterdale, from 3 June to 4 July ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Victor Marshall ’s …
From Anthony Rich 30 May 1879
Summary
Speaks of the delight of having met CD.
Hopes William Darwin may be able to visit Worthing.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12070 |
From Anthony Rich 2 September [1881]
Summary
Condolences on the death of E. A. Darwin.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13314 |
From Anthony Rich 7 March 1880
Summary
Writes of the weather,
his reading of Huxley’s Crayfish [1880],
and domestic matters.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12524 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Southampton, before setting off ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), letter from Elizabeth …
- … epigrams were possibly those of Harry Wedgwood ; see Emma Darwin (1904) 1: 74 and 266. …
- … married Ida Farrer on 3 January 1880 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242). The Chinese often …
- … Emma Burnaby , lived at 26 Woburn Square, Bloomsbury, London (Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/320/22/40)). The story appeared in a letter from Charles Dickens (see Dickens 1880–2 , 2: 61). George Howard Darwin …
From Anthony Rich 1 March 1881
Summary
AR plans, when he dies, to leave sea-side house at Worthing to Huxley.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13071 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … visited Rich in Worthing in May 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD was working on …
- … Ullswater, from 3 June to 4 July 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George Henslow had …
- … Emma Burnaby ’s husband, William Dyott Burnaby , died on 8 November 1882 ( England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 ; Ancestry.com, accessed 31 July 2019). She appears to have continued living in London after her husband’s death (Census returns of England and Wales 1891 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG12/76/57/1)). The Darwins …
From Anthony Rich 26 October 1880
Summary
The Philadelphus CD sent is flourishing and appears to attract a particular kind of fly.
Science and the law as professions. Lawyers in politics.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12778 |
From Anthony Rich 30 April [1879]
Summary
Will see CD in Worthing next week.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Apr [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 135 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12019 |
From Anthony Rich 7 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for CD’s amusing letter from Coniston.
Commiserates on CD’s proof-reading chore.
George Darwin has visited him.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12298 |
From Anthony Rich 20 November [1880]
Summary
Thanks for Movement in plants.
Condolences on S. E. Wedgwood’s death.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12833 |
From Anthony Rich 9 February 1881
Summary
Contemptuous of Samuel Butler.
Has read that Huxley will be Inspector of Fisheries.
When CD visits in spring, he will acquaint him with legalities of Worthing house.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13046 |
From Anthony Rich 27 July 1879
Summary
Best wishes for CD’s trip to Cumberland.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12175 |
From Anthony Rich 25 August 1881
Summary
Looks forward to CD’s visit on 8 Sept.
E. J. Trelawney, the friend of Shelley and Byron, has just died in a nearby village.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Aug 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13296 |
From Anthony Rich 4 June 1880
Summary
CD’s portrait at exhibition is praised by critics. CD and the Prime Minister may boast of having been in their day "the best abused men in England".
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12620 |
From Anthony Rich 29 December 1878
Summary
He would be happy to receive a visit from one of CD’s sons at any time.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11810 |
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