To J. M. Herbert 30 January [1868]
Summary
Thanks JMH for his congratulations.
Recalls gift of microscope [from JMH in 1831]. [See 99].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.344) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5815 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from J. M. Herbert, 26 January 1868 . See letter …
- … J. M. Herbert, 26 January 1868 . George Howard Darwin was second in the final examination for the mathematical tripos at Cambridge (that is, second wrangler; Cambridge University calendar 1868). Charles Thomas Whitley , a cousin of Herbert’s, had been at Shrewsbury School with CD, and graduated as senior wrangler at Cambridge in 1830. See Correspondence vol. 1. Herbert had given CD the microscope shortly after CD had taken his degree at Cambridge (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter …
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Herbert, J. M. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Herbert, J. M. | (1) |
Date
| 1868 | (1) |
