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To Archibald Geikie   9 December 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Dec. 9th. 1875

Dear Sir

I have signed Mr. Croll’s certificate with real pleasure1

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

CD refers to James Croll’s certificate of nomination to the Royal Society of London. CD recommended Croll from general rather than personal knowledge (The Royal Society archive GB 117, EC/1876/08). Croll was elected a fellow of the society in June 1876 (Record of the Royal Society of London). See also Correspondence vol. 30, letter from Archibald Geikie, 7 December 1875.

Bibliography

Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.

Summary

CD has signed James Croll’s certificate [of nomination to Royal Society] with real pleasure.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10291
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Archibald Geikie
Sent from
Down
Source of text
The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen 524/12 Coll-74/11/12 1. 1)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10291,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10291.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23

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