From Robert Cecil 7 June 1870
Hatfield House, | Hatfield, | Herts.
June. 7. 1870.
Sir
It is my pleasing duty to inform you that the University of Oxford proposes to express its deep admiration for your great achievements in the field of Natural Science, by conferring upon you an Honorary Degree at the approaching Commemoration.
I trust that it will not be disagreeable to you to accept this token of their esteem: & that you will be able to be present in the theatre for that purpose.1
The degree will be conferred on the morning of Tuesday June the 21st. The ceremony will be over before one.
I am | Your obedient Servant | Salisbury.2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Browne, Janet. 2002. Charles Darwin. The power of place. Volume II of a biography. London: Pimlico.
LL: The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. Edited by Francis Darwin. 3 vols. London: John Murray. 1887–8.
Summary
Informs CD that Oxford proposes to confer an honorary degree upon him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7222
- From
- Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of Salisbury
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Hatfield House
- Source of text
- DAR 177: 8
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7222,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7222.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
