To G. H. Darwin [3 June 1877]1
Down
Sunday
Dear G.
I have not yet heard from Cambridge, & perhaps they are not intending to give me the degree.2 Perhaps you will like to see the enclosed letter & if you can make out the modern Greek I should be glad of a translation.3
C. D.
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877, and the letter to Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877. In 1877, the Sunday before 9 June was 3 June.
CD refers to the honorary LLD degree (doctor of laws) from the University of Cambridge (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1877 and letter to Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877).
The Greek passage appears in the letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877.
Summary
Has not yet heard from Cambridge. Thinks perhaps they do not intend to give him the degree.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10946
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 59
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10946,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10946.xml
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