To William Robert Grove1 26 April [1854]
Down Farnborough Kent
Ap. 26th.
My dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for informing me that I have been elected a member of the Philosophical Club.—2 I feel extremely much pleased and honoured.—
With my thanks | I remain | Your’s very faithfully | C. Darwin W. R. Grove Esqe | F.R.S. &c &c—
Footnotes
Grove was treasurer of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society until the meeting of 24 April 1854, when Joseph Dalton Hooker was elected to succeed him (Bonney 1919, pp. 39, 259).
CD was elected on 24 April 1854 (Bonney 1919, p. 39). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 March [1854], in which CD asked Hooker to propose him for membership of the Philosophical Club.
Bibliography
Bonney, T. G. 1919. Annals of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society written from its minute books. London: Macmillan.
Summary
Is honoured by his election to the Philosophical Club [of the Royal Society].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1567
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Robert Grove
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Institution of Great Britain (Grove Papers)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1567,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1567.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
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