From Henry Johnson 30 September 1862
Shrewsbury
Sept 30. | 1862
Dear Darwin,
Perhaps you have seen by the Transactions that the R. Society has published a Paper of mine about the crushed skulls found at Wroxeter.1
In consequence of this one of the Fellows has asked me if I would be proposed as an F.RS.2
Much as I should like to be so honoured—I have always heard that those three letters are the dearest in the alphabet.
Will you kindly tell me what is the cost—exactly for if it is what I fancy I must decline.3 I hope you are stronger & better in health than when I last heard of you.4
If I could know how to procure a photograph or carte de visite of you for love or money I should be extremely glad,
Yours very truly | Henry Johnson
C. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Johnson, Henry. 1862. On the distorted skulls found at Wroxeter (Salop), with a mechanico-chemical explanation of the distortion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 12: 149–50.
Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.
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
HHJ’s paper ["On the distorted skulls found at Wroxeter (Salop)", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 12 (1862–3): 149–50].
He has been approached about becoming F.R.S., but would like to know how expensive it would be.
Requests a photograph.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3743
- From
- Henry Johnson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Shrewsbury
- Source of text
- DAR 168: 66
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3743,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3743.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10