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1.14 William Richmond, oil

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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…

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  • … Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony had been no routine affair. …
  • … Man in conservative circles.   If the Cambridge ceremony was a rather fraught occasion, the …

Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…

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  • … and he considered declining in order to avoid the ceremony. ‘They are going to formally offer you …
  • … with Emma. George, Francis, and Horace also attended. The ceremony was held on 17 November in Senate …
  • … Darwin remained ‘quite stout and smiling’ throughout the ceremony ( Emma Darwin (1915), 2: 230), …

1877 letters now online

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Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…

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  • … and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and …
  • … of laws. Emma and most of the children attended the ceremony. A Latin oration was composed specially …
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