From George Busk 20 February 1865
15 Harley St
Feb 20th 1865
My dear Darwin
Your cheque reached me in due course & I have to thank you for it.1 It is proposed to have a meeting of poor Falconers friends & admirers next Saturday at Mr Fergusson’s2 to constitute a Committee to carry out the Memorial to be determined upon.— As it is desirable to have as many good names as possible in the list of supporters, I was just about to write to you to say that if you had no objection your name would be included in it. If you have will you kindly let me know by Saturday Morning.
The Memorial contemplated & I think from what has been said, very likely to be carried out—is
1st a Bust to be placed as afterwards determined in London—3
2. To found a Fellowship if possible, or if not a Scholarship or in default of that a prize—in Natural Science in the University of Edinburgh—4
Believe me | Yours truly | Geo Busk
Footnotes
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Falconer, Hugh. 1868. Palæontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer … with a biographical sketch of the author. Compiled and edited by Charles Murchison. 2 vols. London: Robert Hardwicke.
Summary
On a proposed meeting of friends of the deceased Hugh Falconer to decide on a memorial to him. Invites CD’s support.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4774
- From
- George Busk
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Harley St, 15
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 380
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4774,” accessed on 22 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4774.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13