From Karl Beger [12 February 1877]
Though no man of science but a simple bookkeeper, I have read and admired in the highest degree all your immortal works. My dear little wife, who understands and loves you, having presented me yesterday with a pretty boy, I have taken the liberty to give him your illustrious name.1 I most humbly beg to ask your kind permission, and promise to make him an honorable man.
Believe me, | Dear Sir, | Your humble servant | Carl Beger.
Hamburg, on Charles Darwins | 70th. Birthday. 2
Charles Darwin Esqre. | FRS | England
Footnotes
Beger’s wife was Emma Friedrike Caroline Dalchow; their son, Darwin Richard Beger, was born on 11 February 1877.
CD was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877.
Summary
Intends to name his son after CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10824
- From
- Friedrich Theodor Karl (Karl) Beger
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Hamburg
- Postmark
- 12 2 77
- Source of text
- DAR 201: 3
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10824,” accessed on 1 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10824.xml
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