From Max Steffen 12 February 1882
Halle a/Saale
Febr. 12th. 1882.
Sir!
On the 75th. return of your birth-day seven German students drink on your health in the old Teutonic manner.1
Albrecht von Bockelmann, stud. rer. nat. Theodor Bombe, stud. phil. et geogr. Hermann Engelmann, stud. phil. Arthur Petry, stud. rer. nat. et geogr. H. Scheer, stud. rer. nat. B. Schmidt2 stud. phil.
Max Steffen, stud. phil.
Footnotes
In fact, CD turned 73 on 12 February 1882.
Bockelmann was a student of natural sciences (stud. rer. nat. is the abbreviation of the Latin ‘studiosus rerum naturalium’, typically used in German-speaking countries). Bombe was studying philosophy and geography. Engelmann, Hermann Scheer, and Bernhard Schmidt were students of philosophy. Petry was a student of natural sciences and geography.
Summary
Seven German students drink to CD’s health on his 75th [sic] birthday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13678
- From
- Maximilian Alexander (Max) Steffen
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Halle an der Saale
- Source of text
- DAR 177: 253
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13678,” accessed on 10 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13678.xml
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