From William Reeves 10 April 1866
Royal Irish Academy, | 19 Dawson Street, | Dublin
April 10. 1866
Sir
I am directed to inform you that, at the Stated General Meeting of the Royal Irish Academy, held on the 16th. March last, you were elected an Honorary Member of the same, in the department of Science.
A formal Diploma of the appointment will presently be forwarded to you.1
I have the honour to remain | Sir | your obedient humble Servant | William Reeves, D. D. | Secretary
Charles Darwin Esqre.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
CD elected honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5053A
- From
- William Reeves
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Dublin
- Source of text
- DAR 230: 16
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5053A,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5053A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
