From Charles Wyville Thomson 7 October 1870
Strandtown | Belfast
October 7th 1870.
My dear Sir,
As you are probably aware Dr. Allman has been obliged to resign the Edinburgh Chair—1 I am a candidate for it and although I have not the honor of your personal acquaintance I cannot refrain from asking you for a few words of recommendation if you think that I am justified in applying for this post in my native town—
I am the more anxious for your sanction of my candidature as my later work has so direct a bearing on the illustration of your views.2
Believe me | My dear Sir | Yours with great respect | Wyville Thomson
Footnotes
Bibliography
Swinney, Geoffrey N. 1999. A natural history collection in transition; Wyville Thomson and the relationship between the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. Journal of the History of Collections 11: 51–70.
Thomson, Charles Wyville. 1861. On the embryology of Asteracanthion violaceus (L.). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science n.s. 1: 99–108.
Thomson, Charles Wyville. 1869. The depths of the sea. [Read 10 April 1869.] Journal of the Royal Dublin Society 5 (1870): 316–26.
Summary
Seeks CD’s support as a candidate for Edinburgh Chair in Natural History.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7336
- From
- Charles Wyville Thomson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Strandtown, Belfast
- Source of text
- DAR 178: 113
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7336,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7336.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
