To J. D. Hooker 1 July [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
July 1
My dear H.
I think you cd. not do better than propose Allman & what you say of his high merits I believe to be perfectly true.— I judge, however, only second hand, having never worked at his groups.— I observe that he is quoted with highest respect by foreign naturalists; but I cannot give you names; but I am sure that I have seen this.— You must know better than I do, but I am much surprised to see you put Algæ before his Hydroids.— I do not think that a word in your proposal is too strong.2
I shall be really proud to see Gen. Strachey here, for from all that I have heard I believe he is a truly great man.—3
Specimens of Drosera are waiting,—in fact in a passion to be examined—so good bye my dear old fellow | C. Darwin
By an accident, not thinking what I was doing, I tore off the blank half of your Proposal.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Allman, George James. 1856. A monograph of the fresh-water polyzoa: including all the known species, both British and foreign. London: Ray Society.
Allman, George James. 1871–2. A monograph of the gymnoblastic or tubularian hydroids. 2 vols. London: Ray Society.
Summary
Agrees with JDH on G. J. Allman’s work. Approves of JDH’s text proposing GJA for Royal Medal.
Will be proud to see General Richard Strachey at Down – a truly great man.
Specimens of Drosera are waiting to be examined.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8960
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 265–6
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8960,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8960.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21