To Adam White 26 December 1851
Down, Kent,
December 26, 1851.
My Dear Sir,
I have much pleasure in expressing my high opinion of your Zoological attainments;1 and your great zeal for every branch of Natural History must strike all who are acquainted with you.
Your papers in the scientific journals show how successfully you have worked out original materials. I have often had occasion to visit the working department in the British Museum, and I have invariably found you, permit me to add, most zealous and obliging in your endeavours to aid me in every possible way, and in giving me all the information in your power.2
You are at full liberty to show this letter to any one;3 and I beg to remain, my dear Sir, Yours sincerely, | Charles Darwin. Adam White, Esq.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
White, Adam. 1865. Testimonials in favour of Mr Adam White, during twenty- five years assistant in the zoological department, British Museum. Edinburgh.
Summary
Testimonial letter expressing CD’s high opinion of AW’s zoological attainments.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1466
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Adam White
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Testimonials of Adam White, F.L.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum [1854], p. 15 (National Library of Scotland, 3.2043(6))
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1466,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1466.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
