To Edward Atkinson 9 June 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington S.E.R.) [Leith Hill Place, Surrey.]
June 9th. 1877
Sir
I am greatly obliged to the Council for their wish to offer a grace to the Senate for conferring on me the Honorary Degree of L.L.D..— I should consider this as an extraordinary honour, & it would be particularly gratifying to me as coming from the University at which I was formerly a student.1 I feel, however, bound to add that my health is so precarious that I may be prevented, when the day arrives, from attending to receive this honour.— Permit me further to return to you my sincere thanks for your very kind & courteous letter.2
I beg leave to remain, Sir | Your obedient servant | Charles R. Darwin
To the | Vice-Chancellor.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
Pleased that a Grace has been submitted to confer on CD an honorary LL.D.; hopes his health will permit him to attend the ceremony.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10993
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Atkinson
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place Down letterhead
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 6582: 377)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp & ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10993,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10993.xml
