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To George Howard Darwin   24 January [1868]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Jan 24th.

My dear old fellow

I am so pleased. I congratulate you with all my heart & soul.—2 I always said from your early days that such energy, perseverance & talent as yours, would be sure to succeed; but I never expected such brilliant success as this.

Again & again I congratulate you. But you have made my hand tremble so I can hardly write. The Telegraph came here at eleven.— We have written to W. & Boys.—3

God Bless you my dear old fellow— may your life so continue.—

Your affectionate Father | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the reference to George Howard Darwin’s examination (see n. 2, below).
2
George was second in the mathematical honours examination at Cambridge in 1868; the position was known as ‘second wrangler’. The results of the examination were published at the Senate House in Cambridge on 24 January 1868. (Cambridge University calendar 1868.)
3
CD refers to William Erasmus Darwin, who lived in Southampton, and to Horace and Leonard Darwin, who were at Clapham Grammar School.

Bibliography

Cambridge University calendar: The Cambridge University calendar. Cambridge: W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950.

Summary

Congratulations on GHD’s brilliant tripos success.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-5796
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
George Howard Darwin
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 210.1: 3
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5796,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5796.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16

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