To H. W. Bates 17 February 1882
Summary
Asks HWB to sign and return F.R.S. certificate for Raphael Meldola; if he objects to signing, CD will not mention the fact. [Meldola elected F.R.S., June 1886.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13691 |
To Max Steffen 17 February 1882
Summary
CD thanks MS and his fellow German students for their kind birthday wishes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Maximilian Alexander (Max) Steffen |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Dr Gene Kritsky (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13691A |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Steffen, Max | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Steffen, Max | (1) |
2.17 Montford, statuette
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< Back to Introduction Horace Montford reproduced the design of his seated statue of Darwin at Shrewsbury (1897) as a small bronze statuette. He lent the ‘original cast’ of the statuette to the Darwin Centenary exhibition at Christ’s College,…
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- … < Back to Introduction Horace Montford reproduced the design of his seated statue of …
The Mount, Shrewsbury
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Letters from home
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- … Darwin writes in preparation for the voyage, and his father and sisters write with news from home …
The whale-bear
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Darwin came to regard ‘bear’ as a ‘word of ill-omen’. In the first edition of Origin he told the story of a black bear seen swimming for hours with its mouth wide open scooping insects from the water ‘like a whale’. He went on to imagine that natural…
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- … the speculation on the bear & the whale, of which I dare say you have heard enough, simply …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … Accompanying the album was a handwritten list of the 217 people included, with their professional …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … 217 Zaaijer Dr. T. (Teunis) …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 217 Zaaijer Dr. T. (Teunis) …
