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From:
Leopold Würtenberger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 181: 184
Summary:

Asks about possibility of securing grant in England in order to complete work on ammonites. Describes progress. Could CD recommend him to a foundation? Describes personal background.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leopold Würtenberger
Date:
15 Jan 1879
Source of text:
Helmut Würtenberger (private collection)
Summary:

Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Leopold Würtenberger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 181: 185
Summary:

Thanks CD for gift to support his research.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Leopold Würtenberger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Feb 1879
Source of text:
DAR 181: 186
Summary:

£100 has arrived and LW will set to work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leopold Würtenberger
Date:
6 Mar 1880
Source of text:
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Bibliothek, Zürich (Würtenberger Nachlass Hs 709: 9)
Summary:

Thanks for LW’s work [Studien über die Stammesgeschichte der Ammoniten (1880)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Leopold Würtenberger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 July 1881
Source of text:
DAR 181: 187
Summary:

Has not been able to win a position that would allow him to conduct research. Seeks technical job instead. Asks for loan to tide himself over probationary period.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Leopold Würtenberger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Aug 1881
Source of text:
DAR 181: 188
Summary:

Repeats request for loan in order to spend probationary training period in chemical factory.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leopold Würtenberger
Date:
5 Aug 1881
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.595)
Summary:

CD does not lend money, but he encloses a cheque as a present.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project