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To G. H. Darwin   [3 June 1877]1

Down

Sunday

Dear G.

I have not yet heard from Cambridge, & perhaps they are not intending to give me the degree.2 Perhaps you will like to see the enclosed letter & if you can make out the modern Greek I should be glad of a translation.3

C. D.

LS

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877, and the letter to Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877. In 1877, the Sunday before 9 June was 3 June.
2
CD refers to the honorary LLD degree (doctor of laws) from the University of Cambridge (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1877 and letter to Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877).
3
The Greek passage appears in the letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10946,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10946