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To Édouard Heckel   13 August 1878

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.) [Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

Aug. 13th. 1878

My dear Sir

I must write one line to thank you very sincerely for your kind note, & to say that I am well aware how greatly the knowledge of my works in France is due to you.1

With much respect, pray believe me, | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

1
Heckel’s note has not been found, but was probably sent to congratulate CD on becoming a corresponding member of the botanical section of the Académie des sciences of the Institut de France (see letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 and n. 2). Heckel had translated Cross and self fertilisation and Forms of flowers into French (Heckel trans. 1877 and 1878).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11654,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11654