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From Édouard van Beneden1   11 September 1878

Liège

11/9 78.

Monsieur et illustre Maître,

Je vous remercie cordialement pour le sympatique concours que vous voulez bien nous accorder en vous associant doublement à la manifestation que nous organisons en l’honneur de Schwann. Votre nom parmi les souscripteurs pour le buste donnera à cette œuvre une valeur inestimable.2

Je saisis cette occasion pour vous réitérer, Monsieur et illustre Maître, l’expression de mes sentiments d’admiration et de profond respect | Votre tout dévoué | Edouard Van Beneden.

1
For a translation of this letter, see Appendix I.
2
No letter from CD on this subject has been found, but see the letter from Edouard van Beneden, 29 April 1878. On his retirement from his post as professor of anatomy and physiology at Liège in June 1878, Theodor Schwann received an album of autographed portraits of his colleagues, and a marble bust of him was placed in the academic hall (Ljunggren and Bruyn 2002, p. 164).

From Édouard van Beneden1   11 September 1878

Liège

11/9 78.

Sir and illustrious Master,

I thank you cordially for the kind aid which you want to bestow on us by your twofold participation in for the display which we are organizing in honour of Schwann. Your name among the subscribers for the bust will give to this work an inestimable value.2

I take this occasion to reiterate to you, Sir and honoured Master, my admiration and profound respect | Your most obedient | Edouard Van Beneden.

1
For a transcription of this letter in its original French, see Transcript.
2
No letter from CD on this subject has been found, but see the letter from Edouard van Beneden, 29 April 1878. On his retirement from his post as professor of anatomy and physiology at Liège in June 1878, Theodor Schwann received an album of autographed portraits of his colleagues, and a marble bust of him was placed in the academic hall (Ljunggren and Bruyn 2002, p. 164).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11688,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11688