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From Max Steffen   12 February 1882

Halle a/Saale

Febr. 12th. 1882.

Sir!

On the 75th. return of your birth-day seven German students drink on your health in the old Teutonic manner.1

Albrecht von Bockelmann, stud. rer. nat. Theodor Bombe, stud. phil. et geogr. Hermann Engelmann, stud. phil. Arthur Petry, stud. rer. nat. et geogr. H. Scheer, stud. rer. nat. B. Schmidt2 stud. phil.

Max Steffen, stud. phil.

ApcS

1
In fact, CD turned 73 on 12 February 1882.
2
Bockelmann was a student of natural sciences (stud. rer. nat. is the abbreviation of the Latin ‘studiosus rerum naturalium’, typically used in German-speaking countries). Bombe was studying philosophy and geography. Engelmann, Hermann Scheer, and Bernhard Schmidt were students of philosophy. Petry was a student of natural sciences and geography.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13678,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13678