RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1845. [Testimonial.] In Brayley, E. W., Additional testimonials submitted to the Council of University College, London, by Edward William Brayley... a candidate for the Professorship of Geology. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, p. [7].
REVISION HISTORY: Text from Correspondence vol. 3, p. 133. RN4
NOTE: See record in the Freeman Bibliographical Database, enter its Identifier here. See remarks by R. B. Freeman.
Down, Kent
Feb. 7th. 1845.
My dear Sir
You have my best wishes for your success in your present application. You are aware that I have never had an opportunity of hearing you lecture, & therefore cannot speak of your qualifications in that line; but I have great pleasure in adding, that I have always been struck by your remarkable powers in acquiring scientific knowledge of varied kinds, & by your extensive reading. I think it will be generally acknowledged, that a capacity of this nature, must be eminently serviceable in teaching a subject of so divesified a nature as Geology.—
Believe me dear Sir
Yours very faithfully
C. Darwin
E. W. Brayley Esqe1
1 Edward William Brayley (1802-1870), geologist and free-lance lecturer. His application was not successful. See Correspondence vol. 3, p. 133.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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