RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [spelling of] C. Warscewiz Eschscholtzia / [calling card of:] Mr. Wallis Nash. CUL-DAR77.173v. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 76-79 contain material for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation (1876).

"Nash, Wallis, 1837-1926. Lawyer, builder and writer. One of the founding fathers of Oregon State University. Married Louisa A'hmuty in 1871 as 2d wife. One of his five sons named L. Darwin Nash. See K.G.V. Smith & R.E. Dimick, Jrnl. for the Soc. of the Bibliography of Natural Hist., pp. 78-82, 1976. 1873-79 N took George Wood's house, The Rookery, at Down and became friendly with the Darwins. 1879 Emigrated to USA upon death of four of his children caused by scarlet fever. In 1873 Dec. 8, ED's diary "Went to Nashes". Had dinner at Down House 1874 Dec. 19. 1885 Board of Regents Oregon Agricultural College, forerunner of Oregon State University. Recollections of CD in A lawyer's life on two continents, 1919, pp. 130-8, transcribed in Darwin Online." Paul van Helvert and John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.

Return to homepage

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

File last updated 18 June, 2025