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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 88

Documents
George Darwin
1911 (23 October) folio A.L.S. from Newham Grange, Cambridge to an unidentified German recipient, "My dear Sir, The best account of my father’s life and works is contained in the following books by Francis Darwin: 1. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. 3 vols. John Murray, London 1887. 2. (transl. La Vie et la correspondence de C. D. 2 vols. Reinwald, Paris, 1888). 3. An abridgement in one volume entitled: Charles Darwin, John Murray, 1892. 4. More Letters of Charles Darwin (2 vols.) John Murray 1903. – I am not sure whether these or any of them have been translated into German. The last of these contains scientific letters ...", signed "G.H.Darwin"

Sir George Howard Darwin KCB FRS FRSE (1845 – 1912] was an English barrister, astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin.

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