‘Darwin in Leiden’ by Rinny E. Kooi now published in English
About the footprint Darwin left, although he never actualy went to Leiden.
Almost discarded
A few years ago, biologist Rinny E. Kooi walked through a hallway filled with a number of old portraits, ready to be discarded by someone who was leaving Leiden University. One was an original photograph of Charles Darwin, by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, dated June 24, 1874. Later, Kooi discovered that Pieter Harting, professor at Utrecht University who received an honorary doctorate in Leiden, had asked Darwin for a portrait and that Darwin had sent two. Probably Harting was composing a photo album, a customary gift in those days, just like the liber amicorum is now. It is also likely that the portrait of Darwin is one of the two he had sent himself.
Darwin in Leiden Rinny E. Cage. ISBN 10: 9071256103 ISBN 13: 9789071256103 Publisher: Ginkgo 72 pp. € 17.50
Read more in Dutch About the footprint Darwin left, although he never actualy went to Leiden.
Almost discarded
A few years ago, biologist Rinny E. Kooi walked through a hallway filled with a number of old portraits, ready to be discarded by someone who was leaving Leiden University. One was an original photograph of Charles Darwin, by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, dated June 24, 1874. Later, Kooi discovered that Pieter Harting, professor at Utrecht University who received an honorary doctorate in Leiden, had asked Darwin for a portrait and that Darwin had sent two. Harting was probably composing a photo album, a customary gift in those days, just like the liber amicorum is now. It is also likely that the portrait is one of the two Darwin had sent himself.
Darwin in Leiden
Rinny E. Cage.
ISBN 10: 9071256103
ISBN 13: 9789071256103
Publisher: Ginkgo
72 pp.
€ 17.50
