Courtesy of the inimitable Jason Grossman, who passes such things along to me, comes this announcement from the even more inimitable John van Whye who is responsible for the Darwin online project:
Friends of Mr Darwin may be interested to learn that images of his diary or 'Journal' (DAR158) now join the online transcription (provided by the Correspondence Project). The transcription and new images can be seen here.
I am of course aghast that Dr van Whye failed to note that Darwin died with a doctorate honoris causa, and hence should be called Dr Darwin, even at the risk of confusing him with his father...
"and hence should be called Dr Darwin, even at the risk of confusing him with his father..."
1)confusing him with his father or his grandfather!
2)and hence should be called Dr Darwin: No he shouldn't! At least not in 19th century Britain where only medical doctors are accorded the honorific "Dr" irrespective as to whether they had a doctoral degree or not. All holders of non medical degrees are simply "Mr"!