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Charles Darwin, aged 60, photographed by Julia Cameron, July 1869

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Other evidence of how much better Darwin was during 1866 is given by his having attended a Royal Society Soiree on 27th April. A short time before this he had grown the beard that is so characteristic a feature in all the later portraits. In a letter to her aunt, Fanny Allen, Emma described the occasion: “The greatest event was that Charles went last night to the Soiree at the Royal Soc.. . . He saw everyone of his old friends. . . ;but was obliged to name himself to almost all of them, as his beard alters him so much.” During the event he was much in demand and was presented to the Prince of Wales (later to be King Edward VII) Among those present was Dr. Bence Jones, who, Emma reports, ‘received [Charles] with triumph, as well he might, it being his own doing’ ~ Page 382

Another feature of these last years was the steady stream of honours Darwin received, some from Britain, many more from other countries. In Britain he had already received the highest honour his fellow scientists could confer, the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, and high honours had already been given also by Sweden (1865) and Prussia (1867). Now during the 1870s he was elected an honorary member of the most prestigious scientific societies in most of the leading countries: Germany (both Prussia and Bavaria), Astro-Hungary, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, and United States and Argentina. Moreover, another form of honour was awarded him. From Germany came an album containing the portraits of 154 men of science, including some of the most famous scientists in the world. Darwin described it to Haeckel as ‘by far the greatest honour’ he had ever received. From Holland he received a similar album of distinguished Dutch students of natural history ~ Page 415

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