Darwin’s cheque found in portrait frame

Signed document could provide insight to Darwin’s character.

Whenever science historian John van Wyhe passed through the old library of Christ’s College at Cambridge University, he took a moment to glance at a photo of Charles Darwin hanging on the wall. “I’ve always been curious about it, because in the frame there’s a signature on a bit of paper, and it looks like there’s something written on the back.”

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Darwin’s cheque found in portrait frame

Signed document could provide insight to Darwin’s character.

Whenever science historian John van Wyhe passed through the old library of Christ’s College at Cambridge University, he took a moment to glance at a photo of Charles Darwin hanging on the wall. “I’ve always been curious about it, because in the frame there’s a signature on a bit of paper, and it looks like there’s something written on the back.”

Read the story here.

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