Darwin’s room

Dr John van Wyhe — Dr John van Wyhe, FCD on his Darwin groupie bike yesterday

Heart-felt thanks to Dr John van Wyhe, FCD, who kindly showed Michael Barton, FCD and me around Charles Darwin's old room at Christ's College, Cambridge yesterday. Dr van Wyhe recently oversaw the refurbishment of the room, recreating how it would have looked in Darwin’s day. The result is rather special—down to the basket for Darwin’s dog!

And the really good news was that we were allowed to take photographs!

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2 thoughts on “Darwin’s room”

Isebrand says:

15-Jul-2009 at 14:55

Wonderful images. Thanks.

- Scott Isebrand, FCD

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Michael D. Barton, FCD says:

16-Jul-2009 at 05:39

Fun to share that private viewing with the original FCD! I have posted all my photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7230309@N05/collections/72157621389705115/

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