On Ash Wednesday, 20th February, 1828, five young men from Christ’s College, Cambridge signed their names in the ‘Books of subscriptions for degrees’, thereby becoming undergraduates at the university. John van Wyhe’s excellent booklet Darwin in Cambridge includes an image of their signatures:
That’s right, back in 1829, Charles Robert Darwin and Richard Dawkins stood shoulder-to-shoulder to confirm in writing that they were fully paid-up members of the Church of England.
I think Prof. Dawkins might have some explaining to do.
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