BesidestheCambridgedegree，hereceivedaboutthesametimehonoursofanacademickindfromsomeforeignsocieties。
OnAugust5，1878，hewaselectedaCorrespondingMemberoftheFrenchInstitute（\"LyellalwaysspokeofitasagreatscandalthatDarwinwassolongkeptoutoftheFrenchInstitute。Ashesaid，evenifthedevelopmenthypothesiswereobjectedto，Darwin’soriginalworksonCoralReefs，theCirripedia，andothersubjects，constitutedamorethansufficientclaim\"——
FromProfessorJudd’snotes。），intheBotanicalSection，andwrotetoDr。
AsaGray:——
\"IseethatwearebothelectedCorrespondingMembersoftheInstitute。ItisratheragoodjokethatIshouldbeelectedintheBotanicalSection，astheextentofmyknowledgeislittlemorethanthatadaisyisaCompositousplantandapeaaLeguminousone。\"