John Price (1803-1887) attended Shrewsbury School with Darwin, and later studied at St. John's College. The two young men continued their friendship whilst in Cambridge, and Price describes one of their walks together:
...as "men" at Cambridge, we were walking up the chalk path to Cherry Hinton Quarries. Here again I think I cd find the very place where he halted with a characteristic & expressive stamp, exclaiming "Price Price, what wd I give to be such a naturalist as you" !! This rhapsody will be more amusing, if I add that I believe it was evoked by the simple fact of my knowing Yarrow & other common plants equally well in winter.