Erasmus Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English physician who turned down the invitation of George III for him to be a Royal Physician. He was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor and poet. His poems included much natural history, including a statement of evolution and the relatedness of all forms of life.
He was a founding member of the Lunar Society, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists an...
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Erasmus Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English physician who turned down the invitation of George III for him to be a Royal Physician. He was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor and poet. His poems included much natural history, including a statement of evolution and the relatedness of all forms of life.
He was a founding member of the Lunar Society, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers. He was a member of the Darwin-Wedgwood family, which includes his grandsons Charles Darwin and Francis Galton.
Erasmus Darwin's house in Lichfield is now open as a Museum dedicated to Erasmus Darwin and his life's work.(Erasmus Darwin House).
Born at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire near Newark-on-Trent, England, the youngest of seven children of Robert Darwin of Elston (12 August 1682–20 November 1754), a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill (1702–1797). His parents' choice of name, Erasmus, is an unusual one; the most...
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