DARWIN, ERASMUS

1731–1802, English physician and poet. During most of his life he practiced medicine in Lichfield and cultivated a botanical garden. He was a prominent member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Anna Seward and Thomas Day. In a long poem, The Botanic Garden (1789–91), Darwin expounded the botanical system of Linnaeus. His Zoonomia (1794–96), explaining organic life according to evolutionary principles, anticipates later theories. He was the grandfather of Charles Darwin and of Francis Galton.

See biography by D. King-Hele (1964).

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books on: Darwin Erasmus  - 1121 results

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Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution
Book by Gertrude Himmelfarb; Doubleday, 1959
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--1809-1882, Evolution (Biology)
...137 , 309 , 362 ff., 391 , 415 ff. Darwin, Erasmus CDs grandfather , 13 ff., 21 , 24 , 34 ff...256 , 262 , 263 , 375 , 413 , 414 , 423 Darwin, Erasmus CDs uncle , 17 Darwin, Erasmus CDs brother , 22 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 34 , 36...
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Charles Darwin: A Portrait
Book by Geoffrey West; Yale University Press, 1938
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--1809-1882
...315 Darwin, Emma wife . See Wedgwood Darwin, Erasmus grandfather , passim 3 - 34 , 41 , 63...229 , 267 , 291 , 301 , 305 , 307 , 336 Darwin, Erasmus, 291 , 301 , 302 - 306 Darwin, Erasmus uncle , 12 , 20 , 30 , 31 - 32
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Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Book by Gillian Beer; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--1809-1882--Influence, Eliot, George--1819-1880--Knowledge--Natural History, English Fiction--19th Century--History And Criticism, Evolution (Biology) In Literature, Evolution In Literature, Hardy, Thomas--1840-1928--Knowledge--Natural History, Literature And Science--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Narration (Rhetoric), Nature In Literature
...Historical Series, 7 1980 . Darwin, Erasmus, The Botanic Garden; or, The...of the Plants London, 1791 . Darwin, Erasmus, Zoonomia; or, The Laws of...2 vols. London, 1794 6 . Darwin, Erasmus, Phytologia; or, The Philosophy...
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Charles Darwin and the Evolution Revolution
Book by Rebecca Stefoff; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--1809-1882--Juvenile Literature, Naturalists--England--Biography--Juvenile Literature
...Emma (wife), 60, 61,64,75,76,80,102 Darwin, Erasmus (brother), 19, 21-22, 25-27, 59, 65, 84 Darwin, Erasmus (grand- father), 16-18, 17, 25, 35- 36...
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The Cambridge Companion to Darwin
Book by Jonathan Hodge, Gregory Radick; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--1809-1882
...wife and cousin) see Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Erasmus (grandfather) 18 abolitionism 96 family...1789) 70 Zoonomia (1794 6) 45 , 70 Darwin, Erasmus Alvey (brother) 19 , 22 , 41 , 221 Darwin, Francis (son) 199 , 202 Darwin, Leonard...
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journal articles on: Darwin Erasmus  - 123 results

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The Darwin before Darwin: Erasmus Darwin, Visionary Science, and Romantic Poetry
Journal article by Michael Page; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 41, 2005
Subjects: Darwin, Erasmus--Works, Lyric poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works
The Darwin before Darwin: Erasmus Darwin, Visionary Science, and Romantic Poetry. by Michael Page Erasmus Darwin was at the center of the ideas and activities that drove the...
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Erasmus Darwin and the Fungus School
Journal article by Alan Richardson; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 33, 2002
Subjects: Authors, English--Criticism and interpretation, Darwin, Erasmus--Criticism and interpretation, English literature--Criticism and interpretation, English literature--History, English writers--Criticism and interpretation, Intellectuals--Criticism and interpretation, Intellectuals--History, Literary criticism, Natural history--Criticism and interpretation, Science history, Science--Criticism and interpretation, Science--History
Erasmus Darwin and the Fungus School. by Alan Richardson...scientific endeavor is the career of Erasmus Darwin, who in the 1790s enjoyed the dual...best held at arms length (521). Erasmus Darwin did not advance an altogether "mindless...
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The Intuitions of Analogy in Erasmus Darwin's Poetics
Journal article by Devin S. Griffiths; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 51, 2011
Subjects: Analogy--Analysis, Authors--Works, Darwin, Erasmus--Works, Writers--Works, Zoonomia (Nonfiction work)--Authorship
...Jacobin, physician, free lover--Erasmus Darwin set a wildly prolific example...philosophe, it was as poet that Erasmus Darwin would achieve greatest fame...Lunatic" was a sobriquet Erasmus Darwin adopted with fellow Lunarian Joseph...
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"More Subtle Than the Electric Aura": Georgian Medical Electricity, the Spirit of Animation and the Development of Erasmus Darwin's Psychophysiology
Journal article by Paul Elliott; Medical History, Vol. 52, 2008
Subjects: Erasmus Darwin
...Animation and the Development of Erasmus Darwins Psychophysiology by Paul...physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin, and the role of electricity in...and the surgeon Miles Partington. Darwin, however, was a leading medical...
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Erasmus Darwin: a Life of Unequalled Achievement
Journal article by Larry Stewart; Medical History, Vol. 45, 2001
Erasmus Darwin: a Life of Unequalled Achievement by Larry Stewart Desmond King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin: a life of unequalled achievement...productive and controversial life of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). It would appear from...
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Darwin: Letters from the Beagle
Magazine article by Rebecca Webber; Humanities, Vol. 23, November 2002
Subjects: Darwin, Charles (1809-82), Evolution, Expeditions, History
...he encountered. The letters show Darwin to be a questioner, an observer...as he formulated his theories. Darwin was the son of a distinguished medical...and the grandson of the physician Erasmus Darwin, who set out his own theories concerning...
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Becoming Darwin
Magazine article by Paul R. Gross; New Criterion, Vol. 21, February 2003
Subjects: Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (Book)
Becoming Darwin by Paul R. Gross Janet Browne Charles...diversity, past and present, was what Darwin and others referred to (guardedly...was in the air. Darwins grandfather Erasmus Darwin had written a long, lyrical exposition...
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Going Ape over Darwin: Mark Bryant on Cartoons of the Man Who Shook Victorian Society to the Core
Magazine article by Mark Bryant; History Today, Vol. 58, April 2008
Subjects: Animators--Appreciation, Animators--Works, Cartoonists and animators--Appreciation, Cartoonists and animators--Works, Cartoonists--Appreciation, Cartoonists--Works, Darwin, Charles--Appreciation, Darwin, Charles--Works, Naturalists--Appreciation, Naturalists--Works
Going Ape over Darwin: Mark Bryant on Cartoons of the Man...Bryant ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Charles Darwin was a gift to Victorian cartoonists...grandson of the poet and physician Erasmus Darwin, and a relation of both Josiah Wedgwood...
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A Portrait of Darwin for Kids
Magazine article by Greg Martinez; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 30, March 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas With 21 Activities (Book)
...controversy that has surrounded Darwin and evolution, and that is its...a clear and lively biography of Darwin, but effectively weaves his personal...Linnaeus, Malthus, Hutton and Lyall, Erasmus Darwin, Huxley, and Wallace. These figures...
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Why Did They Bury Darwin in Westminster Abbey? Charles Darwin Is Often Pictured Not Only as the Author of a Controversial Scientific Theory but Also as a Nonbeliever and a Menace to Traditional Values and Beliefs. Why, Then, Was He Honored with a Burial in Westminster Abbey?
Magazine article by R.G. Weyant; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 30, January 2006
Subjects: Biologists--Death of, Biologists--Public opinion, Biologists--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Burial--Investigations, Darwin, Charles--Death of, Darwin, Charles--Public opinion, Darwin, Charles--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Westminster Abbey
Why Did They Bury Darwin in Westminster Abbey? Charles...achievement. And what would Charles Darwin, who expected to be buried next to his brother, Erasmus, in the family plot in the...279) have speculated: If Darwin had known that he was to be...
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newspaper articles on: Darwin Erasmus  - 47 results

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The Darwin History Forgot; Son of Erasmus and Father of Charles, Robert Darwin Hardly Left a Mark. but He Did Fund His Son's Beagle Voyage. Chris Upton Tells His Story
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 9, 2010
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, Darwin, Erasmus
...felt posthumously sorry for Erasmus Darwin. One of the greatest minds...rubs salt into the wounds. Erasmus and Charles Darwin are there, along with three...born in 1766, the third son of Erasmus Darwin, and he became part of a very...
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Mixing Reggae and Darwin.Why Not?
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 9, 2005
Subjects: Darwin, Charles
...this Friday as the climax to Darwin Day 2005 at the University of...broad. He added: Both Charles Darwin and his grandfather Erasmus were profoundly affected by...written in the quite heavy English Darwin used wasnt easy. But I think...
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A HERO FOR OUR AGE; Desmond Morris's Interest Was Inspired by His Hero, Darwin
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 27, 2008
Subjects: Darwin, Charles
...1831 the Beagle sailed with Darwin on board. The rest, as they...the mind of the young Charles Darwin who was still only in his mid...chronic invalid, his brother, Erasmus, was constantly ill, and...days. The point is, Charles Darwin was one of those rare individuals...
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A HERO FOR OUR AGE; Desmond Morriss Interest Was Inspired by His Hero, Darwin
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 3, 2009
Subjects: Darwin, Charles
...1831 the Beagle sailed with Darwin on board. The rest, as they...the mind of the young Charles Darwin who was still only in his mid...chronic invalid, his brother, Erasmus, was constantly ill, and...days. The point is, Charles Darwin was one of those rare individuals...
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Unravelling Evolution; Darwin's Legacy Lives Strong and the Debates Live on. Dr Jack Cohen and Michael Overduin Explain
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 2, 2009
Subjects: Darwin, Erasmus, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Lunar Society
...better at watching? Luckily, like Darwin, members of the modern Lunar Society...of today. If anything, the 2009 Darwin celebrations will hopefully introduce...society has it origins in the time of Erasmus Darwin, the 18th century physician and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Darwin Erasmus  - 6 results

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Darwin, Erasmus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DARWIN, ERASMUS 1731 1802, English physician and poet...poem, The Botanic Garden (1789 91), Darwin expounded the botanical system of Linnaeus...theories. He was the grandfather of Charles Darwin and of Francis Galton . See biography...
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Darwin, Charles Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT 1809 82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood . He firmly established...naturalist aboard the Beagle. This started Darwin on a career of accumulating and assimilating...
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Lichfield
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lichfield has a very old grammar school (founded 1497). In the 18th cent., a literary circle that included Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, and Anna Seward was known as the Lichfield group. ____________________ Copyright...
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Edgeworth, Richard Lovell
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...father of Maria Edgeworth. A member of the literary coterie of Lichfield, he was a close friend of Thomas Day and Erasmus Darwin. Practical Education (written with his daughter) and his other educational essays show the influence of Rousseau...
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Priestley, Joseph
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the outstanding figures of his day, such as Benjamin Franklin, James Boswell, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, and Erasmus Darwin. Priestleys Essay on Government (1768) suggested the idea of "the greatest happiness of the greatest number...
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