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Robert Darwin of Elston (12 August 1682 — 20 November 1754) was an English lawyer, scientist and physician. He was the father of English physician Erasmus Darwin, and a great-grandfather of the famous English naturalist and geologist Charles Robert Darwin, best known for his contributions to evolution
- Robert Waring Darwin of Elston
His brothers were William Alvey Darwin (1726–1783), Erasmus...
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Robert Waring Darwin FRS (30 May 1766 – 13 November 1848)...
- Robert Waring Darwin of Elston
Robert Waring Darwin FRS (30 May 1766 – 13 November 1848) was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin–Wedgwood family.
His brothers were William Alvey Darwin (1726–1783), Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), the poet, philosopher, physician, etc., and Rev. John Darwin (1730–1805), rector of Elston. He was baptized as a Christian. He never married and had no children, but his nephew Dr Robert Waring Darwin, son of Erasmus and father of Charles Darwin, took his name.
Robert Darwin of Elston was an English lawyer, scientist and physician. He was the father of English physician Erasmus Darwin, and a great-grandfather of the famous English naturalist and geologist Charles Robert Darwin, best known for his contributions to evolution.
This eminent family appear to have come to Elston from Lincolnshire towards the close of the seventeenth century, the manor being brought into the possession of William Darwin through his marriage with the heiress of Robert Waring of Wilford.
Erasmus Darwin (Elston, 12 dicembre 1731 – Breadsall, 18 aprile 1802) è stato un filosofo, poeta, medico e naturalista britannico, nonno del più famoso Charles, nonché dello studioso Francis Galton
Robert Darwin’s eldest son, another Robert, succeeded him on his death in 1754 to the Elston Estate. He was a keen botanist and wrote a "Principia Botanica", which reached a third edition, and was printed by Hage of Newark.
