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Erasmus Darwin
1731 – 1802 · aged 71
English physician (1731-1802)
- Born
- 12 Dec 1731 · Elston Hall
- Died
- 18 Apr 1802 · Breadsall Priory
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- 12 Dec 1731BornBorn in Elston Hall
- 1761AwardFellow of the Royal Society
- 18 Apr 1802DiedDied in Breadsall Priory
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1731 – 1802).
- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Erasmus Robert Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English polymath active as a physician, physiologist, botanist, biologist, physicist, metaphysician, inventor and poet who is commonly associated with the Midlands Enlightenment in addition to British abolitionism.
His poems included much natural history, including a statement of evolution and the relatedness of all forms of life.
He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family, which includes his grandsons Charles Darwin and Francis Galton. Darwin was a founding member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers.
He turned down an invitation from George III to become Physician to the King.
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