Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802
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Darwin, Erasmus
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Darwin, Erasmus, Mayor of Hull
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Darvin, Ėrazm 1731-1802
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ダーウィン, エラズマス
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Darvin, Ėrazm, 1731-1802
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Дарвин, Эразм, 1731-1802
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Darwin, E., 1731-1802
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Epithet: Mayor of Hull
English poet, scientist, and physician.
English physician, naturalist and philosopher.
Erasmus Darwin, an English physician, poet and philosopher, had a botanical garden at Lichfield. He founded three scientific societies in the English Midlands. He wrote several philosophical works about nature, of which the best known is his poem "The Botanic Garden." He was one of the few people in the late 18th century to write about evolution; his grandson Charles Darwin's contributions to the field are better known.
Erasmus Darwin was a physician, botanist, and poet, and was a grandfather of Charles Robert Darwin.
Erasmus Darwin, an English physician, poet and philosopher, had a botanical garden at Lichfield. He founded three scientific societies in the English Midlands. He wrote several philosophical works about nature, of which the best known is his poem The botanic garden. He was one of the few people in the late 18th century writing about evolution; his grandson Charles Darwin's contributions to the field are better known.
William Withering was a physician at the Stafford Infirmary. He was interested in chemistry and botany as well as medicine. In 1776 he published a two-volume work on native British vegetation. Darwin invited him to join the Lunar Society, the most influential of the three societies Darwin founded.
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