Sir Francis Darwin (1848-1925), botanist, was born at Down, Kent, on 16 August 1848, the son of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He attended the grammar school at Clapham before entering Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1886 (B.A., 1870; M.B. and M.A., 1875). He studied medicine at St George's Hospital, but never went into practice. Darwin worked as his father's secretary and research assistant, 1875-1882. He became Cambridge University lecturer in botany in 1884, and Fellow of Christ's College in 1886. He was reader in botany, 1888-1904. Darwin was knighted in 1913, and died in Cambridge on 19 September 1925.
From the guide to the Sir Francis Darwin: Papers, 1894-1909, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
