Person Darwin; Erasmus (1731 - 1802); physician, botanist and poet Darwin Erasmus physician, botanist and poet Darwen 1731 - 1802 British Male Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England 12 December 1731 Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire 18 April 1802

Beacon Street, Lichfield; Radbourne Hall (after 1781); Derby; Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire (to 1802)

Physician; Poet Medicine Scientific poetry Botany Technology Education: Chesterfield School (1741-1750); St John's College, Cambridge; Edinburgh Medical School. MB (1755); MD (Edinburgh) Career: First medical practice in Nottingham, moved to Lichfield, Staffordshire; member of the Lunar Society; many inventions, including a vertical-axis windmill, used in Josiah Wedgwood's (FRS 1783) factory; moved to Radbourne Hall with his second wife, because she disliked Lichfield. Freemason, member, Lodge St David No 36, Edinburgh Fourth son of Robert, barrister. Married: 1) (1757) Mary Howard (died 1770); 2) (1781) Elizabeth Collier, widow of Col Pole of Radbourne Hall. Father (with Mary Howard) of Robert Waring Darwin (FRS 1788); grandfather of Charles Robert Darwin (FRS 1839) and Francis Galton (FRS); great grandfather of George Howard Darwin (FRS 1879), Francis Darwin (FRS 1882) and Horace Darwin (FRS 1903); 2x great grandfather of Sir Charles Galton Darwin (FRS); 3x great grandfather of Richard Darwin Keynes (FRS) and Horace Basil Barlow (FRS) Fellow 09/04/1761 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn References: Robert E Schofield, 'The Lunar Society of Birmingham; A Bicentenary Appraisal' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 144-161 Nora Barlow, 'Erasmus Darwin, FRS (1731-1802)' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 85-98, plate John Thomas, 'Josiah Wedgwood's Portrait Medallions of Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 45-53, plate D G King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin, Man of Ideas and Inventor of Words' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 149-180, plate D G King-Hele, 'Shelley and Science' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 253-265 Milo Keynes, 'Portraits of Dr Erasmus Darwin, FRS, by Joseph Wright, James Rawlinson and William Coffee' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 69-84, plate Desmond King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin's Life at Lichfield: Fresh Evidence' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 231-243 Desmond King-Hele, 'The 1997 Wilkins Lecture: Erasmus Darwin, the Lunaticks and Evolution' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 153-180, plate Gordon C Cook, 'Mary Darwin's Illness' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 59-63 Linde Katritzky, 'Coleridge's Links with Leading Men of Science' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 261-276 'Erratum' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 381-382 Gordon C Cook and Desmond King-Hele, 'Doctor Erasmus Darwin's Death in 1802' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 261-265 Milo Keynes, 'The Portland Vase: Sir William Hamilton, Josiah Wedgwood and the Darwins' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 237-259, plate Neil Chambers, 'Letters From the President: the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 27-57 Paul Elliott, 'Abraham Bennet, FRS (1749-1799): A Provincial Electrician in Eighteenth-Century England' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 59-78 Desmond King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin's improved design for steering carriages - and cars' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 41-62, plate L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 J Browne, 'Darwin on Darwin. Charles Darwin's The Life of Erasmus Darwin, ed D King-Hele' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 346 - 348 D King-Hele, 'Makers of the future. The Lunar Men: the friends who made the future, by J Uglow' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 348 - 350 The Library and Museum of Freemasonry 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010, page 26 NA8196 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 12 Dec 1731 - 18 Apr 1802 NA6942 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes ad75ee1f-1e37-40d9-943d-0987b42cebb5