Erasmus Darwin

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evolutionary thinker human inventor natural philosopher physician poet

Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.

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Erasmus Darwin canonical	56
Erasmus Alvey Darwin	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	evolutionary thinker ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ natural philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ poet ⓘ
associatedWith	industrial revolution in Britain ⓘ
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ
birthDate	1731-12-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England ⓘ
child	Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin, not the naturalist) ⓘ Robert Darwin ⓘ surface form: Robert Waring Darwin
citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1802-04-18 ⓘ
deathPlace	Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
describedIn	Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
educatedAt	St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ University of Edinburgh Medical School ⓘ
fieldOfWork	biology ⓘ botany ⓘ evolutionary thought ⓘ medicine ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ poetry ⓘ
genre	didactic poetry ⓘ scientific poetry ⓘ
grandparentOf	Charles Darwin ⓘ
influenced	Charles Darwin ⓘ later evolutionary thought ⓘ
knownFor	didactic scientific poetry ⓘ early evolutionary ideas ⓘ membership in the Lunar Society ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
name	Erasmus Darwin self-link ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableWork	Phytologia ⓘ Temple of Nature ⓘ The Botanic Garden ⓘ Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
occupation	inventor ⓘ natural philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ poet ⓘ
proposedTheory	early ideas of biological evolution ⓘ
religiousView	deism (attributed) ⓘ
residence	Derby, Derbyshire, England ⓘ Lichfield, Staffordshire, England ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Pole Darwin ⓘ Mary Howard Darwin ⓘ

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Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life → author → Erasmus Darwin ⓘ

The Botanic Garden → author → Erasmus Darwin ⓘ

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Erasmus Alvey Darwin → grandfather → Erasmus Darwin ⓘ

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Henrietta Litchfield → relative → Erasmus Darwin ⓘ

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The Economy of Vegetation → author → Erasmus Darwin ⓘ

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The Loves of the Plants → author → Erasmus Darwin ⓘ

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