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.

Aliases (1)

Erasmus Alvey Darwin ×1

Statements (50)

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 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Phytologia → Temple of Nature → The Botanic Garden → The Economy of Vegetation → The Loves of the Plants → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life →	author
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) → Emma Wedgwood → Erasmus Darwin Jr. → Henrietta Emma Darwin → Henrietta Litchfield →	relative
Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England → Lichfield → Mary Howard Darwin → Phytologia →	associatedWith
Charles Darwin → Charles Darwin (naturalist) → Erasmus Alvey Darwin →	grandfather
Emily Catherine Darwin → Mary Eleanor Darwin → Susannah Darwin →	notableRelative
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) → Robert Darwin →	father
Elizabeth Pole Darwin → Robert Darwin →	notable relative
J. Johnson → Joseph Johnson →	publishedAuthor
Elizabeth Pole Darwin → Mary Howard Darwin →	spouse
Thomas Beddoes →	collaboratedWith
Anna Seward →	correspondedWith
Temple of Nature →	creator
Erasmus Darwin House →	dedicatedTo
Sarah Darwin →	hasAncestor
Phytologia →	hasAuthor
Lunar Society of Birmingham →	hasMember
Darwin →	hasNotableBearer
Darwin family →	hasNotableMember
Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England →	hasNotableResident
The Economy of Vegetation →	hasNoteBy
Erasmus Darwin →	name
Erasmus Darwin House →	namedAfter
Marianne Darwin →	relativeOf
Charles Darwin ("Erasmus Alvey Darwin") →	sibling
Phytologia →	workOf