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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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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