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Biography

Name: Erasmus Darwin
Birth Date: December 12, 1731
Death Date: April 18, 1802
Place of Birth: Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Place of Death: Derby, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: botanist, physician, inventor, poet

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Biography of Erasmus Darwin
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The grandfather of evolutionist Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was a prominent English physician and poet whose interests included biology, botany, and technology. Darwin was born December 12, 1731, at Elston Hall, near Newark, in the...
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Biography of Erasmus Darwin
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Erasmus Darwin was an English physician who had a significant influence on the development of theories of evolution. In particular, he helped to initiate the idea that traits developed by an organism during its life could somehow be passed on to its...
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Biography of Erasmus Darwin
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For the first fifty-seven years of his life Erasmus Darwin worked hard as a physician in the Midland counties of England and earned the highest reputation as a doctor. He was also an ingenious experimenter in physical science, a compulsive inventor of...


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Erasmus Darwin Quotes
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Erasmus Darwin ( 12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802 ), was an English physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, inventor and poet. He was one of the founder members of the Lunar Society , a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural...


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Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802) Summary
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Darwin, Erasmus(1731–1802) Erasmus Darwin, an English physician, man of science, and poet, was the grandfather of Charles Darwin, whose evolutionary views he partly anticipated, and of Francis Galton. Like Charles he was educated at Cambridge,...
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Erasmus Darwin Summary
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1731-1802 English naturalist and physician whose wide range of scientific interests established him as the leader of the Lunar Society, an association that included some of the most important British scientists and inventors of the eighteenth century....
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Erasmus Darwin Information
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Erasmus Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802), was an English physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, inventor and poet. He was one of the founder members of the Lunar Society, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by James Venable Logan
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In the following essay, Logan discusses at length Darwin's poetic merits, considering first the poet's occasional verse and continuing on through Darwin's three major works of poetry: The Loves of the Plants, The Economy of Vegetation, and the posthumously published Temple of Nature.
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Critical Essay by Maureen McNeil
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In the following essay, McNeil contends that as Darwin celebrated the industrial and scientific advances of the late eighteenth century, he also expressed in his poetry an overall sense of optimism regarding the power and possibilities of all of humanity.
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Critical Essay by Maureen McNeil
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In the following essay, McNeil explores the historical and cultural background against which Darwin endeavored to combine science and poetry.
 


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