George Howard #DARWIN# (b. 1845), F.R.S., second wrangler, 1868;
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy,
Cambridge; author of many papers in the "Philosophical
Transactions" relating to tides, physical astronomy, and cognate
subjects; President of British Association in 1905 at Cape
Town.--["Who's Who."]
_fa fa fa_, Erasmus DARWIN, M.D., F.R.S. (1731-1802), physician,
poet, and philosopher; author of "Botanic Garden," "Zoonomia," and
other works, in which he maintained a view of evolution subsequently
expounded by Lamarck.--["Life," by Ch. R. Darwin, and "Dict. N.
Biog."]
_fa fa_, Robert Waring DARWIN (1766-1848), M.D., F.R.S., sagacious
and distinguished physician; described by his son, Charles R. Darwin,
as "the wisest man I ever knew."--["Life and Letters of Charles R.
Darwin," i. 10-20.]
_fa fa bro_, Charles DARWIN (1758-1778), of extraordinary promise,
gained first gold medal of AEsculapian Society for experimental
research; died from a dissection wound, aged twenty; many obituary
notices.--["Life and Letters of Charles R. Darwin," i. 7.]
_fa bro_, Erasmus DARWIN. (See Carlyle's inexact description, and the
appreciations of him by his brother and others, in "Life and Letters
of Charles R. Darwin," i. 21-25.)
_fa_, Charles Robert DARWIN (1809-1882), F.R.S., the celebrated
naturalist. The dates of his works are "Voyage of the _Beagle_,"
1840; "Origin of Species," 1859; followed by a succession of eight
important volumes ranging from 1862 to 1881, each of which confirmed
and extended his theory of descent. Among the very numerous
biographical memoirs it must suffice here to mention "Life and
Letters," by Francis Darwin, and "Dict. N. Biog."
_me me fa_, Josiah WEDGWOOD, F.R.S. (1730-1795), the famous founder
of the pottery works.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_me me bro_, Thomas WEDGWOOD (1771-1805), an experimenter in early
life, and in one sense the first to create photography; a martyr to
ill-health later. Sydney Smith knew "no man who appeared to have
made such an impression on his friends," his friends including many
of the leading intellects of the day.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_me fa fa_ (she was her husband's _fa bro dau_), Josiah WEDGWOOD,
F.R.S.; see above.
_me bro_, Hensleigh WEDGWOOD (1803-1891), author of "Etymological
Dictionary" and of other works, partly mathematical.--["Dict. N.
Biog."]
_me bro dau_, Julia WEDGWOOD, essayist.
_bro_, Francis DARWIN (b.
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