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Erasmus Darwin

Also known as Erasmus Robert Darwin

English physician (1731-1802)

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Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) was a British physician, botanist, philosopher, and writer. Born in Elston, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh and St John's College. His fields of work included medicine, botany, biology, and poetry. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Lunar Society of Birmingham, and the American Philosophical Society, and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society.

Darwin had fourteen children, including Robert Darwin. He wrote in English, with notable works including *Zoonomia*, *The loves of plants*, and *Beauties of The botanic garden*. His writings are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. He died in Breadsall.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1731
Died: 1802
Works: 133

Top works

The poetical works of Erasmus Darwin ...
Beauties of The botanic garden
Zoonomia
The loves of plants
Gli amori delle piante

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom

uk hardcore

Discography

Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1
Total plays: 2

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Extinction risk from climate change
· 2004 · cited 5,919x
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,582x
The expression of the emotions in man and animals.
· 1872 · cited 5,496x
On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
· 1859 · cited 4,609x
Defining and Setting National Goals for Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Reduction
· 2010 · cited 4,264x

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Quotes

“Fair Cʜᴜɴᴅᴀ smiles amid the burning waste,Her brow unturban’d, and her zone unbrac’d;Ten brother-youths with light umbrella’s shade,Or fan with busy hands the panting maid;Loose wave her locks, disclosing, as they break,The rising bosom and averted cheek;Clasp’d round her ivory neck with studs of goldFlows her thin vest in many a gauzy fold;O’er her light limbs the dim transparence plays,And the fair form, it seems to hide, betrays.”
“[Unitarianism is] a feather-bed to catch a falling Christian.”

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Works in European collections

19 objects attributed to Erasmus Darwin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Zoonomie ou Lois de la vie organique

Untitled

~23 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Erasmus Robert Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor, freemason, and poet.

His poems included much natural history, including a statement of evolution and the relatedness of all forms of life.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erasmus Darwin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.