Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802)
Erasmus
"of Derby"
Darwin
Born in England
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Darwin
and Elizabeth (Hill) Darwin
Brother of
Robert Darwin, Elizabeth Darwin, William Alvey Darwin, Anne Darwin, Susannah Darwin and John Darwin
Husband of
Mary (Howard) Darwin
— married
(to ) in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Husband of
Elizabeth (Colyear) Darwin
— married
(to ) in Radbourne, Derbyshire, England
Descendants
Father of
Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Elizabeth Darwin, Robert Waring Darwin MD, William Alvey Darwin, Susanna Parker, Mary Parker, Edward Darwin, Frances Ann Violetta (Darwin) Galton, Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin, Francis Sacheverel Darwin, John Darwin, Henry Darwin and Harriet (Darwin) Maling
Died in England
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Categories: St John's College, Cambridge | Lichfield, Staffordshire | Breadsall, Derbyshire | All Saints, Breadsall.
Biography
Erasmus Darwin of Derby,[1] was born on 12 December 1731 the son of Robert Darwin and his wife, Elizabeth Hill. He was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School, St John's, Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He settled in Lichfield, Staffordshire, opening what turned out to be a most successful medical practice. He died suddenly at Breadsall Priory near Derby on 18 April 1802 and was buried at All Saints, Breadsall. [1]
Sources
- Burke's Family Record: Darwin
- Study of the health of Charles Darwin [2]
- Venn, J.A. (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses: Part II: From 1751 to 1900, (Vol. II: Chalmers – Fytche, pp. 229). Cambridge University Press. archive.org.
- Marriage record Radbourne, Derbyshire (6 March 1781 Erasmus Darwin married Elizabeth Pole.
- Freeman, R.B. (1982). "The Darwin Family." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 17, pp. 9-21.
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