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Erasmus Darwin

1731 - 1802

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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, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor, freemason, and poet. His poems included much natural history, including a statement of evolution and the relatedness of all forms of life. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family, which includes his grandsons Charles Darwin and Francis Galton. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erasmus Darwin is the 123rd most popular biologist (down from 89th in 2019), the 738th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 585th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Biologist.

Erasmus Darwin is most famous for being a physician and a natural philosopher. He was born in 1731 and died in 1802. He was the grandfather of Charles Darwin.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Erasmus Darwin ranks 123 out of 1,097. Before him are John B. Calhoun, Ferdinand Cohn, James Edward Smith, Sylvia Earle, Carl Peter Thunberg, and John Hopfield. After him are Carl Nägeli, Hans Christian Gram, Robert Whittaker, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Hamilton O. Smith, and Sam Harris.

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Among people born in 1731, Erasmus Darwin ranks 3. Before him are Henry Cavendish, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France. After him are Charles Lee, Martha Washington, William Aiton, Samuel Huntington, Marcello Bacciarelli, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, and Gaetano Pugnani. Among people deceased in 1802, Erasmus Darwin ranks 2. Before him is Ferdinand, Duke of Parma. After him are Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Clotilde of France, Martha Washington, Charles Leclerc, Ludovico Manin, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Alexander Radishchev, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Franz Aepinus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Erasmus Darwin ranks 738 out of 8,785. Before him are Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Robert II of Scotland (1316), William Beckford (1760), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Henry Fielding (1707). After him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Robert Carlyle (1961), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Russell Hind (1823), C. P. Snow (1905), and Alfonso de Portago (1928).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Erasmus Darwin ranks 23. Before him are Richard Owen (1804), Archibald Hill (1886), Philip Sclater (1829), Philip Miller (1691), William John Swainson (1789), and James Edward Smith (1759). After him are Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), William Jackson Hooker (1785), Oliver Smithies (1925), Martin Evans (1941), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), and Henry Walter Bates (1825).

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