PHYSICIAN

Robert Darwin

1766 - 1848

Photo of Robert Darwin

Icon of person Robert Darwin

Robert Waring Darwin (30 May 1766 – 13 November 1848) was an English medical doctor who is today best known as the father of naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin–Wedgwood family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Darwin is the 360th most popular physician (down from 359th in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,943rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Physician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Robert Darwin by language

Loading...

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Darwin ranks 360 out of 726Before him are Nikolai Korotkov, Alfonso López Trujillo, Johann von Staupitz, Robert Remak, Carl Lange, and Thomas Horsfield. After him are Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Petrus Camper, Claus Schilling, Stamen Grigorov, Priscilla Chan, and Gustav Hartlaub.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Robert Darwin ranks 23Before him are John Farey Sr., Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, Slimane of Morocco, Charles Macintosh, and Samuel Frederick Gray. After him are Alexander Wilson, Wilhelm Hisinger, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Joseph Weigl, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, and John Leslie. Among people deceased in 1848, Robert Darwin ranks 30Before him are Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Frederick Marryat, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Horace Wells, and Georg August Goldfuss. After him are Joseph Görres, Christen Købke, Jean-Baptiste Debret, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, Keisai Eisen, and Branwell Brontë.

Others Born in 1766

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1848

Go to all Rankings

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Darwin ranks 2,119 out of 8,785Before him are Lilian Harvey (1906), Barbara West (1911), Arthur Tansley (1871), Alan Wilder (1959), Hannah Chaplin (1865), and Paul Gascoigne (1967). After him are Tony Sheridan (1940), Peter Lawford (1923), George S. Robertson (1872), Mary Hopkin (1950), Matthew Paris (1200), and John Needham (1713).

Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Darwin ranks 32Before him are Edward Bach (1886), Harry Seeley (1839), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), and William Cullen (1710). After him are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Robert Liston (1794), Lorna Wing (1928), James Braid (1795), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), and William Bayliss (1860).