Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Robert Darwin 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.
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- Born in
- Elston Hall
- Educated at
- University of EdinburghSt John's College
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
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1731
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