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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Background
- Born in
- Elston Hall
- Educated at
- University of EdinburghSt John's College
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
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"Would it be too bold to imagine that, in the great length of time since the earth began to exist, perhaps millions of ages before the commencement of the history of mankind would it be too bold to ima…"
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1731
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