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Erasmus Alvey Darwin was the older brother of Charles Darwin and a medical doctor who retired at 26. He had a close relationship with his brother, visited him on the Beagle voyage, and had a circle of literary and scientific friends.
Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) was a physician, botanist and poet from Lichfield, whose lengthy botanical poems gave insights into medicine and natural history, and described an evolutionist theory that anticipated both Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and his grandson Charles.
Erasmus Darwin (born Dec. 12, 1731, Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died April 18, 1802, Breadsall Priory, Derby, Derbyshire) was a British physician, poet, and botanist noted for his republican politics and materialistic theory of evolution.
- Patricia Fara
Dec 5, 2020 · Erasmus Alvey Darwin, nicknamed Eras or Ras, was the older brother of Charles Darwin, born five years earlier. They were brought up at the family home, The Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
- Shrewsbury, England
- Downe, Kent
- December 29, 1804
Jan 9, 2021 · Upon his return from the Beagle voyage, Darwin mixed socially with the London circle of cosmopolitan writers and artists of his elder brother Erasmus Alvey Darwin (most notably Harriet Martineau), which undoubtedly exposed him to alternative relationships and lifestyles.
- Ross Brooks
- 2021
Jul 2, 2008 · Learn about the life and relationships of Erasmus Alvey Darwin, the older brother of Charles Darwin and a homeopathic supporter. Find out how he met and married Harriet Martineau, and how he influenced his brother's scientific career and legacy.
Darwin was born in 1731 at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, near Newark-on-Trent, England, the youngest of seven children of Robert Darwin of Elston (1682–1754), a lawyer and physician, and his wife Elizabeth Hill (1702–97).
