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Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … [1879 ]). Meanwhile, Darwin began searching for a copy of Anna Seward’s 1804 Memoirs of the life …
- … Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). While searching for Seward’s memoir for Krause, Darwin reread …
- … Wheler, who was pleased that Darwin intended to ‘undo Miss Seward & M rs . Schimmelpenigs …
Life of Erasmus Darwin
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The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a biographical note to accompany an essay on Erasmus's scientific work by the German writer Ernst Krause. But Darwin became immersed in his grandfather's…
