Robert Waring Darwin
1766–1848
CD’s father. Physician. Had a large practice in Shrewsbury and resided at The Mount. Son of Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) and his first wife, Mary (1740–70). Married Susannah (1765–1817), daughter of Josiah Wedgwood I, in 1796. FRS 1788.
Source
Freeman 1978.
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
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