Francis Darwin

1848–1925

Botanist. CD's son. B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, 1870. Qualified as a physician but did not practise. Collaborated with CD on several botanical projects, 1875–82. Lecturer in botany, Cambridge University, 1884; reader, 1888–1904. Published Life and letters and More letters. President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1908. Knighted, 1913. FRS 1882.

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