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Darwin Correspondence Project

John Darwin

1730–1805

Clergyman. Brother of Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802). BA, Cambridge, 1754. Rector of Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire, 1762–1805; of Elston, Nottinghamshire, 1766–1805. CD’s great-uncle.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

King-Hele ed. 2003, p. 142.

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

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