of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. George H. Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the fifth child of biologist Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. From the...
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Sir Horace Darwin, KBE FRS (13 May 1851 – 22 September 1928) was an English engineer specializing in the design and manufacture of precision scientific...
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The Darwin–Wedgwood family are members of two connected families, each noted for particular prominent 18th-century figures: Erasmus Darwin, a physician...
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natural philosophers. He turned down an invitation from George III to become Physician to the King. Darwin was born in 1731 at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire,...
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[citation needed] Later studies by George Darwin found results that resemble those estimated today. His father, Charles Darwin – who married his first cousin...
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Darwinism is a term used to describe a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others. The theory...
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George Hedworth Darwin (16 May 1932 – June 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Born in Chester-le-Street, Darwin...
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World War. He was a son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin. Darwin was born at Newnham Grange in Cambridge, England...
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The George Darwin Lectureship is an award granted by the Royal Astronomical Society to a 'distinguished and eloquent speaker' on the subject of Astronomy...
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Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on...
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introduction by Darwin) 1838: Part 2 No. 1 Mammalia, by George R. Waterhouse (Geographical introduction and A notice of their habits and ranges by Darwin) 1839:...
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socialite and the wife of the English Cambridge University astronomer Sir George Darwin. She was born as Martha Haskins du Puy in 1861 in Pennsylvania, the...
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Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP (/ˈdɑːrwɪn/ DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist,...
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Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded on 28 July 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only...
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Charles Darwin's family: Anne Darwin (1841–1851), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) Bernard Darwin (1876–1961), golf writer Charles Darwin (1809–1882)...
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the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. Darwin was born in 1961 in London. He is the son of George Erasmus Darwin, a metallurgist, known as "Erasmus"...
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Darwin (Larrakia: Garramilla)[better source needed] is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's...
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Sarah Catherine Darwin FLS (born 1 April 1964 in London) is a British botanist. Darwin earned a BSc in Botany from Reading University in 1999 and a PhD...
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usual composure over what should have been a minor incident: In 1873, George Darwin (Charles' son) published a short article in The Contemporary Review...
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Maud Darwin (1861–1947), wife of Sir George Darwin Florence Henrietta Darwin (1864–1920), 3rd wife of Sir Francis Darwin Katharine Pember Darwin (1901–1986)...
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children – brothers Frank, George and Horace were all elected Fellows of the Royal Society. He was sent to Clapham School in 1862. Darwin joined the Royal Engineers...
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The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia...
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Charles Darwin's views on religion have been the subject of much interest and dispute. His pivotal work in the development of modern biology and evolution...
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Between 1873 and 1882, the life and work of Charles Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms continued with investigations into carnivorous and climbing...
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the uncles William Erasmus Darwin (Uncle William), Francis Darwin (Uncle Frank), George Darwin (Uncle George), Leonard Darwin (Uncle Lenny), and aunts Henrietta...
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Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, William Christie (the Astronomer Royal), George Darwin, Napier Shaw (director of the Meteorological Office), many agricultural...
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her father, Sir George Darwin, her mother, Lady Maud Darwin, and their four children; Gwen and her younger siblings Charles Galton Darwin, Margaret, and...
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Randal Keynes (category Charles Darwin biographers)
a British conservationist, author, and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. Keynes was born in Cambridge, England. He is the son of the Hon. Anne Pinsent...
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Park and the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. The city centre is located in the local government areas of the City of Darwin and the Darwin Waterfront...
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Gwen Raverat (redirect from Gwen Darwin)
Gwendolen Mary Darwin was born in Cambridge in 1885; she was the daughter of astronomer Sir George Howard Darwin and his wife, Lady Darwin (née Maud du...
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