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...
16 KB (1,502 words) - 14:57, 13 November 2024
Second World War. He was a son of the mathematician George Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin. Darwin was born at Newnham Grange in Cambridge, England...
12 KB (1,067 words) - 16:56, 12 November 2024
Sir Horace Darwin, KBE FRS (13 May 1851 – 22 September 1928) was an English engineer specializing in the design and manufacture of precision scientific...
5 KB (433 words) - 20:26, 18 November 2024
evolution as propounded by Charles Darwin with the beliefs of the Catholic Church but was condemned by both Darwin and the Church. His belief in a soul...
30 KB (2,791 words) - 18:37, 12 November 2024
Charles Darwin's family: Anne Darwin (1841–1851), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) Bernard Darwin (1876–1961), golf writer Charles Darwin (1809–1882)...
3 KB (439 words) - 15:03, 25 June 2023
The Darwin–Wedgwood family are members of two connected families, each noted for particular prominent 18th-century figures: Erasmus Darwin, a physician...
41 KB (4,127 words) - 10:27, 14 November 2024
[citation needed] Later studies by George Darwin found results that resemble those estimated today. His father, Charles Darwin – who married his first cousin...
144 KB (17,216 words) - 11:51, 6 October 2024
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,...
40 KB (4,665 words) - 09:05, 2 November 2024
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP (/ˈdɑːrwɪn/ DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist,...
165 KB (16,236 words) - 22:28, 17 November 2024
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded on 28 July 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only...
25 KB (2,300 words) - 22:28, 1 July 2024
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...
29 KB (3,086 words) - 20:34, 23 October 2024
Between 1873 and 1882, the life and work of Charles Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms continued with investigations into carnivorous and climbing...
60 KB (9,104 words) - 00:57, 26 March 2024
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...
3 KB (98 words) - 01:54, 2 November 2024
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...
25 KB (2,744 words) - 18:57, 18 June 2024
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:...
6 KB (760 words) - 18:24, 17 September 2024
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...
6 KB (569 words) - 07:02, 17 October 2024
The George Darwin Lectureship is an award granted by the Royal Astronomical Society to a 'distinguished and eloquent speaker' on the subject of Astronomy...
7 KB (604 words) - 15:34, 4 June 2024
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...
18 KB (2,049 words) - 05:22, 18 November 2024
Félix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina. It was named for both George and Charles Darwin. Darwin is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups...
14 KB (916 words) - 12:53, 7 July 2024
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...
74 KB (6,793 words) - 02:51, 13 November 2024
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...
120 KB (11,180 words) - 03:17, 11 November 2024
results of some early years of its operation, are given in Danjon's 1958 George Darwin Lecture to the Royal Astronomical Society. The "Danjon limit", a proposed...
9 KB (973 words) - 12:40, 3 October 2024
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)...
485 bytes (97 words) - 18:39, 30 July 2017
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"...
7 KB (693 words) - 18:46, 19 April 2024
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...
7 KB (801 words) - 10:00, 13 November 2024
research on the motions of the moons of Jupiter, invited to give the George Darwin Lecture at the Royal Astronomical Society in 1931. Willem de Sitter...
11 KB (982 words) - 17:02, 18 November 2024
Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, William Christie (the Astronomer Royal), George Darwin, Napier Shaw (director of the Meteorological Office), many agricultural...
123 KB (12,440 words) - 00:21, 16 November 2024
the uncles William Erasmus Darwin (Uncle William), Francis Darwin (Uncle Frank), George Darwin (Uncle George), Leonard Darwin (Uncle Lenny), and aunts Henrietta...
10 KB (1,148 words) - 20:25, 18 November 2024
Jacques Raverat (category Darwin–Wedgwood family)
engraver Gwen Darwin, in 1911, the daughter of George Darwin and Lady Maud Darwin, née Maud du Puy; she was a granddaughter of Charles Darwin. They had two...
3 KB (312 words) - 11:16, 11 September 2024
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...
5 KB (535 words) - 10:35, 11 November 2024