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Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802)


Erasmus Darwin
English physician, philosopher, scientist, and poet who proposed a theory of evolution by the inheritance of acquired characteristics in his Zoonomia of 1794–96. Perhaps the foremost physician of his day, he was a leading member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. Charles Darwin was his grandson.


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