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Erasmus Darwin
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Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin
(12 December 173118 April 1802) was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the
Midlands Enlightenment
, he was also a
natural philosopher
,
physiologist
,
slave-trade abolitionist
, inventor and poet. His poems included much
natural history
, including a statement of
evolution
and the relatedness of all forms of life. He was a member of the
Darwin–Wedgwood family
, which includes his grandsons
Charles Darwin
and
Francis Galton
. Darwin was also a founding member of the
Lunar Society of Birmingham
, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers. He turned down
George III
's invitation to be a
physician to the King
.
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