Horace Darwin
1851 - 1928
- Born
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13 May 1851
Down House, Down, Kent, England
- Died
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22 September 1928
The Orchard, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 11/06/1903
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 52
- Fields of Interest
- Engineering
- Occupation
- Scientific instrument maker
- Relationships
- Parents: Charles Robert Darwin (FRS 1839) and Emma (1808–1896), daughter of Josiah Wedgwood. Grandfather: Robert Waring Darwin (FRS 1788) Great grandfather: Erasmus Darwin (FRS 1761) Siblings: George Howard Darwin (FRS 1879) and Francis Darwin (FRS 1882) Spouse: Hon. Emma Cecilia (Ida) (1854-1946), daughter of Thomas Henry Farrer, first Baron Farrer (1880). Children: Erasmus Darwin IV (killed in WWI in 1915); Ruth Frances Darwin; Nora Barlow.
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Referee of
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Referee's report by Horace Darwin, on a paper 'The elasmometer, a new interferential form of elasticity apparatus' by Alfred Edward Howard Tutton
Creator: Horace Darwin Reference number: RR/16/122