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Charles Robert Darwin

1809 - 1882

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Born

09 or 12 February 1809

'The Mount', Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Died

19 April 1882

Down, Kent

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Date of election for Royal Society fellowship

24/01/1839

Relationships

Son of Robert Waring Darwin (FRS 1788) and his wife Susannah, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood (FRS 1783); grandson of Erasmus Darwin (FRS 1761); married (1839) Emma Wedgwood, his cousin; their sons included George Howard Darwin (FRS 1879), Francis Darwin (FRS 1882) and Horace Darwin (FRS 1903)

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Author of

Referee's report by Adam Sedgwick, on a paper 'Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin' by Charles Robert Darwin
Creator: Adam Sedgwick Reference number: RR/1/46

Referee of

Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner
Creator: Charles Robert Darwin Reference number: RR/2/111
Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'On the arrangement of the foliation and cleavage of the rocks of the north of Scotland' by Daniel Sharpe
Creator: Charles Robert Darwin Reference number: RR/2/225
Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'Researches on the foraminifera' by William Benjamin Carpenter
Creator: Charles Robert Darwin Reference number: RR/3/38
Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin on a paper 'Researches on the foraminifera, part II' by William Benjamin Carpenter
Creator: Charles Robert Darwin Reference number: RR/3/40
Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'Researches on the foraminifera' by William Benjamin Carpenter
Creator: Charles Robert Darwin Reference number: RR/3/41
Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner
Creator: Charles Robert Darwin Reference number: RR/3/147

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Recipient of

Letter, 'On the vitality of the ova of the Salmonidae of different ages' from John Davy to Charles Darwin
Creator: John Davy Reference number: AP/38/7

Most frequently corresponded with

John Frederick William Herschel
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