Born December 12, 1731, Erasmus Darwin was an English physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor, and poet. His long poem "The Botanic Garden" contained suggestions about biological evolution that influenced his famous grandson, Charles Darwin. Erasmus was also the great-grandfather of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Charles wrote and published a short biography of him in 1879. Here it is, published by Charles' London publisher John Murray, which published "Origin of Species" and all his several subsequent books.
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