George Howard #DARWIN# (b. 1845), F.R.S., second wrangler, 1868;
    Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy,
    Cambridge; author of many papers in the “Philosophical
    Transactions” relating to tides, physical astronomy, and cognate
    subjects; President of British Association in 1905 at Cape
    Town.—­["Who’s Who.”]

fa fa fa, Erasmus DARWIN, M.D., F.R.S. (1731-1802), physician, poet, and philosopher; author of “Botanic Garden,” “Zoonomia,” and other works, in which he maintained a view of evolution subsequently expounded by Lamarck.—­["Life,” by Ch.  R. Darwin, and “Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa fa, Robert Waring DARWIN (1766-1848), M.D., F.R.S., sagacious and distinguished physician; described by his son, Charles R. Darwin, as “the wisest man I ever knew.”—­["Life and Letters of Charles R. Darwin,” i. 10-20.]

fa fa bro, Charles DARWIN (1758-1778), of extraordinary promise, gained first gold medal of AEsculapian Society for experimental research; died from a dissection wound, aged twenty; many obituary notices.—­["Life and Letters of Charles R. Darwin,” i. 7.]

fa bro, Erasmus DARWIN. (See Carlyle’s inexact description, and the appreciations of him by his brother and others, in “Life and Letters of Charles R. Darwin,” i. 21-25.)

fa, Charles Robert DARWIN (1809-1882), F.R.S., the celebrated naturalist.  The dates of his works are “Voyage of the Beagle,” 1840; “Origin of Species,” 1859; followed by a succession of eight important volumes ranging from 1862 to 1881, each of which confirmed and extended his theory of descent.  Among the very numerous biographical memoirs it must suffice here to mention “Life and Letters,” by Francis Darwin, and “Dict.  N. Biog.”

me me fa, Josiah WEDGWOOD, F.R.S. (1730-1795), the famous founder of the pottery works.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me me bro, Thomas WEDGWOOD (1771-1805), an experimenter in early life, and in one sense the first to create photography; a martyr to ill-health later.  Sydney Smith knew “no man who appeared to have made such an impression on his friends,” his friends including many of the leading intellects of the day.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me fa fa (she was her husband’s fa bro dau), Josiah WEDGWOOD, F.R.S.; see above.

me bro, Hensleigh WEDGWOOD (1803-1891), author of “Etymological Dictionary” and of other works, partly mathematical.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me bro dau, Julia WEDGWOOD, essayist.

bro, Francis DARWIN (b. 1848), F.R.S., botanist; biographer of his father; reader in botany at Cambridge, 1876-1903; foreign sec.  Royal Society.  Author of botanical works and memoirs.—­["Who’s Who.”]

bro, Major Leonard DARWIN (b. 1850), late R.E., second in the examination of his year for Woolwich; served on several scientific expeditions, including transit of Venus of 1874 and 1882; Staff Intelligence Dep.  War Office, 1885-1890; M.P. for Lichfield, 1892-1895.  Author of “Bimetallism,” “Municipal Trade.”—­["Who’s Who.”]