Erasmus Darwin

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Erasmus Darwin (December 12, 1731 – April 18, 1802) was an English physician, who wrote prose and poetry on botany and nature.

Vallisneria spiralis from The Botanic Garden (1789) of Erasmus Darwin.

A bust of Darwin

Portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby (1792)

Family tree: Darwins famous descandants
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