Comment on the Relation of Erasmus Darwin to the Wordsworth Circle

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-73
Author(s):  
Donald M. Hassler
Keyword(s):  
Erasmus Darwin

Nature, poetry and medicine in late 18th century England: a unified perspective of Erasmus Darwin

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-537
Author(s):  
M. McNEIL
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Nature Poetry ◽  
Medicine And Philosophy ◽  
Late 18Th Century ◽  
Medical Theory ◽  
Lunar Society Of Birmingham ◽  
Organizational Principles ◽  
Century Science ◽  
Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin was the focus and embodiment of provincial England in his day. Renowned as a physician, he spent much of his life at Lichfield. He instigated the founding of the Lichfield Botanic Society, which provided the first English translation of the works of Linnaeus, and established a botanic garden; the Lunar Society of Birmingham; the Derby Philosophical Society; and two provincial libraries. A list of Darwin's correspondents and associates reads like a "who's who" of eighteenth century science, industry, medicine and philosophy. His poetry was also well received by his contemporaries and he expounded the evolutionary principles of life. Darwin can be seen as an English equivalent of Lamarck, being a philosopher of nature and human society. His ideas have been linked to a multitude of movements, including the nosological movement in Western medicine, nineteenth century utilitarianism, Romanticism in both Britain and Germany, and associationist psychology. The relationships between various aspects of Darwin's interests and the organizational principles of his writings were examined. His poetical form and medical theory were not peripheral to his study of nature but intrinsically linked in providing his contemporaries with a panorama of nature. A richer, more integrated comprehension of Erasmus Darwin as one of the most significant and representative personalities of his era was presented.

(Erasmus) Darwin and (Matthew) Tindall

1874 ◽  
Vol s5-II (51) ◽  
pp. 483-483
Author(s):  
J. D. G.
Keyword(s):  
Erasmus Darwin

scholarly journals Erasmus Darwin saw sexual selection before his grandson

Nature ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 459 (7245) ◽  
pp. 321-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. U. M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Erasmus Darwin
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