- Horace Darwin
Sir Horace Darwin, KBE, FRS (
13 May 1851 -29 September 1928 ), a son of the English naturalistCharles Darwin , was acivil engineer .Darwin was born in
Down House in 1851, the fifth son and ninth child of the British naturalistCharles Darwin and his wife Emma, the youngest of their seven children that survived to adulthood.He founded the
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company in 1885 and was Mayor ofCambridge between 1896 and 1897. He was a fellow of Trinity College, and elected aFellow of the Royal Society in 1903. He was knighted in 1918.Darwin married Emma Cecilia "Ida" Farrer (1854–1946), daughter of
Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer in January 1880, and they had one son and two daughters:
* Erasmus Darwin (December 7 ,1881 -April 24 1915 ) who was killed in theSecond Battle of Ypres during theFirst World War . [ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1609108 CWGC :: Casualty Details ] at www.cwgc.org]
* Ruth Frances Darwin (1883-1972), married DrWilliam Rees-Thomas , was a notable advocate ofeugenics .
* Emma Nora Darwin (1885-1989) edited the 1959 edition of "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin " and married the civil servant SirAlan Barlow .His family home, "the Orchard", in Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, is now the site of New Hall.
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External links
* [http://darwin.lib.cam.ac.uk/perl/nav?class=name;term=Darwin%2C%20Horace;dmode=dr Darwin Correspondence database]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5935489&pt=Sir%20Horace%20Darwin Details of grave]
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