Leonard Darwin
Major Leonard Darwin (born January 15, 1850 at Down House in Downe , † March 26, 1943 in London ) was a British soldier , politician , economist , eugenicist and mentor of Ronald Aylmer Fisher .
Leonard Darwin was the fourth son of the famous naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and his wife Emma Wedgwood (1808-1896).
biography
His parents sent him to the Clapham School in 1862 , and from 1871 he went to the Royal Military Engineering School. Between 1877 and 1882 he worked for the War Ministry. Leonard Darwin also took part in a number of scientific expeditions, including the Venus Transit in 1874 and 1882. From 1892 to 1895 he was a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party for the Lichfield District in Staffordshire .
Leonard Darwin was married twice, first marriage (1882) to Elizabeth Frances Fraser († 1898) and second marriage to his cousin (first degree) Charlotte Mildred Massingberd (1868-1940). Both marriages remained childless.
- title
- 1908–1911 President of the Royal Geographical Society
- 1911–1928 Chairman of the British Eugenics Society
- 1912 Honorary Doctorate from Cambridge University
- 1912–1928 President of the International Federation of Eugenic Organizations
- 1928–1943 Honorary President of the British Eugenics Society
The following geographic objects in Antarctica are named after Darwin:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
- Darwin Firnfeld ( 79 ° 30 ′ S , 155 ° 0 ′ E )
- Darwin Glacier ( 79 ° 53 ′ S , 159 ° 0 ′ E )
- Mount Darwin ( 85 ° 2 ′ S , 163 ° 8 ′ E )
- Darwin Mountains ( 79 ° 51 ′ S , 156 ° 15 ′ E )
literature
- AWF Edwards: Leonard Darwin (1850-1943) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (2004)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 22, 2009.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Darwin, Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British soldier, politician, economist, eugenicist and mentor to Ronald Aylmer Fisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Downe |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1943 |
| Place of death | London |