Robert Waring Darwin
Robert Waring Darwin (born October 17, 1724 in Newark , Lincolnshire , † November 4, 1816 in Elston , Nottinghamshire ) was an English doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " RWDarwin ".
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Robert Waring Darwin was the son of the lawyer Robert Darwin of Elston (1682-1754) and his wife Elizabeth Hill (1702-1797). One of his brothers was Erasmus Darwin .
He studied in Leiden , where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1784. In 1787 he published his work Principia botanica , in which he dealt with the sexual system of plants by Carl von Linné . He has also published several articles in the Philosophical Transactions and other journals.
Works
- Principia botanica: or, a concise and easy introduction to the sexual botany of Linnæus With the genera; their mode of growth, ... Together with three indexes. ... 1st edition, London 1787
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- James Britten and George S. Boulger: A Biographical Index of Deceased British and Irish Botanists . London, 1931
- Stephen Glover: The History of the County of Derby: Drawn Up From Actual Observation, and From the Best Authorities; Containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial, and Statistical Information . 2 volumes, Henry Mozley, Derby 1829, Volume 2, pp. 154 ff. Online
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Robert Waring Darwin at the IPNI
- Entry to Darwin; Robert Waring (1766-1848) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
- Review of Principia Botanica
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| SURNAME | Darwin, Robert Waring |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English doctor and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark , Lincolnshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1816 |
| Place of death | Elston , Nottinghamshire |