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Horace Darwin - Definition and Overview

Sir Horace Darwin, F.R.S. (13th May 1851 - 29th September 1928) was the civil engineer and son of Charles Darwin.

He married Emma Farrer in January 1880, and they had three children. He founded the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company in 1885 and Mayor of Cambridge between 1896 and 1897. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1903. He was knighted in 1918.

External links

  • Details of grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5935489&pt=Sir%20Horace%20Darwin)
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Charles Darwin Topics relating to Charles Darwin
Family: Erasmus Darwin (grandfather) - Josiah Wedgwood (maternal grandfather) - Emma Darwin (wife) - William Darwin; Anne Darwin; Etty Darwin; George Darwin; Elizabeth Darwin;

Francis Darwin; Leonard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Charles Waring Darwin (children) - Francis Galton (cousin)

Contributions to evolutionary biology: Evolution by means of natural and sexual selection.
Books: The Voyage of the Beagle - The Origin of Species - The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Named in honour of Darwin: Darwin Medal - Darwin, Australia - Charles Darwin University, Darwin College, Cambridge


Example Usage of Horace
Doctor_D_MD: The difference between me and @ernursek: "The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." - Horace Walpole
jorgesalesgenie: RT @dahara: You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ George Horace Lorimer
HarlemVoice: RT @dahara: You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ George Horace Lorime ...
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