English medical doctor; father of naturalist Charles Darwin

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Robert Waring Darwin, seated in an armchair: beside him a letter-book, pen and ink on a table. Mezzotint by T. Lupton, 1839, after J. Pardon.

Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life / [Erasmus Darwin].

Zoonomia; or The laws of organic life: in three parts (Volume 2).

Principia botanica: or, a concise and easy introduction to the sexual botany of Linnaeus ... / [Anon.] Arranged in columns under each class and order; and digested alphabetically under several generie distinctions. By which means most plants may be thus far ascertained. Together with three indexes ... Also a table of several vegetable drugs not in the indexes.

Zoonomia, or, The laws of organic life / By Erasmus Darwin.

Dissertatio physico-medica inauguralis, experimenta nova de spectris seu imaginibus ocularibus colaratis exhibens : quae, objectis lucidioribus antea visis, in oculo clauso vel averso percipiuntur ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Robertus Waring Darwin.

Zoonomia; or The laws of organic life: in three parts (Volume 1).

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Zoonomia; or The laws of organic life: in three parts (Volume 2).

Zoonomia, or, The laws of organic life / By Erasmus Darwin.

Dissertatio physico-medica inauguralis, experimenta nova de spectris seu imaginibus ocularibus colaratis exhibens : quae, objectis lucidioribus antea visis, in oculo clauso vel averso percipiuntur ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Robertus Waring Darwin.

Zoonomia; or The laws of organic life: in three parts (Volume 1).

Robert Darwin

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Images by Robert Darwin

Images featuring Robert Darwin

Works from the collections

Zoonomia; or The laws of organic life: in three parts (Volume 2).

Zoonomia, or, The laws of organic life / By Erasmus Darwin.

Dissertatio physico-medica inauguralis, experimenta nova de spectris seu imaginibus ocularibus colaratis exhibens : quae, objectis lucidioribus antea visis, in oculo clauso vel averso percipiuntur ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Robertus Waring Darwin.

Zoonomia; or The laws of organic life: in three parts (Volume 1).

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