Darwin (surname)

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Darwin is a surname that is a modern spelling of Anglo-Saxon and Old English name Deorwine. Notable people with the surname include:

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Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Darwin</span> First wife of Charles Darwin

Emma Darwin was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horace Darwin</span> British engineer (1851–1928)

Sir Horace Darwin,, was an English engineer specializing in the design and manufacture of precision scientific instruments. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darwin–Wedgwood family</span> Two interrelated English families descending from Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood

The Darwin–Wedgwood family are members of two connected families, each noted for particular prominent 18th-century figures: Erasmus Darwin, a physician and natural philosopher, and Josiah Wedgwood, a noted potter and founder of the eponymous Wedgwood and Sons pottery company. The Darwin and Wedgwood families were on friendly terms for much of their history and members intermarried, notably Charles Darwin, who married Emma Wedgwood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet</span> British physician and travel writer

Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, FRS was a British physician and travel writer.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a book published in 1887 edited by Francis Darwin about his father Charles Darwin. It contains a selection of 87 letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin, an autobiographical chapter written by Charles Darwin for his family, and an essay by Thomas Huxley "On the reception of the 'Origin of Species'".

Emma Nora Barlow, Lady Barlow, was a British botanist and geneticist. The granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, Barlow began her academic career studying botany at Cambridge under Frederick Blackman, and continued her studies in the new field of genetics under William Bateson from 1904 to 1906. Her primary research focus when working with Bateson was the phenomenon of herostylism within the primrose family. In later life she was one of the first Darwinian scholars, and founder of the Darwin Industry of scholarly research into her grandfather's life and discoveries. She lived to 103.

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Henderson is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Hendry, which is a Scottish form of Henry. In Scottish Gaelic it is rendered MacEanraig (masculine), and NicEanraig (feminine).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abbott (surname)</span> Surname list

Abbott is an English surname, derived from the word "abbot", which may refer to:

<i>Period Piece</i> (book) 1952 autobiographical memoir by Gwen Raverat

Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood is a 1952 autobiographical memoir by the English wood engraver Gwen Raverat covering her childhood in late 19th-century Cambridge society. The book includes anecdotes about and illustrations of many of her extended family.

Powell is a Welsh surname. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name Hywel, with the prefix ap meaning "son of", together forming ap Hywel, or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh ancestry. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales, and Brittany in the 9th and 10th century, and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The House of Tudor, one of the Royal houses of England, also descended from them.

Erasmus Darwin Barlow, FRCPsych, FZS was a British psychiatrist, physiologist and businessman.

Richards is a common Celtic Welsh, or Cornish surname based on the English version of the parent's name ending in -S. In 1881 people with this surname were mainly located in Wales, Cornwall and adjacent South-West counties of England. By 1998 many Welsh and Cornish people had migrated to cities in England particularly those adjacent to these areas.

Barlow is an English surname.

Townsend is a topographic surname of Yorkshire and Norfolk origin, indicating residence at the extremity of a city or burgh Popular variants are Townshend, and Townend.

Constable is a surname.

Ida, Lady Darwin was the wife of Horace Darwin, member of the Ladies Dining Society, and a co-founder in 1913 of the Central Association for the Care of the Mentally Defective.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erasmus Darwin IV</span> Grandson of Charles Darwin

Erasmus Darwin MA was an English businessman and soldier, killed in the First World War. He was the grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin.