Contemporary literature dated the cosmological theories of the Big Bang and Big Crunch to the 19th and 20th centuries, however Erasmus Darwin had documented them much earlier. Here is a passage from Darwin's The Botanic Garden, A Poem in Two Parts: Part 1, The Economy of Vegetation, 1791: Roll on, ye Stars! exult in youthful prime, Mark with bright curves the printless steps of Time; Near and more near your beamy cars approach, And lessening orbs on lessening orbs encroach; —
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The Apostles were once again thrust into prominence following the exposure of Cambridge spy ring. At least four men with access to the top levels of government in Britain — two of them former Apostles — were found to have passed information to the KGB. The four known agents were Guy Burgess, an MI6 officer and secretary to the deputy foreign minister; Anthony Blunt, MI5 officer, director of the Courtauld Institute, and art adviser to the Queen; Donald MacLean, foreign ...

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In the aftermath of the publication of On the Origin of Species through Natural Selection in 1859, Charles Darwin's allies Charles Lyell, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Thomas Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace and Asa Gray in America worked to spread acceptance of its ideas despite difficulty in coming to terms with natural selection and man's descent from animals. Darwin continued his research on variation while also diverting for a time to show the utility of the flowers of Orchids in directing insect pollination to achieve cross fertilis ...

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Darwin — Wedgwood family - Robert Darwin. The son of Erasmus Darwin, Robert Darwin was a noted physician from Shrewsbury, whose own income as a physician to the rich together with astute investment of his inherited wealth enabled him to fund his son Charles Darwin's place on the Voyage of the Beagle and then give him the private income needed to support Charles' chosen vocation in natural history that led to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution. He married Susannah Wedgwood, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood ...

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Darwin — Wedgwood family - Richard Keynes. Professor Richard Keynes FRS (b. 1919) is a British physiologist. Darwin — Wedgwood family - Quentin Keynes. Quentin Keynes (1921-2003) was a bibliophile and explorer. Darwin — Wedgwood family - Robin Darwin. Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin (1910–1974) was an artist. < ...

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Darwin — Wedgwood family - Charles Darwin. The most prominent member of the family, Charles Darwin, proposed the first coherent theory of evolution by means of natural and sexual selection. Charles Robert Darwin was a son of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. He married Emma Wedgwood, a daughter of Josiah Wedgwood II and Elizabeth Allen. Charles's mother, Susannah, was a sister to Emma's father, Josiah II. Thus, Charles and Emma were first cousins. Because of intermarr ...

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Darwin — Wedgwood family - Charles Galton Darwin. Charles Galton Darwin 1887-1962 was the son of George Howard Darwin (see above) and was a noted physicist. Darwin — Wedgwood family - Gwen Raverat. Gwen Raverat (nee Darwin) (1885-1957) was the daughter of George Howard Darwin and was an artist. She married the French artist Jacques Raverat in 1911. Her drily amusing childhood memoir, Period Piece, contains illustrations of and anecdotes about many of the Darwin — Wedgwood clan. < ...

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Darwin — Wedgwood family - George Howard Darwin. George Howard Darwin (1845–1912) was an astronomer and mathematician. He married Martha (Maud) du Puy of Philadelphia. They had four children: Charles Galton Darwin (see below) William Robert Darwin (married Sarah Monica Slingsby) Gwendoline "Gwen" Darwin, painter; (see below) Margaret Elizabeth (married Geoffrey Keynes, bibliophile); see below < ...

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Darwin — Wedgwood family - William Darwin Fox. The Rev. William Darwin Fox (1805-1880) was a second cousin of Charles Darwin and an entomologist, who was a friend of Charles Darwin at Cambridge. ...

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While Charles Darwin's illness made him increasingly reclusive after his move to Downe, he would still visit Erasmus as one of his relatives and friends who provided safe havens. One such occasion was the Great Exhibition in 1851 when the family came to London and stayed with "Uncle Ras". By 1852 Erasmus had become a confirmed bachelor, languid and melancholic, living alone except for servants, but at parties his "playful wit" made him the universal solvent. That summer he stayed at Down House with the family, and delighted his nephews and nieces who he loved dearly, and who adored him. He romped with them, getting down o ...

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In the summer of 1829 he gave up medicine as his father Doctor Robert Waring Darwin considered that Erasmus's "delicate frame" could not withstand a career "involving, if successful, a severe strain on body & mind" and decided to pension him off. Eras was "very agreeable" to retiring at the age of 26 and planned to live in London with "an air cushion in his rooms" to allow a visiting Charles to stay with him. The brothers visited the Birmingham Music Festival for what Charles described as the "most glorious" experience. That Christmas Ch ...

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In May 1834 Charles got a letter from his sisters recommending Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated in pamphlet sized parts by the fiercely independent literary Whig Miss Harriet Martineau, and telling him that "Erasmus knows her & is a very great admirer & every body reads her little books & if you have a dull hour you can, and then throw them overboard, that they may not take up your precious room." In October 1836 after Charles returned from the voyage he stayed with his brother in a bustling London, where Erasmus e ...

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