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Letter : to Dr. William Withering, 14 May 1775Finding AidEncoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2003
Biographical NoteErasmus Darwin, an English physician, poet and philosopher, had a botanical garden at Lichfield. He founded three scientific societies in the English Midlands. He wrote several philosophical works about nature, of which the best known is his poem "The Botanic Garden." He was one of the few people in the late 18th century to write about evolution; his grandson Charles Darwin's contributions to the field are better known. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionA short letter sent from Darwin to William Withering, a physician and member of Darwin's Lunar Society, in which Darwin first notes his recent purchase of a large number of German books. He then refers to some books of alchemy he hopes to acquire, to an experiment by Dr. William Small, and to the passage through Parliament of a bill granting James Watt an extension on his steam engine patent. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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