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Darwin, Erasmus, (1731-1802), physician botanist and poet

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Surname: Darwin
Forenames: Erasmus
Gender: Male
Date: 1731-1802
Biography: ODNB link for Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802) Physician Botanist and Poet
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P151285 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P7462 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Erasmus Darwin
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp
See information in published source
See D King-Hele, Letters of Erasmus Darwin 1981
2
1752-53: medical notes
Wellcome Library
3
commonplace book of poems
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 22849 Darwin
4
1720-1912: misc corresp and papers
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
NRA 19968 Galton
5
1760-87: essays read at the Royal Society
Royal Society
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
6
misc corresp and papers
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
7
corresp with Matthew Boulton
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 9497 Boulton
8
1778-79: letters to Charles Francis Greville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9
1794-96: letters to James Watt
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 22549 Watt
10
1753: memoirs of a journey to Edinburgh from Elston
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See Annual Return 2018