Francis Darwin

Francis Darwin
Born16 August 1848
Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Died19 September 1925 (aged 77)
Cambridge, England
Resting placeAscension Parish Burial Ground
NationalityBritish
Known forPhototropism
Spouses
Amy Richenda Ruck
(m. 1874; died 1876)
(m. 1883; died 1903)
(m. 1913)
ChildrenBernard Darwin
Frances Cornford
Parent(s)Charles Darwin
Emma Wedgwood
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Sir Francis Darwin FLS FRS FRSE[1] (16 August 1848 – 19 September 1925) was a British botanist. He was the third son of the naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin.[2]

  1. ^ "Obituary Notices". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 110 (768): i–c. 1932. doi:10.1098/rspb.1932.0031.
  2. ^ "Sir Francis Darwin (1848–1925)". Nature. 162 (4111): 248. 1 August 1948. doi:10.1038/162248a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4120050.

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