Francis Darwin biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Sir Francis Darwin

Author Name:

Sir Francis Darwin

Born As:

Francis Darwin

Other Names:

Sir Francis Darwin

Born:

16 Aug 1848

Died:

19 Sep 1925




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Botanist                          
                          
Florence Henrietta Fisher, daughter of Herbert William Fisher and widow of Frederic William Maitland, whom he married in 1913, the year in which he was knighted. Her sister Adeline Fisher was the first wife of Darwin's second cousin once removed Ralph Vaughan Williams.                          
                          
Mother Emma Darwin, née Wedgwood,  wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin,
Father Charles Darwin, Francis being third of seven children.
First wife, Amy Ruck in 1874, died in 1876 four days after the birth of their son Bernard Darwin
Second wife, Ellen Crofts, one daughter Frances Crofts Darwin - 1886–1960
Third wife, Florence Henrietta Fisher