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Author Berra, Tim M., 1943-

Title Darwin and his children : his other legacy / Tim M. Berra
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Darwin's Paradigm Shift; 2. Charles and Emma; 3. William Erasmus Darwin (1839-1914); 4. Anne Elizabeth Darwin (1841-1851); 5. Mary Eleanor Darwin (1842-1842); 6. Henrietta Emma Darwin (1843-1927); 7. George Howard Darwin (1845-1912); 8. Elizabeth Darwin (1847-1926); 9. Francis Darwin (1848-1925); 10. Leonard Darwin (1850-1943); 11. Horace Darwin (1851-1928); 12. Charles Waring Darwin (1856-1858); Epilogue; Appendix 1: Timeline; Appendix 2: Cast of Characters; References; About the Author; Also by Tim M. Berra; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K
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Summary While much has been written about the life and works of Charles Darwin, the lives of his ten children remain largely unexamined. Most ""Darwin books"" consider his children as footnotes to the life of their famous father and close with the death of Charles Darwin. This is the only book that deals substantially with the lives of his children from their birth to their death, each in his or her own chapter. Tim Berra's Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy explores Darwin's marriage to his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, a devout Unitarian, who worried that her husband's lack of faith would keep
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Family
Darwin family.
SUBJECT Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast
Darwin family fast
Subject Naturalists -- England -- Biography
Evolution (Biology)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Families
Naturalists
England
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013003193
ISBN 9780199309450
0199309450
1299718701
9781299718708
0199309469
9780199309467