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	MS 2043
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	GALTON	NRA 19968 Galton
5	1760-87: essays read at the Royal Society	Royal Society	L&P III-IX passim	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
6	misc corresp and papers	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum	Perceval bequest	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
7	corresp with Matthew Boulton	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 3782	NRA 9497 Boulton
8	1778-79: letters to Charles Francis Greville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add.MS.42071 ff.48-64b	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1794-96: letters to James Watt	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 3219/4/27-29	NRA 22549 Watt
10	1753: memoirs of a journey to Edinburgh from Elston	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS DAR 267/70	See Annual Return 2018