Edward Levett Darwin (12 April 1821 – 23 April 1901), known by his

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High Elms, was an English writer and

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who authored ''The Game-preserver's Manual: Containing Instructions in All That Relates to Getting Up and Maintaining a Good Head of Game'' (1859), which shows observation of the habits of various animals, and went through at least five editions.

Biography

Darwin was the son of Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin and his wife Jane Harriet Ryle. He was a cousin of

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and half-cousin of

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English Natural history#Before 1900, naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all speci ...

, their shared ancestor being their grandfather, physician and poet

Erasmus Darwin Erasmus Robert Darwin (12 December 173118 April 1802) was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosophy, natural philosopher, physiology, physiologist, Society for Effecting the ...

. He grew up at Breadsall Priory,

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. Darwin was a captain in the Derby Regiment of Militia from 1856. In 1850 he married Harriett Jessopp, (1825 – 1889), daughter of Francis (once Derby's solicitor and an attorney, owner of Jacobean House and under-sheriff for the county of Derbyshire) and Ann Jessopp of Derby. The 1851 Census records Darwin and his wife residing at Dale House in

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with his occupation as solicitor, while

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of 1855 records him as a solicitor living in

. Darwin had settled in the area where Erasmus Darwin had recommended the waters to

Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the indu ...

. Darwin is buried along with his wife in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church at Burbage, Derbyshire.

References

External links

Darwin correspondence database
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