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Emma Darwin ( née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. Early life.
Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and youngest child of Josiah Wedgwood II and Bessy Allen. Her father was the eldest son of the famous pottery manufacturer, Josiah Wedgwood I.
About Emma Darwin, author of fiction and creative non-fiction, mentor, teacher, and great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
Her debut novel The Mathematics of Love (Headline Review) is probably the only novel ever to have been simultaneously listed for both the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book, and the RNA Novel of the Year prizes.
Emma Darwin is a novelist, short-story writer and teacher. She grew up in London, with interludes in Manhattan and Brussels, and studied drama and theatre arts at the University of Birmingham.
Nov 7, 2019 · Emma Darwin is best known not so much for who she was or what she did but for being the wife of Charles Darwin. However, “wife of Charles” does not begin to address her importance or her life. She was intelligent, well-read, and had strong opinions which she was not afraid to state.
Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 7 October 1896) was an English woman and the wife of Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was a very important biologist. Emma was the daughter of Josiah Wedgwood II.
Website of writer Emma Darwin, author of historical fiction, creative non-fiction, novels and short stories, teacher and mentor of creative writing, blogger at This Itch of Writing, great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood.
Emma Darwin. The first writer to graduate with a PhD in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths, with a thesis which consisted of her bestselling second novel, A Secret Alchemy. Department English and Creative Writing. Programme MPhil/PhD Creative Writing.
Emma Darwin was born in London, and grew up partly in Manhattan and then in Brussels. After studying Drama at university she had various jobs, including driving a sandwich van and selling musical instruments, before her first novel The Mathematics of Love (Headline Review/William Morrow) was published.
