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Sir Francis Darwin FLS FRS FRSE (16 August 1848 – 19 September 1925) was a British botanist. He was the third son of the naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin . [2]
Learn about Francis Darwin, the seventh child of Charles Darwin and a distinguished scientist in his own right. Explore his letters with his father, his work on plant movement, and his role in preserving his father's legacy.
Here also occurs the name of Francis Sacheverel Darwin, who inherited a love of natural history from Erasmus, and transmitted it to his son Edward Darwin, author (under the name of "High Elms") of a 'Gamekeeper's Manual' (4th Edit. 1863), which shows keen observation of the habits of various animals.
Francis Darwin (1848-1925) was a British botanist who studied plant movements, stomata, and transpiration. He also edited his father's letters and wrote books on botany and plant physiology.
Sir Francis Darwin, 1848–1925, English botanist, assistant to his father, Charles Robert Darwin. He lectured in botany at Cambridge and was foreign secretary of the Royal Society and president of the British Association.
Learn how Darwin used observation and experiment to study the form and function of plants and animals, especially orchids and climbing plants. Explore his letters, notebooks, and publications on morphology and adaptation.
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Unpublished paper, 'On the protrusion of protoplasmic filaments from the glandular hairs on the leaves of the common teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris)' by Francis Darwin. Creator: Francis Darwin Reference number: AP/59/1.
