Robert Darwin
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Robert Waring Darwin was an English medical doctor who is today best known as the father of naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin–Wedgwood family.
Robert Darwin, from an oil painting by James Pardon (1811–1829)
The Mount, Shrewsbury
Susannah Darwin's daughter Caroline Darwin, aged 16, 1816
Susannah Darwin
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Susannah Darwin was the wife of Robert Darwin, a wealthy medical doctor, and mother of naturalist Charles Darwin, and part of the Wedgwood pottery family.
Robert Darwin
…Revolution. Erasmus Darwin reached an understanding with his close friend Josiah Wedgwood that his son Robert would marry Wedgwood's favourite daughter, Susannah, when able to support her. Josiah died in January 1795, leaving £25,000 to Susannah. By then Robert Darwin was well established, and they married on…
Susannah Darwin by Peter Paillou (the Younger), watercolour painted on ivory, 1793.