#410 Overall Influence

Erasmus Darwin

English physician, botanist; member of the Lunar Society

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Why is this person notable and influential?

Erasmus Darwin was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher beginning his journals on Galapagos Islands, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet.

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Schools

What schools is this person affiliated with?

University of Edinburgh

Public research university in Edinburgh, Scotland

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Notable Works

What contributions to academia has this person made?

Zoonomia
The Botanic Garden

Influence Rankings by Discipline

How’s this person influential?

#76 World Rank

Biology

#887 World Rank

Philosophy