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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
LS/508.092
Title
Erasmus Darwin's gardens: medicine, agriculture and the sciences in the eighteenth century.
Date
2021
Publication Date
2021
Author
Elliott, Paul A.
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Series
Garden and landscape history
ISBN
9781783276103
Abstract
A full study of Erasmus Darwin's gardening, horticulture and agriculture shows he was as keen a nature enthusiast as his grandson Charles, and demonstrates the ways in which his landscape experiences transformed his understanding of nature.
Further Information
The author is Professor of Modern History at Derby University.
Term
Gardens
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Darwin; Erasmus (1731-1802); Dr; physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet
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