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It is interesting that ''both'' of Darwin's grandfathers (the physician and poet Erasmus Darwin, and the pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood) were members of the [[Lunar Society]], a private club devoted to science, philosophy, and free thinking based in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], which was largely responsible for starting the industrial revolution, and also numbered amongst its members the American scientist and politician Benjamin Franklin.
It is interesting that ''both'' of Darwin's grandfathers (the physician and poet Erasmus Darwin, and the pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood) were members of the [[Lunar Society]], a private club devoted to science, philosophy, and free thinking based in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], which was largely responsible for starting the industrial revolution, and also numbered amongst its members the American scientist and politician Benjamin Franklin.
There is a false rumor that on his deathbed Darwin recanted his theory. This is a myth supposedly started by Sir James Hope's widow. Darwin's daughter, Henrietta, said that, "Darwin never recanted any of his scientific views, either then [on his deathbed] or earlier. <ref> [[Exploring Creation with Biology]], by Dr. Jay L. Wile and Marilyn F. Durnell, Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc., 2005. </ref>
# Browne, Janet ''Charles Darwin The Power of Place'' (2002:341)
# Browne, Janet ''Charles Darwin The Power of Place'' (2002:341)
# Kevles, B., Females of the Species: Sex and Survival in the Animal Kingdom, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 8, 1986.
# Kevles, B., Females of the Species: Sex and Survival in the Animal Kingdom, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 8, 1986.
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[[Category:Biologists|Darwin, Charles]]
[[Category:Biologists|Darwin, Charles]]