Francis Darwin

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.

Sir

Francis Darwin

FLS FRS FRSE
Born16 August 1848
Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Died19 September 1925 (aged 77)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
Known forPhototropism
Spouses
Amy Richenda Ruck
(m. 1874; died 1876)
    (m. 1883; died 1903)
      (m. 1913)
      ChildrenBernard Darwin
      Frances Cornford
      Parent(s)Charles Darwin
      Emma Wedgwood
      Scientific career
      FieldsBotany
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