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Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
Jul 2, 2018 · While Emma Darwin's marriage to her first cousin Charles Darwin may have been a happy one, it demonstrated the dark consequences of inbreeding. Charles and Emma Darwin's 10 children were chronically ill and three did not survive to adulthood.
Jan 29, 2019 · On 29th January 1839, after a short courtship and engagement, Charles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood at St Peter’s Church, Maer, Staffordshire. The bride wore a greenish-grey rich silk dress, and white clipped bonnet trimmed with blonde and flowers.
Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and youngest child of Josiah Wedgwood II and Bessy Allen. Her father was the eldest son of the famous pottery manufacturer, Josiah Wedgwood I. Her mother was one of eleven children brought up in a remote country house in Wales.
A Wife, That Most Interesting Specimen. Part of the Darwin exhibition. Portrait of Emma Darwin. Darwin Heirlooms Trust, ©English Heritage Photo Library J980021. After a year or so in London, the 29-year-old Darwin began to think seriously about marrying.
For more about my great-great-grandparents, Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Wedgwood, click here I was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing by Goldsmiths in 2010, and until recently I was an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing with the Open University; in 2021 I shall be teaching at Oxford University’s Creative Writing Summer School.
This remarkable collection of private correspondence between Emma Darwin and members of her family, published in 1904, provides the reader with an enjoyable and informative account of prosperous middle-class life in the Victorian period, as well as a picture of an amusing, educated, and caring woman.
