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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.
Sep 2, 2013 · Found in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 9 (public library), the letter comes nearly thirty years into their marriage, long after young Darwin penned his famous and timelessly endearing list of the pros and cons of marriage.
Emma Darwin with Leonard Darwin as a child. CUL DAR 225: 93. Cambridge University Library. 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.
Feb 14, 2020 · Charles and Emma in Love. In 1839, a little more than two years after disembarking from the Beagle, Darwin was gob-smacked by love. Emma was an intelligent, level-headed young woman. An excellent pianist, she had studied briefly with Chopin. As Darwin’s feelings for Emma grew, he worried about his looks.
Emma Darwin with Charles Waring Darwin. Charles Waring Darwin, born in December 1856, was the tenth and last of the children. Emma Darwin was aged 48 at the time of the birth, and the child was mentally subnormal and never learnt to walk or talk. He probably had Down syndrome, which had not then been medically described.
Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Cambridge: University Press printed. Volume 1. REVISION HISTORY: Scanned by John van Wyhe 2007, transcribed (single key) by AEL Data 10.2010. RN2. NOTE: See record in the Freeman Bibliographical Database, enter its Identifier here.
Jan 29, 2009 · On Jan. 29, 1839, in the little chapel in the English village of Maer, a religious, 30-year-old woman named Emma Wedgwood put on a green silk dress and got married. She believed firmly in a...
