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Sir Horace Darwin, KBE FRS (13 May 1851 – 22 September 1928) was an English engineer specializing in the design and manufacture of precision scientific instruments.
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On his return to Cambridge, Horace started to design scientific instruments for the University, and in 1881, he founded the ‘Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company’ in partnership with his friend Albert Dew-Smith. Their premises were first in Panton Street, then in St Tibbs Row in 1882. In 1891 Horace took sole control of the company. As a result ...
Horace married Emma Cecilia (Ida) Farrer, daughter of Lord Farrer, in 1880. She was a distant relative on his mother’s side and her family were not impressed with this match, as they considered Horace to have both poor health and poor prospects. Despite this foreboding, they had a very happy, successful marriage. Horace and Ida had three children: ...
Apart from his membership of various local and University boards and committees, Horace was also an alderman and a J.P. in Cambridge. He served as Mayor of the city from 1896 – 1897. This was a time when most social activity revolved around the small and exclusive set formed by members of the University and their families - the town was not conside...
Sir Horace Darwin (1851-1928), knight, civil engineer and founder of the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, was born at Downe, Kent, on 13 May 1851, the ninth child of Charles Robert Darwin and his wife, Emma.
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Fuente original: Charles Robert Darwin. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913) fue un geógrafo, botánico y naturalista inglés. Wallace es conocido sobre todo por haber postulado, de forma independiente a Charles Darwin, el concepto de selección natural.
SIR HORACE DARWIN, whose death on Sept. 22 is widely regretted, was born in 1851, the fifth son of Charles Darwin and the third of the group of brothers to become a fellow of the Royal Society....
SIR HORACE DARWIN, whose death on Sept. 22 is widely regretted, was born in 1851, the fifth son of Charles Darwin and the third of the group of brothers to become a fellow of the Royal Society. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking his degree as a Senior Optime in 1874.
