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Sir Horace Darwin KBE, FRS (Downe, 13 de maio de 1851 — 29 de setembro de 1928) foi um engenheiro civil inglês. Filho do naturalista Charles Darwin. Darwin nasceu em Down House em 1851, o quinto menino e o nono filho do naturalista britânico Charles Darwin e sua mulher Emma Darwin, a mais jovem das sete crianças que atingiram a ...
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. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge .
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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...
Horace Darwin was the youngest son of Charles and Emma Darwin, and a successful entrepreneur who founded the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society, a mayor of Cambridge, and a philanthropist who supported various charities and causes.
20 de ago. de 2020 · Isso apenas foi minimamente amenizado com o nascimento de Horace Darwin, que veio ao mundo apenas três meses depois do falecimento de Anne. “Perdemos a alegria da Casa e o consolo da nossa velhice: ela deve ter sabido como a amávamos; oh, que ela agora pudesse saber quão profundamente, quão ternamente ainda amamos e sempre amaremos seu ...
Horace Darwin (1851-1928) was a civil engineer, founder of the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, and a member of the Darwin family. Explore his personal and professional papers, correspondence, and memorials in various collections and records at Cambridge University Library.
Sir Horace Darwin KBE, FRS (Downe, 13 de maio de 1851 — 29 de setembro de 1928) foi um engenheiro civil inglês. Filho do naturalista Charles Darwin.
Charles and Emma Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died at the age of ten in 1851. Emma was heavily pregnant with their fifth son, Horace, at the time and could not go with Charles when he took Annie to Malvern to consult the hydrotherapist, Dr Gully. Darwin wrote a memorial of his daughter just one week after her death.
