_fa bro son_, Thomas COTTERILL, third wrangler, 1832; fellow of St.
John's Coll., Cambridge; one of the earliest members of the London
Mathematical Soc., to which he contributed many papers of
importance.--["Grad. Cant."]



George Howard #DARWIN# (b. 1845), F.R.S., second wrangler, 1868;
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy,
Cambridge; author of many papers in the "Philosophical
Transactions" relating to tides, physical astronomy, and cognate
subjects; President of British Association in 1905 at Cape
Town.--["Who's Who."]

_fa fa fa_, Erasmus DARWIN, M.D., F.R.S. (1731-1802), physician,
poet, and philosopher; author of "Botanic Garden," "Zoonomia," and
other works, in which he maintained a view of evolution subsequently
expounded by Lamarck.--["Life," by Ch. R. Darwin, and "Dict. N.
Biog."]

_fa fa_, Robert Waring DARWIN (1766-1848), M.D., F.R.S., sagacious
and distinguished physician; described by his son, Charles R. Darwin,
as "the wisest man I ever knew."--["Life and Letters of Charles R.
Darwin," i. 10-20.]

_fa fa bro_, Charles DARWIN (1758-1778), of extraordinary promise,
gained first gold medal of Æsculapian Society for experimental
research; died from a dissection wound, aged twenty; many obituary
notices.--["Life and Letters of Charles R. Darwin," i. 7.]