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Erasmus Darwin was famous in the eighteenth century as a physician, an inventor and a best-selling poet. Today he earns most credit for recognising biological evolution, discovering how clouds form, analysing plant nutrition and influencing the English Romantic poets.
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King-Hele, D. Erasmus Darwin, master of many crafts. Nature 247, 87–91 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247087a0
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