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Sir Francis Darwin F.R.S.

Rothenstein (artist)‎

Sir Francis "Frank" Darwin, FRS (16th August, 1848 - 19th September 1925), 3rd son of Charles Darwin, worked with his father on plant movement; he was elected Fellow 1888. Sir Francis "Frank" Darwin, FRS (August 16, 1848 - 19 September 1925), was born in Down House, Down, Kent in 1848. He was the third son and seventh child of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma. Darwin went to Trinity College, Cambridge, first studying mathematics, then changing to natural sciences, graduating in 1870. He then went to study medicine at St George's Medical School, London, earning an MB in 1875, but did not practice medicine becoming an assistant to his father at Down. Francis Darwin worked with his father on experiments dealing with plant movement, specifically phototropism and they co-authored 'The Power of Movement in Plants' (1880). Their experiments showed that the coleoptile of a young grass seedling directs its growth toward the light by comparing the responses of seedlings with covered and uncovered coleoptiles. These observations would later lead to the discovery of auxin. Darwin was married three times and widowed twice. Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on June 8, 1882, the same year in which his father died. Darwin edited 'The Autobiography of Charles Darwin' (1887), and produced some books of letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin; 'The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin' (1887) and 'More Letters of Charles Darwin' (1905). He also edited Thomas Huxley's 'On the Reception of the Origin of Species' (1887). He was elected to the fellowship of Christ’s in 1888 and ennobled to a knighthood in 1913. He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge. Painted by Sir William Rothenstein (signed B.R.) in 1905. It is a replica of the original done for the Botany School. Presented by the family Aug 1925

Sir Francis "Frank" Darwin, FRS (16th August, 1848 - 19th September 1925), 3rd son of Charles Darwin, worked with his father on plant movement; Elected Fellow 1888. Sir Francis "Frank" Darwin, FRS (August 16, 1848 - 19 September 1925), was born in Down House, Down, Kent in 1848. He was the third son and seventh child of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma. Darwin went to Trinity College, Cambridge, first studying mathematics, then changing to natural sciences, graduating in 1870. He then went to study medicine at St George's Medical School, London, earning an MB in 1875, but did not practice medicine becoming an assistant to his father at Down. Francis Darwin worked with his father on experiments dealing with plant movement, specifically phototropism and they co-authored The Power of Movement in Plants (1880). Their experiments showed that the coleoptile of a young grass seedling directs its growth toward the light by comparing the responses of seedlings with covered and uncovered coleoptiles. These observations would later lead to the discovery of auxin. Darwin was married three times and widowed twice. Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on June 8, 1882, the same year in which his father died. Darwin edited The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (1887), and produced some books of letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin; The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) and More Letters of Charles Darwin (1905). He also edited Thomas Huxley's On the Reception of the Origin of Species (1887). He was elected to the fellowship of Christ’s in 1888 and ennobled to a knighthood in 1913. He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge. Painted by Sir William Rothenstein (signed b.r.) in 1905. It is a replica of the original done for the Botany School. Presented by the family Aug 1925

1905 - 1906

credit line: the artist's estate/ bridgeman Art Library. It was exhibited in 1905 as no 47 at the Society of Portrait Painters as Francis Darwin FRS ‘Presentation portrait’, Cambridge Laboratory. Was in Upper Hall 2014/15. There is a conservation report from Saltmarsh of 21/8/2019 describing repairs to the frame. The report is in the file room 4.13 shelf 2 Portraits folder.

20th century