William Darwin Fox

The Reverend William Darwin Fox (1805-1880) was an English clergyman, naturalist and a 2nd cousin of Charles Robert Darwin. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Robert Darwin in 1854, five years prior to the publication of The Origin of Species Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882) was an English naturalist whose revolutionary theory laid the foundation for both the modern theory of evolution and the principle of common descent by proposing...

Fox was the son of Samuel Fox (1765 — 1851), and Anne Darwin, the daughter of William Alvey Darwin, and niece of Erasmus Darwin. 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Erasmus Darwin Stone-cast bust of Erasmus Darwin, by William John Coffee, c 1795, (Crown Derby Modeller and world renown artist) Erasmus Darwin (December 12, 1731 – April 18, 1802) trained as a physician and wrote extensively on medicine and botany, as well as poetry. ...

Like Charles Darwin, Fox prepared for the clergy at Cambridge University. He was also a naturalist and entomologist, particularly collecting beetles. At Cambridge, Fox and Darwin became friends, and Fox tutored his younger cousin on natural history. Fox graduated from Cambridge in the winter of 1829 and Rector of Delamere, Cheshire, 1838–1873. He then retired to Sandown on the Isle of Wight, and is buried there. REDIRECT [1] ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ... Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are one of the main groups of insects. ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Delamere may mean: Baron Delamere Tuariki Delamere Delamere, Ontario Delamere, South Australia See also Baron Delamer. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Sandown is a seaside resort town on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south. ... The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England, opposite Southampton. ...

Fox married twice and had sixteen children. His first wife was Harriet Fletcher, (1799–1842), daughter of Sir Richard Fletcher whom he married in 1834 and they issued Samuel William Darwin Fox, (b. 1841), a clergyman, Harriet Emma Fox (no date), Robert Gerard Fox JP ( b. 1849). 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Fletcher (1768-1813) was an engineer in the British Army. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

His second wife was Ellen Sophia (1820–1887), daughter of Basil George Woodd of Hillfield, Hampstead in 1846. They issued Theodora Fox, 1853–78, Frederick William Fox, b. 1855, Gilbert Basil Fox, b. 1864, Louisa Mary Fox, 1850–1853, 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The parish that Fox had was called Osmaston Hall. It is now demolished but was in Derbyshire, England.