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Sir Francis Darwin
1848–1925
A thoughtful botanist and plant physiologist, he helped carry Darwinian science into a new generation while also preserving the family story through influential books and letters. His work linked careful experiments on plant movement with a warm, human record of Victorian science.
3 Audiobooks
The Power of Movement in Plants
by Charles Darwin, Sir Francis Darwin
Rustic Sounds, and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History
by Sir Francis Darwin
Springtime and Other Essays
by Sir Francis Darwin
About the author
Francis Darwin was a British botanist and plant physiologist, born at Down, Kent, on August 16, 1848, and died in Cambridge on September 19, 1925. The third son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, he became an important scientist in his own right, especially in the study of how plants respond to light and movement.
After working closely with his father, he co-authored The Power of Movement in Plants in 1880 and later taught botany at Cambridge from 1884 until 1904. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882 and was knighted in 1913.
He is also remembered as one of the main editors and interpreters of Charles Darwin’s legacy. By preparing works such as The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin and The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, he helped shape how later generations understood both the scientist and the man behind the theory.