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Article: Call for day to honour grandfather of Darwin.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2002
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Byline: Jonathan Walker
A Midland MP is campaigning for a national holiday to recognise the scientific achievements of a famous Darwin - but it is not Charles Darwin.
Michael Fabricant (Con Lichfield) said the contributions of Erasmus Darwin, a Lichfield doctor, had been overshadowed by his grandson Charles' controversial theories of evolution.
He wants to set the record straight ...