Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin was an English physician, natural philosopher, and poet born on December 12, 1731, in Elston, Nottinghamshire, England. 

A founding member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and the paternal grandfather of Charles Darwin, Darwin authored the book-length poems The Temple of Nature (J. Johnson, 1803), originally titled The Origin of Society, and The Botanic Garden (J. Johnson, 1791).

He died on April 18, 1802, in Breadsall, Derbyshire, England.