Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin | |
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Portrait of Emma Darwin, 1840 | |
| Born | Emma Wedgwood 2 May 1808 Maer, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 2 October 1896 (aged 88) Bromley, Kent, England |
| Resting place | St Mary's Church, Downe |
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| Children | 10, including William, Annie, Henrietta, George, Francis, Leonard and Horace |
| Parent(s) | Josiah Wedgwood II Elizabeth (Bessie) Allen |
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Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was the wife of the English naturalist Charles Darwin. She married Darwin, her first cousin, on 29 January 1839. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.