Emma Darwin

Emma Darwin
Portrait of Emma Darwin, 1840
Born
Emma Wedgwood

(1808-05-02)2 May 1808
Maer, Staffordshire, England
Died2 October 1896(1896-10-02) (aged 88)
Bromley, Kent, England
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Downe
Spouse
(m. 1839; died 1882)
Children10, 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.