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Image: Portrait of James Keir and his granddaughter. Image from: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Day’s problems… read more »

Photograph by: Nabi Heydari (April 2003)

Image: Joseph Wright (1734-1797), Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1792). Oil on Canvas. Wolverhampton Art Gallery Text: Olga Baird Summary Darwin’s Commonplace Book… read more »

Taken from a letter to James Watt.

Dr Erasmus Darwin was at the heart of Lichfield’s rise as a centre of Enlightenment thought. Dr… read more »

Dr Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace Book details his many and varied interests. This film looks at some of… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright (1734-1797), Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1792). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Wolverhampton Art Gallery Erasmus Darwin, who started… read more »

Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and… read more »

Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

Image: Cartoon: The Friends of the People, showing Joseph Priestley on the left Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

Explore the life and work of John Baskerville – a Birmingham based printer, stone cutter, letter founder,… read more »

Image: Print of Joseph Priestley Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Two hundred years ago,… read more »

Image: Portrait of Joseph Priestley. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Joseph Priestley’s importance as… read more »

The “Priestley” Riots of July 1791 are one of the best-documented episodes in Birmingham history. The initial… read more »

Image: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Hundred Greatest Men: Portraits of the One Hundred Greatest Men, Vol VII Politics, (Sampson… read more »

Image: Print of Joseph Priestley, 1782, showing examples of scientific equipment beneath the portrait. Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection… read more »

Image: Portrait of Dr William Withering from an engraving Image from: Local Studies and History, Birmingham Central… read more »

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Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

Charles Darwin was Dr. Darwin’s son and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. Dr. Joseph Black was a… read more »

Ann Watt was James Watt’s second wife and mother to Jessy. Dr. Darwin treated Jessy during her… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt about his ideas for improving carriages and commenting on Watt’s developing theories for… read more »

Boulton and Watt were now in partnership and Boulton was attempting to have a Private Bill passed… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt concerning Watt’s health, with advice on treatments and remedies and various theories of… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt to request some details of the Boulton and Watt steam engine for his… read more »

Darwin thanks Watt for information about steam engines for The Economy of Vegetationand attempts to rouse Watt from… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt concerning the care of Jessy Watt, encouraging her to exercise and play sports.… read more »

Darwin’s recommendations for the treatment of Watt’s daughter, Jessy, who was suffering from tuberculosis. —————————————- Dear Sir,… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt with more suggestions for the treatment of his daughter, Jessy, including advice on… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt outlining a range of treatments for Watt’s daughter, Jessy. This letter includes details… read more »

Darwin’s advice to Watt for the continued treatment of Jessy. —————————————- Derby May 29-94 Dear Sir All… read more »

Increasingly unable to help Jessy Watt as she continues to suffer from tuberculosis, Darwin writes to Watt… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt after the death of his daughter, Jessy who died in early June, 1794.… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt to encourage him in his scientific experiments, especially Watt’s experiments with “inflammable air”.… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt to thank him for sending the scientific apparatus, previously requested for obtaining gases.… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt concerning their experiments into the use of gases in medicine. Darwin also mention… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt concerning their efforts to raise money for Dr. Beddoes’ Pneumatic Institute. Darwin also… read more »

Darwin’s second letter to Watt concerning raising funds for Dr. Beddoes’ pneumatic institute. Nov. 30-94 Derby Dear… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt about his continuing experiments with the use of gases in medicine. Darwin mentions… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt of his experiments with gases and now seems to be treating patients with… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt about one of the various law suits over the patents of Watt’s steam… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt on behalf of a patient requesting apparatus for making oxygen gas. —————————————- Derby… read more »

Darwin’s recommendation of Dr. Salt as physician to the Birmingham Dispensary. —————————————- Derby Jan 18-96 Dear Sir,… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt about the treatment of abscess and comments on the use of a centrifugal… read more »

On the evening of 29 December 1799, Darwin’s son, Erasmus, who was in debt, committed suicide by… read more »

Darwin writes to Watt asking him to purchase a corn-mill on his behalf. —————————————- Derby Nov 20… read more »

Darwin writes to Boulton about the experiments of Dr. Petit and Dr. Franklin —————————————- Dear Boulton Dr… read more »