Erasmus Darwin House in Lichfield, Staffordshire is the former house of the English poet and physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin. The house is a Grade I listed building.
Erasmus Darwin House in Lichfield was the home of Erasmus Darwin, the renowned physician, scientist, inventor, poet, and educationist, from 1758 until 1781. A founder member of the Lunar Society, it was here that he received many famous 18th century characters including Josiah Wedgwood, Matthew Boulton, Benjamin Franklin and James Watt.
Erasmus Darwin House is now a family-friendly museum, open to the general public, now on winter opening hours of Thursday to Sunday, 12 a.m. - 4:40 p.m. (Last checked November 2009).
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