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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Great Lives: Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin

25/10/2002

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Erasmus Darwin

Paul Nurse discusses scientist, inventor and poet Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles.

Paul Nurse discusses Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles, who came up with a theory of evolution decades before his famous grandson. With Humphrey Carpenter. From October 2002.

Nobel prize winning scientist Sir Paul Nurse chooses Charles Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus. With Humphrey Carpenter. 
 
The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life? From 2002.

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