Edward Levett Darwin [SEP] father
Edward Levett Darwin
Capt. Edward Levett Darwin (12 April 1821 – 23 April 1901) was the author under the pen-name High Elms of "The Game-preserver's Manual: Containing Instructions in All That Relates to Getting Up and Maintaining a Good Head of Game" (1859), which shows keen observation of the habits of various animals, and went through at least five editions.
Edward Levett Darwin was the son of Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin and his wife Jane Harriet Ryle. He was a cousin
(29 March 1835 – 1899)
Biography Later life.
The strange element in Darwin's life is that he returned home, and after a short practice in Lichfield, where his father had a practice, settled down at Breadsall Priory in Derbyshire, and spent his days in studying archaeology and natural history without ulterior end; his home was full of animal oddities as well as tame snakes, while there were wild pigs in the woods.
He transmitted his love of natural history to his son Edward Levett Darwin, author