Who is Charles Darwin’s daughter?: What effect did the death of his daughter have on Darwin?

Anne Elizabeth “Annie” Darwin was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles and Emma Darwin.

Who is Charles Darwin’s daughter?

Charles Darlin’s daughter who has become very popular was just 10 years old when she died. Her name was Anne Darwin. Annie’s death was a terrible blow for her parents.

Charles wrote in a personal memoir “We have lost the joy of the household, and the solace of our old age… Oh that she could now know how deeply, how tenderly we do still & and shall ever love her dear joyous face.”

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What effect did the death of his daughter have on Darwin?

Anne Elizabeth “Annie” Darwin who was born on  March 2, 1841, and died on  April 23,  1851,  was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles and Emma Darwin.

In November 1859, Darwin finally published his revolutionary book, On the Origin of Species. Biographer Lyanda Haupt says you can see the influence of Annie’s death in the shaping of that book.