Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)
Medical doctor and poet. Advanced idea that life evolved from a single common ancestor, forming "one living filament“ and that the environment influences the evolution of an organism. He was a founding member of Lunar Society, Freemason, and anti-Biblical.
Reference
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/Edarwin.html
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