Ellen Wordsworth Darwin
Ellen Wordsworth Darwin | |
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Ellen Wordsworth Darwin in 1903 | |
| Born | Ellen Wordsworth Crofts 13 January 1856 Leeds, England |
| Died | 28 August 1903 (aged 47) |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, lecturer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Frances Cornford |
Ellen Wordsworth Darwin (née Crofts; 13 January 1856 – 28 August 1903) was a British academic, a fellow and a lecturer in English Literature at Newnham College in Cambridge (1879–1883). She was also a member of the private and scholarly Ladies Dining Society in Cambridge and the second wife of the botanist Sir Francis Darwin, son of Charles Darwin. Their daughter was the poet Frances Cornford.