These statements are taken chiefly from a sketch of his life published by his father, Erasmus, in 1780, together with two of his posthumous medical essays. See also Hutchinson's ‘Biographia Medica’, 1799,Vol. i., p. 239; also ‘Biographie Universelle’, Vol. x., 1855; also an article in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’, 1801, Vol. lxxi., Pt. ii., p. 604 [C.D. wrongly has September 1st, 1794, Vol. lxiv., p. 794], signed ‘A.D.’, evidently Professor Andrew Duncan, of Edinburgh.

‘Harveian Discourse’, by Professor A. Duncan, 1824 [pp. 10–12].

Author of ‘Hereditary Genius’, ‘English Men of Science’, and of other works and papers.

Published by one of his descendants in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’, Oct. 1808, Vol. lxxviii., Pt. ii., p. 869.

I am much indebted to a son of Dr. Sieveking, who brought to England the original letters preserved by the descendants of Reimarus, for permitting me to have them photographed.

‘Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin’, 1804, p. 11–14.

J. Cradock, ‘Literary Memoirs’, 1828, Vol. iv., p. 143.

‘Memoirs of the Life of Dr Darwin’, 1804, p. 125.

‘The Botanic Garden’, part I, canto I, lines 103–114.

‘Memoirs of R. L. Edgeworth’, 2nd ed., 1821, Vol. ii., p. 111. [1st ed., Vol. ii., p. 131]

Dated June 23, 1792 and published in the ‘Monthly Magazine’, 1803, Vol. ii., p. 100.

‘Pursuits of Literature’. A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues; 14th ed., 1808, p. 54.