Sarah Darwin
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Sarah Catherine Vogel FLS (born 1964 in London
) is a British
botanist.
She is the daughter of George Erasmus Darwin, a metallurgist, and his wife Shuna (née Service). She has two older brothers; Robert George Darwin (born 1959) and the conservationist Chris Darwin
(born 1961). She is descended from Charles Darwin via Charles's son George Howard Darwin (1845–1912); his son William Robert Darwin (1894–1970), a stockbroker, and his wife Sarah Monica (née Slingsby) were the parents of George Erasmus Darwin (1927-).
Sarah first visited the Galapagos Islands
in 1995 with her parent and brother Chris on holiday. She stayed behind to prepare botanical illustrations for a field guide to the Islands. She is an ambassador for the conservation charity Galapagos Conservation Trust
.
She gained a BSc in Botany from Reading University in 1999 and a PhD from University College London
in 2009. Her PhD thesis was entitled The systematics and genetics of tomatoes on the Galápagos Islands. Her supervisors were Sandy Knapp, James Mallet and Ziheng Yang
.
She has been married to German botanist Johannes Vogel
, Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum
, since 2003, with whom she has two sons, Leo Erasmus Darwin Vogel (born 2003) and Josiah Algy Darwin Vogel (born 2005).
In 2005 the family, along with other descendants of Charles Darwin, including George Erasmus Darwin, and Chris Darwin were involved in counting the flowers at Down House
.
She wrote a foreword for the 2009 book Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy by Tui de Roy.
In 2009, Sarah was reported in various media outlets as having "won" a "talking to plants competition" against ten others. In the experiment, tomato plants grew the most when subjected to Sarah reading extracts from The Origin of Species
.
She appeared in the 2009–10 Dutch
VPRO
television series Beagle: In Darwin's wake in which she, with her husband and children, along with others such as Redmond O'Hanlon
, participated in a recreation of Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle
on board of the sailing ship Stad Amsterdam
. She attended the Science & Technology Summit
at the World Forum Convention Center
in The Hague
on 18 November 2010, at which O'Hanlon was also a featured guest.
London
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) is a British
United Kingdom
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botanist.
She is the daughter of George Erasmus Darwin, a metallurgist, and his wife Shuna (née Service). She has two older brothers; Robert George Darwin (born 1959) and the conservationist Chris Darwin
Chris Darwin
Christopher William Darwin lives in Australia and works for High and Wild and the Australian School of Mountaineering, guiding canyoning, rock climbing, mountaineering, abseiling and nature walks. He is the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.-Biography:Darwin was born in 1961 in London...
(born 1961). She is descended from Charles Darwin via Charles's son George Howard Darwin (1845–1912); his son William Robert Darwin (1894–1970), a stockbroker, and his wife Sarah Monica (née Slingsby) were the parents of George Erasmus Darwin (1927-).
Sarah first visited the Galapagos Islands
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...
in 1995 with her parent and brother Chris on holiday. She stayed behind to prepare botanical illustrations for a field guide to the Islands. She is an ambassador for the conservation charity Galapagos Conservation Trust
Galapagos Conservation Trust
The Galapagos Conservation Trust is a British conservation charity established to raise funds for, and awareness of, for the Galapagos Islands. It is a member of the Friends of Galapagos network...
.
She gained a BSc in Botany from Reading University in 1999 and a PhD from University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
in 2009. Her PhD thesis was entitled The systematics and genetics of tomatoes on the Galápagos Islands. Her supervisors were Sandy Knapp, James Mallet and Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang FRS is a Chinese biologist, and R A Fisher Chair of Statistical Genetics, at University College London, and Professor since 2001...
.
She has been married to German botanist Johannes Vogel
Johannes Vogel
Johannes Christian Vogel FLS FAAAS is a German botanist, who has been Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom since 2004. He will soon become General Director of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin....
, Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
, since 2003, with whom she has two sons, Leo Erasmus Darwin Vogel (born 2003) and Josiah Algy Darwin Vogel (born 2005).
In 2005 the family, along with other descendants of Charles Darwin, including George Erasmus Darwin, and Chris Darwin were involved in counting the flowers at Down House
Down House
Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. It was in this house and garden that Darwin worked on his theories of evolution by natural selection which he had conceived in London before moving to Downe....
.
She wrote a foreword for the 2009 book Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy by Tui de Roy.
In 2009, Sarah was reported in various media outlets as having "won" a "talking to plants competition" against ten others. In the experiment, tomato plants grew the most when subjected to Sarah reading extracts from The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the...
.
She appeared in the 2009–10 Dutch
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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VPRO
VPRO
The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...
television series Beagle: In Darwin's wake in which she, with her husband and children, along with others such as Redmond O'Hanlon
Redmond O'Hanlon
Redmond O'Hanlon, FRGS, FRSL is a British writer and scholar.-Life:O'Hanlon was born in 1947 in Dorset, England. He was educated at Marlborough College and then Oxford University. After taking his M.Phil. in nineteenth-century English studies in 1971 he was elected senior scholar, and in 1974...
, participated in a recreation of Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle
Second voyage of HMS Beagle
The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after her previous captain committed suicide...
on board of the sailing ship Stad Amsterdam
Stad Amsterdam
The Stad Amsterdam is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Oranjewerf....
. She attended the Science & Technology Summit
Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit 2010
Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit 2010 was a one day science and technology convention held at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, Netherlands on November 18, 2010, organized by Platform Bèta Techniek , an organization which has been empowered by the Dutch government to...
at the World Forum Convention Center
World Forum Convention Center
The World Forum Convention Center, formerly known as the Nederlands Congrescentrum , is a concert venue and convention centre in The Hague, Netherlands, near the buildings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...
in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
on 18 November 2010, at which O'Hanlon was also a featured guest.