METHUSELAH ARCHIVE SOURCES / DARWIN-PROJECT-DEATH-ANNIE-DARWIN

The Death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin

primary document · 1851
type:primary document
year:1851
citation:Darwin Correspondence Project. The Death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin. University of Cambridge. https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/about-darwin/family-life/death-anne-elizabeth-darwin (accessed 2026-08-02); reproducing Charles Darwin's manuscript memorial of his daughter, written at Down House, [c. 30 April 1851].
LINK
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/about-darwin/family-life/death-anne-elizabeth-darwin
SUMMARY
Darwin Correspondence Project page fetched directly on 2026-08-02, hosting Charles Darwin's own handwritten memorial for his daughter Annie, written about a week after her death. Confirms Emma Darwin could not travel to Malvern (heavily pregnant with their fifth son) so Charles took Annie to consult Dr Gully there alone; records that Annie was born in Gower Street on 2 March 1841 and died at Malvern at midday on 23 April 1851. Records her nine-month decline before her final illness and Darwin's account of her last days.
NOTES

The Darwin Correspondence Project’s page on Annie Darwin’s death, hosting Charles Darwin’s own manuscript memorial, is the primary-document source for the exact date and circumstances of his daughter’s death at Malvern while he had brought her to consult Dr Gully.