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Sir Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin KCB
died 2006
), who had been previously married to Lt-Col Kenneth Morton-Evans, OBE, TD and Bar, by whom she had two children, a son, Michael and a daughter, Angela.
This charcoal of Robin Darwin was sketched by Canadian artis
a member of th
Group of Seven
It was given by Darwin t
John Bland
former head of McGill's School of Architecture and later Bland gave it t
Norman Slater
who studie
Architecture at McGill
and Industrial Design at the RCA around the same time it was drawn, in the early 1950s.Norman Slater 1998
accessed 19 Jan 2012
*R. Y. Goodden, ‘Darwin, Sir Robert Vere
accessed
Sir Robert Vere Darwin (1910–1974):
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
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RA RSA PRWA NEAC (7 May 1910 – 30 January 1974) was a British
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artist and Rector of the Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...
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He was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. One of his sisters was the potter Ursula Mommens
Ursula Frances Elinor Mommens (née Darwin, formerly Trevelyan; 20 August 1908 – 30 January 2010) was an English potter. Mommens studied at the Royal College of Art, under William Staite Murray, and later worked with Michael Cardew at Winch ...
. He was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...
. In 1931 he married Yvonne Darby (1900?-1985) who was also an artist. After their divorce, he later married Ginette Hewittdied 2006
), who had been previously married to Lt-Col Kenneth Morton-Evans, OBE, TD and Bar, by whom she had two children, a son, Michael and a daughter, Angela.
This charcoal of Robin Darwin was sketched by Canadian artisa member of th
Group of Seven
It was given by Darwin t
John Bland
former head of McGill's School of Architecture and later Bland gave it t
Norman Slater
who studie
Architecture at McGill
and Industrial Design at the RCA around the same time it was drawn, in the early 1950s.Norman Slater 1998
References
*‘DARWIN, Sir Robin (Robert Vere Darwin)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007accessed 19 Jan 2012
*R. Y. Goodden, ‘Darwin, Sir Robert Vere
obin
Obin, real name Josephine Komara, is a textile designer from Indonesia. She is sometimes called a "national treasure" due to her passion for and promotion of traditional Indonesian batik techniques. Her work has achieved worldwide recognition, ...
(1910–1974)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200accessed
Sir Robert Vere Darwin (1910–1974):
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