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Philosopher

Elisabeth Whipp Doctor of Revolution: The Life and Times of Erasmus Darwin. Desmond King-Hele (Faber £12.50) Erasmus Darwin was such a good physician that, when he settled in......

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William Douglas-Home The Bird Man Henry pouglas-Home (Collins 24.95) There was once a splendid doctor, with a !red beard and a wooden leg, called Clifford, in East Meon, where I......