Erasmus Darwin House

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Erasmus Darwin House
Front of the house
General information
Address	Beacon Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Coordinates	52°41′7.25″N 1°49′59.25″W / 52.6853472°N 1.8331250°W / 52.6853472; -1.8331250
Website
www.erasmusdarwin.org

Erasmus Darwin House in Lichfield, Staffordshire is the former home of the English poet and physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin. The house is a Grade I listed building, and is now a writer's house museum commemorating Erasmus Darwin's life.

Erasmus Darwin was a physician, scientist, inventor, poet, and educationalist, and lived on Beacon Street from 1758 until 1781. A founding member of the Lunar Society, it was here that he received many notable 18th-century personalities, including Josiah Wedgwood, Matthew Boulton, Benjamin Franklin and James Watt.