Richard Darwin Keynes
| Richard Darwin Keynes CBE FRS |
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| Born | 14 August 1919 |
| Died | 12 June 2010 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Physiology |
| Known for | Editor of the works of Charles Darwin |
| Spouse | Anne Pinsent Adrian |
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Richard Darwin Keynes, CBE, FRS (/ˈkeɪnz/ KAYNZ; 14 August 1919 – 12 June 2010) was a British physiologist. Great-grandson of Charles Darwin, Keynes edited his grandfather's accounts and illustrations of Darwin's famous voyage aboard the HMS Beagle into The Beagle Record: Selections From the Original Pictorial Records and Written Accounts of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, which won praise from the New York Review of Books and The New York Times Book Review.
Keynes was the eldest son of Geoffrey Keynes and his wife Margaret Elizabeth (née Darwin), daughter of George Darwin. He was educated at Oundle School before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1945, he married Anne Pinsent Adrian, daughter of Edgar Adrian and his wife Hester (née Pinsent). They had four sons, Adrian (1946–1974),Randal Keynes (b. 1948), Roger Keynes (b. 1951), and Simon Keynes (born 1952).
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