Susannah Darwin

Susannah Darwin (née Wedgwood 1765-1817) was the wife of Robert Darwin, and mother of Charles Darwin, and part of the Wedgwood pottery family. She was the daughter of Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood. In 1817 she started growing ill, with gastrointestinal symptoms that were probably a sign of either a severe ulcer or stomach cancer. She died on Thursday, July 15, 1817. She was a caring mother of not only little Charles Darwin but also his brothers and sisters. But as she neglected his studies she would not have been proud of him as she died before he went to university.^{[citation needed]}