Randal Keynes
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Randal Hume Keynes, OBE, FLS
(born July 29, 1948) is a British
conservationist, author and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin
. He is the author of the intimate exploration of his famous ancestry, Annie's Box, subtitled Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution (2001), a book about the relationship between Darwin and his daughter Annie
, whose early death deeply affected him and his views on religion
.
He has taken a leading role in the campaign to have Down House
, Darwin's former home, designated a World Heritage Site
.
Keynes is the son of the Hon. Anne Pinsent (née
Adrian) and physiologist Richard Keynes
. He is the great-nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes
and the brother of the historian and Cambridge professor Simon Keynes
. He is the grandson of the surgeon Geoffrey Keynes
, Nobel Prize-winning physiologist Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian.
Keynes' son, Skandar
(born 1991), is an actor best known for his role as Edmund Pevensie
in the Narnia films
. He also has a daughter, Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4
.
He is a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association
.
FLS
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(born July 29, 1948) is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
conservationist, author and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
. He is the author of the intimate exploration of his famous ancestry, Annie's Box, subtitled Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution (2001), a book about the relationship between Darwin and his daughter Annie
Anne Darwin
Anne Elizabeth "Annie" Darwin was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles and Emma Darwin. According to biographers, she was a delightful child who brought much happiness to her parents. Eminent Darwin scholar E...
, whose early death deeply affected him and his views on religion
Charles Darwin's views on religion
Charles Darwin's views on religion have been the subject of much interest. His work which was pivotal in the development of modern biology and evolution theory played a prominent part in debates about religion and science at the time, then in the early twentieth century became a focus of the...
.
He has taken a leading role in the campaign to have Down House
Down House
Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. It was in this house and garden that Darwin worked on his theories of evolution by natural selection which he had conceived in London before moving to Downe....
, Darwin's former home, designated a World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
.
Keynes is the son of the Hon. Anne Pinsent (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Adrian) and physiologist Richard Keynes
Richard Keynes
Richard Darwin Keynes, CBE, FRS was a British physiologist. He was a great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and edited 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...
. He is the great-nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments...
and the brother of the historian and Cambridge professor Simon Keynes
Simon Keynes
Simon Douglas Keynes MA, PhD, Litt.D, FBA is the current Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at Cambridge University.-Biography:...
. He is the grandson of the surgeon Geoffrey Keynes
Geoffrey Keynes
Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes was an English biographer, surgeon, physician, scholar and bibliophile...
, Nobel Prize-winning physiologist Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian.
Keynes' son, Skandar
Skandar Keynes
Skandar Keynes is a British actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia film series since 2005. He has appeared in all three installments, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and most recently The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was...
(born 1991), is an actor best known for his role as Edmund Pevensie
Edmund Pevensie
Edmund "Ed" Pevensie is a major fictional character in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. He is a principal character in three of the seven books , and a lesser character in two others .In the live-action films, The...
in the Narnia films
The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of English fantasy films from Walden Media that are based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of novels written by C. S. Lewis...
. He also has a daughter, Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
.
He is a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association
British Humanist Association
The British Humanist Association is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes Humanism and represents "people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs." The BHA is committed to secularism, human rights, democracy, egalitarianism and mutual respect...
.