Milo Keynes

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William Milo Keynes, MD, FRCS (9 August 1924 - 18 February 2009) was a British doctor and author.

Keynes (pronounced "Canes") was the third son of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, and his wife Margaret Darwin, daughter of Sir George Darwin. He was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin, and a nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes. He was the brother of Richard, Quentin and Stephen.

He published a collection of essays on his uncle and a biography of his uncle's wife, Lydia Lopokova. He also wrote books on the history of science, on Isaac Newton and on Mendelism in human genetics.

Bibliography

   * Essays on John Maynard Keynes

   * A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics

   * The Iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800

   * Lydia Lopokova

   * Sir Francis Galton: The Legacy of His Ideas

   * Evolutionary Studies: Centenary Celebration of the Life of Julian Huxley