Emma Nora Barlow (née Darwin) (22 December 1885 – December 1989)[1] was the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, who edited and published previously unseen examples of her grandfather's work.
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Nora, as she was known, was the daughter of the civil engineer Horace Darwin and his wife Emma Farrer, daughter of Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer. She married Alan Barlow, son of the Royal Physician Sir Thomas Barlow. They had six children:
She published an unexpurgated version of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, which had previously had personal and religious material removed by his son, Francis. She also edited several collections of letters and notes, including correspondence between Darwin and John Stevens Henslow, his mentor.
The Columbine flower cultivar Aquilegia "Nora Barlow" is named after Barlow.
Nora Barlow appears as a supporting character in Scott Westerfeld's 2009 young-adult steampunk novel Leviathan. In Westerfeld's alternate history, Barlow is a prominent genetic engineer and diplomat.