Charles Darwin

By Chapmanjonathan

  • The birth and childhood of Darwin

    Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12,1809 in Shrewsbury Shopshire, England. Darwin was born into a well off family his father, Robert Waring Darwin, a successful doctor, with his mother Susannah Darwin. Darwin was also the fifth child of Robert and Susannah, have four sisters. At the age of eight tragedy struck Darwin by the sudden passing of his mother Susannah, Darwin was then raised by his sisters.

  • Education of Darwin

    After the death of Darwins mother, in 1818 Darwin attended Shrewsbury boarding school, while on his off time Darwin studied under his father in the medical field. During the summer of 1825, Darwin spent his time as a apprentice doctor, and attended the University of Edinburg Medical School.

  • Education of Darwin (cont’d)

    During the second year of Darwins stay at he university, was really when we see, Darwin start to pick up more of the biology side that we know of him today. Darwin joined the Plianian Society, a group that challenged religious views on science. Darwin started learning the classification of plants, and started to volunteer to at the university’s museum, one of the largest at that time.

  • HMS Beagle

    Charles Darwin departs England onboard HMS Beagle. The HMS Beagle was tasked with charting the South American coastline. Darwin asked to come aboard to act as a naturalist, spending most of his studying wildlife and geology.

  • Charles Darwin and the Galápagos Islands

    At this point in Darwins journey, he has noticed significant changes in birds,mammals, and reptiles throughout the different regions he explored. This was a pivital moment for Darwin as he came to a more in depth realization that creatures evolve to better suit their individual needs. A good break down of this is provided in this YouTube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww

  • The death of Darwin and what he left behind

    Darwin died from what at the time was thought to be angina pectoris, but later findings point to the direction of Chana’s disease, a disease caused from a bite from the “kissing bug”. Darwin left behind one of the most insightful collections of knowledge on evolution to date.