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Charles Darwin is born
in full, Charles Robert Darwin was born February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury Shropshire, England. Both is parents being well respected he was childed to Robert and Susannah Darwin. Robersons being a well respected doctor and Susannah being a member of the 'Wedgwood family' -
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Early years in school
1817 was a complicated year for young Charles Darwin. Towards the beginning we see him losing his mother leaving his 3 older sisters to take on the maternal responsibilities of the house. Then shortly after that we see the young Darwin attending a Unitarian Day school where he later transfers to Shrewsbury School. He describes as 'Narrow and classical', perhaps the birth of his mind expanding experience? -
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It wasn't until 1825 that we see a shocking change in information given to us. his Headmaster Dr. Butler stated that he had little hope of teaching Darwin anything with Latin or Greek! He was removed from school and deemed unsuccessful only later to be sent to Edinburgh University that fall. -
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Darwin goes to college!
Darwin found most of college to be rather boring and trifling as nothing really seemed to peak his interests. He was learning the chemistry of cooling rocks and how to classify plants. He was even taught how to stuff birds at the Edinburg Museum. it wasn't until later he met his mentor, Robert Grant (a radical evolutionist) From grants, Darwin unlocked his interest in invertebrate zoology and thus began his journey to discover the origin of creatures. -
The main event!
stripped of academic references, Darwin releases 'On the Origin of Species'. He had been working on this paper for quite some time in private but it wasn't until 1859 that he finally made it public. This book received him a lot of backlash as it was championed by Huxley, but due to illness, Darwin does not entertain him. -
Darwinism
It wasn't until after the book was published by his team that Darwinism really began to take off. it became so extensive that it even began to dominate most of the majority of views from the British Association. -
The end of an Era
A sad day in history and in science. Charles Darwin dies at 73. His death followed a very painful set of conditions. After receiving a heart attack on Christmas and then later a series of seizures, Charles Robert Darwin dies in his Down House later to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
