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Charles Darwin born
Charles Darwin a British naturalist born to Dr. R.W. Darwin and Susanna Darwin on February 12 1809. Darwin was the second youngest of six children born to wealth. Darwin came from a long line of scientists, his grandfather was a renowned botanist and his father was a medical doctor. “Charles Darwin” Biography, 28 Aug. 2019,,www.biography.com/scientist/charles-darwin. Accessed 23 May 2021. -
Trip Around the World
In 1831 Charles Darwin set sail on the H.M.S Beagle from Plymouth England. Darwin traveled to South America collecting and observing organisms and fossils aiding him to develop his theory of evolution through natural selection. Charles Darwin returned to Falmouth, England on October 2 1836. (HMS Beagle:) “HMS Beagle: Darwins Trip around the World” National Geographic Society, 7 June 2019, www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/hms-beagle-darwins-trip-around-world/. Accessed 23 May 2021 -
Origins of Species
In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection. He'd been building on his ideas since his five-year journey in the 1830s to the South American coast, the Galapagos Islands, and other regions on the British ship H.M.S. Beagle. (1859) Darwin's book immediately attracted attention and controversy, not only from the scientific community, but also from the general public, who were ignited by the social and religious implications of the theory. (1859) -
Charles Darwin death
In 1882, Charles Darwin died of a heart attack. Influential groups wanted a grander commemoration than a funeral in Downe, something better for the gentleman naturalist who had delivered the “new Nature” into the new professionals’ hands.(Britanica) Although Darwin was agnostic he was buried in Westminster Abbey with the approval of George Granville Bradley the Dean of Westminster. (Westminster Abbey)