Charles Darwin Feb. 12, 1809- April 19, 1882

By bradyharrington
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    Young Darwin

    Charles was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England. In 1825 he was sent to the Edinburgh University in Scotland. He was studying to become a physician, to follow in his father's and grand father's footsteps. Darwin was more interested in natural history than he was the medical field. In 1828 his father sent him to Cambridge for the clergy. He passed his exam in Dec. of 1831. He was more interested in collecting beetles than theology. He even stayed an extra semester for geology.
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    Voyage on The Beagle

    Charles was invited to be an unpaid naturalist aboard the ship to circumnavigate the globe on a 5 year expedition. Darwin had most of his research done in South America and the Galapagos Islands. Darwin visited places such as St. Jago, Cape Verde, Brazil, Argentina, Tierra Del Fuego, Buenos Aires and many more places. After the 5 year adventure, they returned home to England and Darwin vowed to never leave England again.
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    Origin of Species Part Uno

    Darwin, now settled in London, produced a series of books on biology, He published his first one in 1839 called the Journal of Researches. From 1839-1843, Darwin finally published his 5 volume book on his voyage on The Beagle. In 1842 he came out with his book, Coral Reefs and the in 43 his book Volcanic Islands. Darwin then began to work on this a theory of Natural Selection among species.
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    Origin of Species Part Dos

    The publication of Origin of Species was in 1859. It was one of the most significant texts of modern science. Darwin continued with his research and writing and even published another 5 further editions of the Origin of Species and three other pieces of work related to the topic of species evolution. Darwin died at age 73 on April 19th.
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    References & Youtube Link

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww Charles Darwin Time Line, https://bertie.ccsu.edu/darwinevol/DarwinTimeLine.html. “Timeline of the Life of Charles Robert Darwin.” Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/timeline.html.