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A British naturalist was born.
Charles Robert Darwin was born February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was the fifth of six children of wealthy society doctor and financier Robert Darwin and Susannah Darwin. -
Evolutionary ideas
Darwin's grandfather's journal contained ideas about evolutionary theory. In 1827, Darwin stumbled upon the journal and read his grandfather's ideas. -
Cambridge University
After neglecting his medical studies while being his father's apprentice, Darwin was sent to Cambridge University to study theology. -
HMS Beagle
Charles Darwin was recommended as a naturalist to go on an expedition to South America and South Seas. Josiah Wedgwood II convinced Darwin's father to let Darwin go on a voyage that would take 5 years to complete. -
Galapagos Islands
Darwin arrived in the Galapagos Islands after travelling over 3 years through different parts of the world. The wonders that Darwin discovered in the Galapagos Islands, like animals and birds that were residing in the island, which he observed and studied, help him conclude his theory of evolution by natural selection. -
Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
Darwin's zoological and geological discoveries on the voyage through South America and the South Seas in the HMS Beagle resulted in important publications. Darwin worked on his theory of evolution for more than 20 years before publishing his famous "On the Origin of Species" in 1859. -
Darwin's notable work
Darwin's numerous important publications: The Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilized by Insects (1862), Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (1868), The Descent of Man (1871), The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom (1876), The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (1877), The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms (1881). -
Charles Darwin's Death
Charles Darwin passed away April 19,1882 at his home, Down House, at the age of 73. Darwin was diagnosed with heart disease, and it is assumed that he passed away because of a heart attack. In recent years, some physicians believe that Darwin passed away from a tropical parasitic illness called Chagas disease. A disease that couldn't be identified in his time and not tested for it, but physicians came with that diagnosis based on his symptoms. -
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