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Charles Darwin (February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882)

By gschott87

  • Born/Childhood

    Born/Childhood
    Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 to a wealthy family in Shrewsbury, England. Growing up he was fascinated chemistry, biology, botany and geology. Darwin's father wanted him to become a doctor but he was bored and did not like watching the surgeries. Instead of giving up, Darwin's father put him in school to to study priesthood at Cambridge University in which he graduate from in 1831 with a Bachelor in Arts. All in the while he never stopped studying Science. Most importantly nature

  • Charles Darwin leaves England to never return for 5 years

    Charles Darwin leaves England to never return for 5 years
    Charles Darwin leaves England to never return on the HMS Beagle. Darwin was recommended by Professor Henslow to a Captain Fitzroy who wanted a Naturalist to join in an expedition that turned into a 5-year journey. Darwin documented with writings and drawings through this journey that ultimately developed his ideas and questions about life in the past to how it changed and become the now.

  • The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

    The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
    Darwin's Theory of island formations had to deal with the upward growths of coral as the Pacific Ocean gradually subsided. Darwin had a notebook that he labeled Santiago Book. He was either on a residence ashore or on the HMS Beagle at the time of observation. In his writing it dealt with European and Chilean formations with the Pacific Coral Reefs. Corals Reefs were treated as the evidence for subsidence rather than formations.

  • Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

    Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
    Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selections precluded that Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. There are four principles to evolution which are variation, inheritance, selection and time. A quick example of natural selection would be giraffes necks, a shorter neck won't be able to reach a food source which would likely not survive over one with a long neck.

  • Publishing Origin of Species

    Publishing Origin of Species
    Charles Darwin published a book that he did not use the word Evolution but instead correlated the common relation between man and ape. Evolution was not a new concept as Darwin's grandfather who drew the first evolutionary diagram between one-celled organism and humans. Darwin's Theory was more practical for the theory on evolution. Once Darwin published his works, it was immediately embraced by other Scientist as it solved a bunch of puzzles of biological science.

  • Death

    Death
    Charles Darwin dies from an apparent heart attacked rather than his lifetime illness. He also had a perforated peptic ulcer that contributed to his pain he lived with through his life.

  • Charles Darwin Bio Video and Citations

    Charles Darwin Bio Video and Citations
    A biography video on Charles Darwin that I appreciated to watch. National Geographic Society, https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/natural-selection, August 1, 2022 Adrian Desmond, British Naturalist, January 5, 2023 Hayley Dunning, Charles Darwin Coral conundrum Stoddart, David R. 1976. Darwin, Lyell, and the geological significance of coral reefs. British Journal for the History of Science 9: 199–218 History.com Authors, November 24, 2009