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Charles Darwin Birth Date to Death Date
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Charles Darwin attends school at age 9
Charles Darwin attends Anglican Shrewsbury School from 1818 to 1825. From the time of his studies, science was dehumanizing in English public schools. Charles has a slight interest in chemistry and was condemned by his headmaster and nicknamed "Gas" in school. -
Attends Edinburgh University
Charles attends Edinburgh University at age 16 to study medicine. Later he then told his father that he learned very little about medicine in the two years he had attended there. He mentioned that surgery sickened him. He was then taught to understand the chemistry of cooling rocks on the primitive Earth and how to classify plants by the modern “natural system.” At the Edinburgh Museum he was taught to stuff birds by John Edmonstone, a freed South American slave, -
The Beagle sailed from England
Charles Darwin took an expedition to expand his knowledge on the real world science. On December 27, 1831 he set sail on The Beagle at a young age of 22 years old. The expedition lasted five years from 1831 through 1836. He traveled through various parts of South America making astonishing new discoveries about plants and animals. Throughout his voyage, he came across many fossils that dated back thousands of years ago. -
Charles Darwin believes in a god
In 1839 he shut his last major evolution notebook, his theory largely complete. He still believed that God was the ultimate lawgiver of the universe. -
Daughter of Charles Darwin passes
Darwin had himself lost the last shreds of his belief in Christianity with the tragic death of his oldest daughter, Annie, from typhoid in 1851. -
Publishes The Origin of Species
In 1859 Charles Darwin publishes his book called The Origin Of Species. The book caused problems worldwide because of the questioning about the start of the human race. He feared for his life when he released his book. The newspapers drew the one conclusion that Darwin had specifically avoided: that humans had evolved from apes, and that Darwin was denying mankind’s immortality. -
The Death of Charles Darwin
As Charles Darwin grew with age he suffered from Angina. He mentioned that he looked forward to "joining the worms" down in his graveyard as the sweetest place on Earth. He had a seizure in March 1882 and died of a heart attack on April 19, 1882. Influential groups wanted a grander commemoration than a funeral in Downe. The request was accepted and a state burial was performed. On April 26, 1882 Charles Darwin was put to rest. -
Charles Darwin Crash Course
This video helped me out by explaining thoroughly about his life and expeditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww -
Charles Darwin Documentary
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