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Darwin was born
Born in Shrewsbury, England, the son of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah -
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Darwin's life
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Darwin leaves on voyage
Meets Captain Robert FitzRoy (1805-65) and makes preparations for the voyage. Begins Beagle diary. After two false starts, the ship leaves Plymouth -
Begins survey of South American Coast
Survey of South American Coast from February 1832 to May 1834. -
Galapagos Islands
Visits Galapagos islands from September to October -
Darwin returns home
Voyage of the HMS Beagle ends -
Begins thinking about information from his voyage
Begins publication of The Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle (1838-43). The naturalist John Gould identifies his bird specimens. -
Charles Lyell
Becomes friendly with the geologist Charles Lyell, a Geologist that stated the Earth's continents changed/moved little by little -
Thomas Malthus
Darwin read T. R. Malthus Essay on the Principle of Population (1798). -
Emma
Marries Emma Wedgwood -
Voyage of the Beagle
Publishes Journal of Researches, later known as Voyage of the Beagle. -
Birth of first son
First child, a son William, is born. He and Emma eventually have ten children, seven of whom reach adulthood. -
Annie
Daugher Annie dies of fever. -
Wallace
Receives a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace who is collecting specimens in Indonesia. Wallace encloses an essay on species and varieties that mirrors Darwin’s own theory of natural selection. -
Wallace and Darwin
Extracts from Darwin and Wallace’s writings presented by Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker at the Linnean Society of London -
Publication
On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life is published in London -
Award
Awarded the Copley medal of the Royal Society of London, its highest scientific honor. Tis has been awarded to people such as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking -
New Publication
Publishes The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. -
New Publication
Publishes The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex.
A list of all his publications. -
Darwin's death
Seventy-three years old at death -
Darwin's burial
Burried at Westminster Abbey near Sir Issac Newton. Wanted to be burried in Parish church yard.
