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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

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Three quarter length studio photo showing Darwin's characteristic large forehead and bushy eyebrows with deep set eyes, pug nose and mouth set in a determined look. He is bald on top, with dark hair and long side whiskers but no beard or moustache. His jacket is dark, with very wide lapels, and his trousers are a light check pattern. His shirt has an upright wing collar, and his cravat is tucked into his waistcoat which is a light fine checked pattern.
Darwin, c. 1854, when he was preparing On the Origin of Species[1]
Born
Charles Robert Darwin

(1809-02-12)12 February 1809
Shrewsbury, England
Died19 April 1882(1882-04-19) (aged 73)
Down, Kent, England
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Christ's College, Cambridge (BA, 1831; MA, 1836)[2]
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 1839)​
Children10, including William, Henrietta, George, Francis, Leonard and Horace
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNatural history, geology
InstitutionsGeological Society of London
Academic advisors
Author abbrev. (botany)Darwin
Author abbrev. (zoology)Darwin
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"Charles Darwin", with the surname underlined by a downward curve that mimics the curve of the initial "C"
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Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist.[5] He is famous for his work on the theory of evolution. Darwin's book On the Origin of Species was published in 1859. In this book, he put forward much evidence that evolution had occurred. He also proposed natural selection as the way evolution had taken place.

Darwin did not know about genetics: he never read the work of Gregor Mendel.[6] Nevertheless, Darwin's explanation of evolution was fundamentally correct. In contrast to Lamarck, Darwin's idea was that the giraffe's neck became longer because those with longer necks survived better.[7]p177/9 These survivors passed their genes on, and in time the whole species got longer necks.

  1. ↑ Freeman 2007, p. 76.
  2. ↑ "Charles Darwin's personal finances revealed in new find". 22 March 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Freeman 2007, p. 106.
  4. ↑ "Darwin Endless Forms » Darwin in Cambridge". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)". BBC. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  6. ↑ The work of Mendel was not rediscovered until the early 20th century
  7. ↑ Darwin, Charles 1884. The origin of species. 6th ed, Murray, London.

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