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Also known as Charles Robert Darwin, Charles R. Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882)

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Charles Darwin was a male geologist, explorer, travel writer, and ethologist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Born in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809, he was the son of Robert Darwin and the husband of Emma Darwin. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, Christ's College, the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and the University of Cambridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. His notable works include *The Origin of Species* and *The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals*.

Darwin received the Royal Medal, the Copley Medal, and the Pour le Mérite, and was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He died on 19 April 1882 and is buried at Westminster Abbey. His relatives included Josiah Wedgwood, Sarah Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, and his children Anne, Francis, George Howard, and Leonard Darwin.

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Born
12 February 1809
Died
19 April 1882
Works
1971

Top works

  • The origin of species by means of natural selection
  • Selected works of Charles Darwin ...
  • The Origin of Species
  • The expression of the emotions in man and animals
  • The origin of species by means of natural selection or The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1809
Active to
1882
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Total plays
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Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Charles+Darwin">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • The Beagle staid at St. Helena five days, during which time I lived in the clouds in the centre of the Isd.—It is a curious little world within itself; the habitable part is surrounded by a broad band of black desolate rocks, as if the wide barrier of the ocean was not sufficient to guard the precious spot.
  • Through the principle of associated habit, the same movements of the face and eyes are practised, and can, indeed, hardly be avoided, whenever we know or believe that others are blaming, or too strongly praising, our moral conduct.
  • Even insects express anger, terror, jealousy, and love by their stridulation.
  • [T]he young and the old of widely different races, both with man and animals, express the same state of mind by the same movements.
  • … cell of a tentacle, showing the various forms successively assumed by the aggregated masses of protoplasm.
  • I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found this difficult, for life is nearly over with me. I have taken no pains about my style of writing.

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Works in European collections

18 objects attributed to Charles Darwin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles Robert Darwin (/ˈdɑːrwɪn/ DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. In a joint presentation with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.

Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh; instead, he helped Robert Edmond Grant to investigate marine invertebrates. His studies at the University of Cambridge's Christ's College from 1828 to 1831 encouraged his passion for natural science. However, it was his five-year voyage on HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 that truly established Darwin as an eminent geologist. The observations and theories he developed during his voyage supported Charles Lyell's concept of gradual geological change. Publication of his journal of the voyage made Darwin famous as a popular author. His first scientific work was The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs (1842). Along with his work on barnacles, it won him the Royal Medal in 1853.

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