Science scientist charles darwin
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Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was first drawn to science as a young boy by his intense interest in the diverse animals and plants that filled his surroundings. Later, despite his father's urgings to pursue a career in medicine, young Darwin found himself drawn to careful, empirical observation of nature, particularly through his cherished hobby of collecting beetles. His empirical instincts were further developed at the University of Cambridge through deep study under contemporary naturalists, such as John Stevens Henslow, founder of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (1831), and through reading progressive philosophers, such as William Paley, author of Natural Theology (1802). By the time he was serendipitously invited to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoy on a voyage of the HMS Beagle, Darwin had become an astute and insatiable scientist, primed for significant discoveries.
Who could have imagined how significant his discoveries would be? Even Darwin himself ma
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, a doctor, had high hopes that his son would earn a medical degree at Edinburgh University in Scotland, where he enrolled at the age of sixteen. It turned out that Darwin was more interested in natural history than medicine—it was said that the sight of blood made him sick to his stomach. While he continued his studies in theology at Cambridge, it was his focus on natural history that became his passion.
In 1831, Darwin embarked on a voyage aboard a ship of the British Royal Navy, the HMS Beagle, employed as a naturalist. The main purpose of the trip was to survey the kustlinje of South America and chart its harbors to make better maps of the region. The work that Darwin did was just an added bonus.
Darwin spent much of the trip on land collecting samples of plants, animals, rocks, and fossils. He explored regions in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and remote islands such as the Galápagos. He packad all
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Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
For other people named Charles Darwin, see Charles Darwin (disambiguation).
Charles Darwin JP FRS FRGS FLS FZS | |
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Darwin, c. 1854, when he was preparing On the ursprung of Species | |
| Born | Charles Robert Darwin (1809-02-12)12 February 1809 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
| Died | 19 April 1882(1882-04-19) (aged 73) Down House, Down, Kent, England |
| Resting place | Westminster Abbey |
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| Known for | Natural selection |
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| Children | 10, including William, Henrietta, George, Francis, Leonard and Horace |
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| Family | Darwin–Wedgwood |
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| Institutions | Geological Society of London |
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| Author abbrev. (botany) | Darwin |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Darwin |
Charles Robert Darwin ([5]DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 A