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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist who introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection. His principal works, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, challenged existing views of life's diversity and origins. Darwin first studied medicine but became interested in zoology and geography. He served as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle from 1831-1836, gathering evidence for his theory. In 1859, he published On the Origin of Species, which introduced natural selection and challenged religious views of creation. The book was both widely attacked and defended but established Darwin as the founder of evolutionary biology.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist who introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection. His principal works, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, challenged existing views of life's diversity and origins. Darwin first studied medicine but became interested in zoology and geography. He served as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle from 1831-1836, gathering evidence for his theory. In 1859, he published On the Origin of Species, which introduced natural selection and challenged religious views of creation. The book was both widely attacked and defended but established Darwin as the founder of evolutionary biology.

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Charles Darwin

(1809-1882)

Darwin is the first of the evolutionary biologists, the originator of the


concept of natural selection. His principal works, The Origin of Species
by Means of Natural Selection (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871)
marked a new epoch. His works were violently attacked and
energetically defended, then; and, it seems, yet today.

Charles Robert Darwin was born at Shrewsbury. His father was a


doctor and his mother was the daughter of Josiah Wedgwood. Darwin
first studied medicine at Edinburgh. It soon became clear to Charles
that he was not cut out for a medical career; he was transferred to
Cambridge (Christ's Church, 1828), there to train for the ministry.
While at Cambridge, Darwin befriended a biology professor (John
Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861) and his interest in zoology and
geography grew. Eventually, Darwin came under the eye of a geology
professor, Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873).

Darwin was accepted by those responsible for the voyage. The plans for the cruise of the  Beagle were
extended, in that it was to take place over the best part of five years (1831-36) and were to take in the
southern islands, the South American coast and Australia. While aboard the vessel, Darwin served as a
geologist, botanist, zoologist, and general man of science.

More years were to pass, during which he gathered more and more evidence, when, in 1859, Darwin
came out with his scholarly presentation, The Origin of Species.

In 1859, Darwin's shattering work, The Origin of Species, came out ("a sell out in one day"); it is now
recognized as a leading work in natural philosophy and in the history of mankind. Simply stated, Darwin's
theory is that things, and, in particular, life, evolves by a process which Darwin called "natural selection."

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