BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN
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Charles Darwin was a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world.
Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He was the second youngest of six child and came from a long line of scientist. As his father was known as a medical doctor, and his grandfather, was a renowned botanist. Darwin was a child of wealth and had the privilege to explore nature.
Darwin initially was planning to follow a medical career like his father, and studied at Edinburgh University. Soon enough two years later, Charles Darwin became a student at Christ College in Cambridge, due to the fact that the sight of blood made Darwin queasy. Darwin was more inclined to study natural history.
While studying at Christ’s College, botany professor John Stevens Henslow became his mentor. After Darwin graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1831, Henslow recommended Darwin to take a five-year survey trip around the world.
Over the course of the trip, Darwin collected a variety of natural specimens, including birds, plants and fossils. He had the opportunity to closely observe principles of botany, geology and zoology. The Pacific Islands and Galapagos Archipelago were the particular interest to Darwin, as was South America.
On his return to England in 1836, Darwin tried solving the riddles of his observations of how species evolved. Influenced by the ideas of Malthus, he proposed a theory of evolution occurring by the process of natural selection. The animals or plants best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on the characteristics which helped them survive to their offspring. Gradually, the species changes over time.
In 1859 Darwin published ‘On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection’. Following a lifetime of research, Charles Darwin died at his family home, Down House in London, on April 19, 1882.
Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He was the second youngest of six child and came from a long line of scientist. As his father was known as a medical doctor, and his grandfather, was a renowned botanist. Darwin was a child of wealth and had the privilege to explore nature.
Darwin initially was planning to follow a medical career like his father, and studied at Edinburgh University. Soon enough two years later, Charles Darwin became a student at Christ College in Cambridge, due to the fact that the sight of blood made Darwin queasy. Darwin was more inclined to study natural history.
While studying at Christ’s College, botany professor John Stevens Henslow became his mentor. After Darwin graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1831, Henslow recommended Darwin to take a five-year survey trip around the world.
Over the course of the trip, Darwin collected a variety of natural specimens, including birds, plants and fossils. He had the opportunity to closely observe principles of botany, geology and zoology. The Pacific Islands and Galapagos Archipelago were the particular interest to Darwin, as was South America.
On his return to England in 1836, Darwin tried solving the riddles of his observations of how species evolved. Influenced by the ideas of Malthus, he proposed a theory of evolution occurring by the process of natural selection. The animals or plants best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on the characteristics which helped them survive to their offspring. Gradually, the species changes over time.
In 1859 Darwin published ‘On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection’. Following a lifetime of research, Charles Darwin died at his family home, Down House in London, on April 19, 1882.
Charles darwin & alfred wallace
Darwin worked on his theory for 20 years. He wanted to amass the wealth of evidence before publicly presenting his idea. During those years soon after learning that another naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, who was exploring the wildlife of South America and Asia. They both had developed similar ideas. Wallace supplied Darwin with birds for his studies and decided to seek Darwin’s help in his own ideas on evolution. The two make a join announcement of their discovery in 1858.
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