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Birth
Shrewsbury, UK -
Enrolled at University of Edinburgh
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Studied at Christ's College in Cambridge
Earned a Bachelor's of Arts Degree -
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HMS Beagle Voyage
Darwin was recommended for a naturalist's position aboard this ship for it's five year voyage by his college mentor, Professor John Stevens Henslow. During this time, he was especially interested in the species in South America, the Pacific Islands, and the Galapagos Archipelago. He collected fossils, plants, and birds to study. It was on this trip that he began to develop theories that went against what most other naturalists then believed. -
Introduced Theory of Evolution
Read at a meeting of the Linnean Society -
Published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
This publication is considered to be the foundation for the theory of evolutionary biology, which for the time it was written, challenged the still popular creationist beliefs. DARWIN, CHARLES. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. 1859. -
Published "The Variations of Plants and Animals Under Domestication"
This publication was composed of multiple volumes and compiled later into one of Darwin's largest works. It discusses selective breeding for desired gene expression, and how domestication of different species of plants and animals resulted in different variations. This work began as an expansion of "On the Origin of Species". Darwin, Charles. The Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication. 1875. -
Death
London-Buried at Westminster Abbey -
The Theory of Evolution (Video: BBC)