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Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England
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After Darwin's mother died in 1817, Charle's Darwin enrolled in Shrewsbury School as a boarder with his brother, Erasmus
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Charles Darwin started studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he cannot stand the sight of blood so he decides to join Christ's College in Cambridge for a general degree
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Darwin gets an invite to join the HMS Beagle on a journey to South America, in December of 1831 he joins the HMS Beagle which would span 5 years
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Darwin encounters slavery in Brazil and then later meets the people of Tierra Del Fuego
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in January of 1839, Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin, they have 10 children but 3 of them die in childhood
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Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection which is immediately a best seller but the opinion on evolution is divided
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Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory focuses on human evolution and sexual selection
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Darwin publishes Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, part of his research focuses on recognition of facial expressions
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Sixteen years after his first observation of these organisms he published Insectivorous Plants, he is fascinated by the way these plants digest food like animals
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Darwin publishes The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Actions of Worms, he exchanged letters on the subject of worms since the 1830s
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Darwin dies on 19 April 1882, and he is then buried in Westminster Abbey and received a ceremonial funeral after petitions made by friends and family