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Charles Darwin was born to Doctor Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood on Feb 12, 1809 in The Mount House, Shrewsbury, UK. -
As a boy Charles Darwin attended Anglican Shrewsbury School, where he studied between 1818 and 1825. In 1825 his father sent him to Edinburgh University to study medicine. He was switched in 1828 to Christ's College Cambridge. He completed his bachelors in theology in 1831. -
After completing school Charles Darwin accepted an offer to embark on a five year voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Darwin explored the world and encounter many different types of plants and animals. Charles Darwin used all his collections and recordings to develop his remarkable theory.
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published in England by Charles Darwin. Darwin's theory argued that organisms evolve through the process called Natural Selection. Overtime organisms change their genetics based off their environment.
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After a heart attack on Christmas, Charles Darwin started to have seizures. This will be the reason of death. Charles Darwin died in Down House, Downe, UK in 1882. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. Educational video about Charles Darwin: https://youtu.be/-NFfSLlCawE
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-YouTube, English Heritage, 15 July 2020, youtu.be/-NFfSLlCawE.
-Thomas, Bob. BIOGRAPHY, Biography.com Editors, 14 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/scientist/charles-darwin.
-KREITNER, RICHARD. THE NATION, 25 Nov. 2015, www.thenation.com/article/archive/november-24-1859-charles-darwin-publishes-on-the-origin-of-species/.
-“‘Origin of Species’ Is Published.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 24 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/origin-of-species-is-published-2. -
-Lotzof, Kerry. “Charles Darwin: History's Most Famous Biologist.” Natural History Museum, www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/charles-darwin-most-famous-biologist.
