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Charles Darwin

By CraigMKurtzman

  • The Birth of Darwin

    Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, a town in Shropshire, England on February 12, 1809. His father was a doctor named Robert Darwin, and his grandfather Erasmus Darin was scientist and writer of note.

  • Graduation and the events leading to a Theory of Evolution

    Darwin graduated from Cambridge in 1830 with honor. Although he took great interest in the natural world, Darwin was originally planning on living his life within the clergy. Prior to his preparations for that life he had made plans to leave for the Islands off the coast of Portugal. His father had nearly kept Darwin from taking place on his planned trip but was deterred by one of their relatives.

  • The Trip on the Beagle

    Darwin set sail on the ship known at the "Beagle" in1831, the ship traveled through Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands. The ship continued on to sail the coastline of South America through to 1836 and eventually reach the Galapagos Islands in the northwest.

  • The Return

    Darwin returned from his 5 year trip in 1836, and upon that return he began to catalogue the fossil and animal specimens that he had collected along the way. He was admitted into the Royal Geological Society and began writing about his journey.

  • The Theory of Evolution

    Originally Darwin was apprehensive to both publish and publicize his ideas on evolution as at the time it was a very controversial topic. However, after countless years of research and observation Darwin felt he fully understood his observations and published his own theory by the name of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." in 1859

  • Continuing work

    While Darwin was not the first to believe in natural selection, he brought it to the forefront with the facts to back it up. He continued to publish and do scientific work for the remainder of his life and produced addition works to support and branch off his ideals, "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex" in 1871, "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" in 1872, and "The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species" in 1875. Ina addition to countless others

  • The Death of Darwin

    Charles Darwin died in April 19th of 1882 at the age of 77.