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Charles Darwin was Born on February 12th, 1809, In Shrewsbury, England -
Charles Darwin was sent to Edinburgh University to study medicine in 1825, Charles Darwin learned a lot about science during his two years there. He learned about different types of chemistry and natural sciences, to include the chemistry of cooling rocks on the primitive Earth and how to classify plants by the modern “natural system.”
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Charles Darwin realized that Medicine was not something he enjoyed, so in 1828 his father switched him to Cambridge University. Here he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1831. He was shown more about botany by the Reverend John Stevens Henslow
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On December 27th, 1831, Charles Darwin began his five-year journey around the world on the HMS Beagle. -
Darwin became well known through his diary’s publication as "Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle." -
Darwin drafted a 35-page sketch of his theory of natural selection in 1842 and expanded it in 1844, He had no immediate intention of publishing it.
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Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" in 1859. His groundbreaking book on evolution by natural selection. Short video on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. -
In 1868, Charles Darwin published his first book on genetics, titled "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication". -
In 1871, Charles Darwin published his second book on genetics, titled "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex". -
In 1881, Charles Darwin published his final scientific book, titled "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms." -
Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.