Charles Darwin's Life and Accomplishments

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Charles Darwin was born in February 12,1809. When Charles Darwin was a little kid he struggled a lot in school. In 1825, Charles become a fortunate person and went to medical school. Darwin was a British scientist who set the foundations of the theory of evolution and converted the way we imagine about the natural world. Charles Darwin was the discoverer of the biological theory of evolution. Charles Darwin was married for 43 years to Emma Darwin who was his cousin. Charles Darwin had 10 children. Charles Darwin wasn’t a good student in school. Charles Darwin Mother died when attended school in 1817.

Charles Darwin lived in the tiny town of Shrewsbury, England. He was the second youngest of six children. Darwin came from a great long line of scientists. His father, Dr. R.W. Darwin, was as a medical doctor, and his grandfather, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, was a distinguished botanist. Darwin’s mother, Susanna, died when he was only 8 years old. Darwin was a child of lucre and freedom who enjoyed to seek nature.

In October 1825, at age 16, Darwin applied at Edinburgh University along with his brother Erasmus. Two years later, Charles Darwin became a first-year student at Christ's College in Cambridge. His father assumed he would pursue in his footsteps and turn into a medical doctor, but the seeing of blood made Darwin uncomfortable. His father advised, that he should study to become a parson in preference, but Darwin was far more prone to study natural history.

While Darwin was at Christ's College, botany professor John Stevens Henslow became his adviser. After Darwin graduated Christ's College with a bachelor of arts degree in 1831, Henslow suggested him for a naturalist’s position aboard the HMS Beagle. The ship, appointed by Captain...

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...by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him ample glory and respect. The title refers to the second survey exploration of the ship HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831.

Charles Darwin died at his family home, Down House, in London, on April 19, 1882, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. During the next century, DNA studies expose evidence of his work of theory of evolution, although bickering surrounding its battle with Creationism—the religious realize that all of nature was created by God.

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