The Life and Theories of Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin was the fifth child of Robert Waring Darwin
and Susannah Wedgewood. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury,
England where his father practiced medicine. He attended Shrewsbury
Grammar School which was a well-kn own secondary school which concentrated
on teaching classic languages. Even as a boy Darwin loved science and his
enthusiasm for chemical studies earned him the name "Gas" from his friends.
The headmaster at Shrewsbury, Dr. Samuel Butler noted, "Here's a boy, plays
around with his gases and the rest of his rubbish and works at nothing
useful." He was also an avid collector. Anything he could get his hands
on- shells, eggs, minerals and coins interested him.
Darwin was expected to follow his father and become a doctor and in
1825, at the age of sixteen, his father removed him from Shrewsbury and
entered him in the University of Edenburgh to study medicine. He found all
of his classes except chemistry dull. After two years at Edenburg, he
quit school and went to live with his Uncle Josiah Wedgewood. After he
abandoned medicine, his father urged him to attend Cambridge University to
study to be a clergyman. At Cambridge he met John Steven Henslow who
helped him regain his interest in nature. It was Henslow who was
influential in getting Darwin the position of naturalist on the boat The
Beagle. In April of 1831, he graduated from the University.
In the fall following his graduation, the government decided to
send the H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, to complete
an unfinished survey of Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego to help map out the
shores of Chile and Peru. Th e voyage w...
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On April 19, 1882 Darwin died of a heart attack. The family wanted
Darwin to be buried in his home, the village of Downe. However, Parliament
requested that he be buried in Westminster Abbey, a cemetery for Britain's
kings and queens and intellectual giants. This was an indication of how
far Darwin had come towards universal acceptance and respectability.
Darwin's coffin lies next to Issac Newton which is only fitting because
Darwin has been called "The Newton of Biology." Darwin was modest of his
monumental achievements to the very end and said of himself shortly before
his death,"With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly
surprising that I should have influenced to a considerable extent the
belief of scientific men on some important points."
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