Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England in 1809. In 1825 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. His experience at university provided him with a wide scientific education.

Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was ... discoveries would be? Even Darwin himself may not have immediately realized their importance. For fifteen years after his voyage aboard ...

Charles Darwin close Charles DarwinAn English naturalist (1809-1882). In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution. was an English naturalist who ...

In no rush to take holy orders, in 1831 Darwin accepted an offer to embark on a five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Drawing of H.M.S. Beagle from A Naturalist’s Voyage Round the World by Charles ...

English Heritage Images Charles Darwin lived with his wife, children and servants in Down House, a Georgian manor 15 miles south of London in the Kent countryside, for 40 years—from 1842 to 1882.

The Charles Darwin bicentennial celebrates the man who ... is being bestowed on this great man in his double-anniversary year to his interest and achievements in geology.