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# Charles Darwin

Born

in Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, The United Kingdom


February 12, 1809


Died

April 19, 1882

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[Science](/genres/science), [Evolution](/genres/evolution), [Biographies & Memoirs](/genres/biographies-memoirs)

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[Thomas Henry Huxley](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17171.Thomas_Henry_Huxley "Thomas Henry Huxley"), [Francis Galton](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3191106.Francis_Galton "Francis Galton"), [Alexander von Humboldt](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/303739.Alexander_von_Humboldt "Alexander von Humboldt"), [Jean-Bapt](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/548820.Jean_Baptiste_Lamarck "Jean-Baptiste Lamarck")[Thomas Henry Huxley](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17171.Thomas_Henry_Huxley "Thomas Henry Huxley"), [Francis Galton](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3191106.Francis_Galton "Francis Galton"), [Alexander von Humboldt](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/303739.Alexander_von_Humboldt "Alexander von Humboldt"), [Jean-Baptiste Lamarck](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/548820.Jean_Baptiste_Lamarck "Jean-Baptiste Lamarck"), [John Herschel](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4068764.John_Herschel "John Herschel"), [Charles Lyell](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/214055.Charles_Lyell "Charles Lyell"), [Josiah Wedgwood](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/539757.Josiah_Wedgwood "Josiah Wedgwood"), [Sigmund Freud](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10017.Sigmund_Freud "Sigmund Freud"), [Oscar Hertwig](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1642683.Oscar_Hertwig "Oscar Hertwig"), [Carl Linnaeus](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/660225.Carl_Linnaeus "Carl Linnaeus"), [Herbert Spencer](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/52666.Herbert_Spencer "Herbert Spencer"), [John Lubbock](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/415473.John_Lubbock "John Lubbock"), [John Tyndall](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/141791.John_Tyndall "John Tyndall"), [Alfred Russel Wallace](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32343.Alfred_Russel_Wallace "Alfred Russel Wallace"), [Thomas Robert Malthus](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/493407.Thomas_Robert_Malthus "Thomas Robert Malthus")...more

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**Charles Robert Darwin** of Britain revolutionized the study of biology with his theory, based on natural selection; his most famous works include _[On the Origin of Species](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6329013.On_the_Origin_of_Species "On the Origin of Species")_ (1859) and _[The Descent of Man](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30118099.The_Descent_of_Man "The Descent of Man")_ (1871).

Chiefly [Asa Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/515623.Asa_Gray "Asa Gray") of America advocated his theories.

Works of [Jacques Martin Barzun](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Jacques%20Martin%20Barzun "Jacques Martin Barzun") include _[Darwin, Marx, Wagner](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/565262.Darwin__Marx__Wagner "Darwin, Marx, Wagner")_ (1941).

Charles Robert Darwin, an eminent English collector and geologist, proposed and provided scientific evidence of common ancestors for all life over time through the process that he called. The scientific community and the public in his lifetime accepted the facts that occur and then in the 1930s widely came to see the primary explanation of the process that now forms modernity. In modified form, the foundati**Charles Robert Darwin** of Britain revolutionized the study of biology with his theory, based on natural selection; his most famous works include _[On the Origin of Species](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6329013.On_the_Origin_of_Species "On the Origin of Species")_ (1859) and _[The Descent of Man](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30118099.The_Descent_of_Man "The Descent of Man")_ (1871).

Chiefly [Asa Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/515623.Asa_Gray "Asa Gray") of America advocated his theories.

Works of [Jacques Martin Barzun](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Jacques%20Martin%20Barzun "Jacques Martin Barzun") include _[Darwin, Marx, Wagner](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/565262.Darwin__Marx__Wagner "Darwin, Marx, Wagner")_ (1941).

Charles Robert Darwin, an eminent English collector and geologist, proposed and provided scientific evidence of common ancestors for all life over time through the process that he called. The scientific community and the public in his lifetime accepted the facts that occur and then in the 1930s widely came to see the primary explanation of the process that now forms modernity. In modified form, the foundational scientific discovery of Darwin provides a unifying logical explanation for the diversity of life.

Darwin developed his interest in history and medicine at Edinburgh University and then theology at Cambridge. His five-year voyage on the _Beagle_ established him as a geologist, whose observations and supported uniformitarian ideas of [Charles Lyell](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/214055.Charles_Lyell "Charles Lyell"), and publication of his journal made him as a popular author. Darwin collected wildlife and fossils on the voyage, but their geographical distribution puzzled him, who investigated the transmutation and conceived idea in 1838. He discussed his ideas but needed time for extensive research despite priority of geology. He wrote in 1858, when [Alfred Russel Wallace](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32343.Alfred_Russel_Wallace "Alfred Russel Wallace") sent him an essay, which described the same idea, prompting immediate joint publication.

His book of 1859 commonly established the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. He examined human sexuality in _[Selection in Relation to Sex](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12609241.Selection_in_Relation_to_Sex "Selection in Relation to Sex")_, and _[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24515.The_Expression_of_the_Emotions_in_Man_and_Animals "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals")_ followed. A series of books published his research on plants, and he finally examined effect of earthworms on soil.

A state funeral recognized Darwin in recognition of preeminence and only four other non-royal personages of the United Kingdom of the 19th century; people buried his body in Westminster abbey, close to those of [John Herschel](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4068764.John_Herschel "John Herschel") and [Isaac Newton](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/135106.Isaac_Newton "Isaac Newton").

Her fathered [Francis Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/281408.Francis_Darwin "Francis Darwin"), astronomer [George Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2899748.George_Darwin "George Darwin"), and politician, economist and eugenicist [Leonard Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2036161.Leonard_Darwin "Leonard Darwin").

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[Life and Letters of Charles Darwin](/series/166778-life-and-letters-of-charles-darwin)
(2 books)


by
[Charles Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12793.Charles_Darwin),

[Francis Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/281408.Francis_Darwin)(Editor)

3.58 avg rating — 67 ratings

[![Origins: Selected Letters o...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348895667l/2474642._SY75_.jpg)](/series/169987-selected-letters-of-charles-darwin "Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822–1859. Anniversary edition.")[![Evolution: Selected Letters...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388681465l/3155491._SY75_.jpg)](/series/169987-selected-letters-of-charles-darwin "Evolution: Selected Letters, 1860-1870")

[Selected Letters of Charles Darwin](/series/169987-selected-letters-of-charles-darwin)
(2 books)


by
[Charles Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12793.Charles_Darwin),

[Frederick Burkhardt](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1099614.Frederick_Burkhardt)(Editor),

[Alison Pearn](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3957604.Alison_Pearn)(Editor),

[David Attenborough](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/106444.David_Attenborough)(Foreword)

3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings

[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348418944l/878362._SX50_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Vol 1, 1821-36")[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1267819419l/3155494._SX50_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 2: 1837-1843")[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1267819415l/3155492._SY75_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 3: 1844-1846")[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1267819416l/3155493._SX50_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 4: 1847-1850")[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348424453l/3155500._SX50_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 5, 1851-1855")[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348417817l/3155490._SX50_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 6, 1856-1857")[![The Correspondence of Charl...](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1267251286l/4125355._SY75_.jpg)](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin "The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1858-1859")

[The Correspondence of Charles Darwin](/series/169808-the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin)
(26 books)


by
[Charles Darwin](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12793.Charles_Darwin),

[Frederick Burkhardt](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1099614.Frederick_Burkhardt)(Editor),

[Sydney Smith](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6434326.Sydney_Smith)(Editor)

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings

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“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”


―

Charles Darwin,
[The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82](/work/quotes/179213)

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“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”


―

Charles Darwin,
[The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin](/work/quotes/179213)

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“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”


―

Charles Darwin,
[The Descent of Man](/work/quotes/728232)

tags:
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