Charles Darwin

LIFE AND CAREER

Charles Darwin was naturalist. He said than the species in the world evolved from a common ancestor. This process was the natural selection. Charles Darwin borned in Shrewsburry, England on Februar 12, 1809 and he died in 19 of April, 1882. His family were unitarian and anglicanism. He married with Emma Wedgwood. He was 10 children ( William Erasmus, Anne Elizabeth, Mary Eleanor, Henrietta Emma, George Howard, Elizabeth, Francis, Leonard, Horace and Charles Waring). He studied medicine and surgery in the University of Edimburgo. But he hated this materials . He learned taxidermy with John Edmonstone. After he gone to the Christ's College of Cambridge for learned letters. He was a follower of John Stevens Henslow. Three important books influenced Charles Darwin. This books were the “Natural Theology” of William Paley, “A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy” of John Herschel and “Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the new world” of Alexander vom Humboldt. He traveled to Gales, Tenerife. After this travels he returned to his home. He found one invitation of Henslow to travel with the HMS Beagle. In the travel of the Beagle Charles Darwin discovered many different fossils, animals and plants. He gone to make geological investigations. In Punta Blanca and Bahia Blanca he discovered fossils of extinct mammals and he discovered two types of rhea. Charles observed the geographical separation and the different climates were the reason of the differences between populations. He was in an earthquake in Chile and he observed levels of molluscs above the sea-line and tree in the beach. In Galapagos islands he observed different types of finches and tortoises. The animals changed according to the islands. In this time Charles Darwin wrote his daily. He invented the The Origin of the Species. The Origin of Man is a book of the evolution of the man. The book

published in February, 24 of 1871. This theory late years to created. He wrote books of geology and evolution. Charles became a celebrity in England for his works in the travel of the Beagle. He revolutionized the thoughts and theories with their discoveries in the world.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT
During life of Charles Darwin were the french revolution. Between 1750 and 1900 was the industrial revolution. After Napoleon Bonaparte dominated Europe. The courts of Cadiz and the constitution of 1812. The time of liberalism. The first world at war. The vaccine against the rabies. These events didn't affect Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin had any relation to the Olympics.





OTHERS
February 12 is the day of Charles Darwin.


BIBLIOGRAPHY
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