dilluns, 16 de febrer del 2009

Darwin's biography

Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin. At the age of 51, Charles Darwin had just published On the Origin of Species.
Charles Robert Darwin. At the age of 51, Charles Darwin had just published On the Origin of Species.
Born 12 February 1809(1809-02-12)
Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Died 19 April 1882 (aged 73)
Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Residence England
Nationality British
Fields Naturalist
Institutions Royal Geographical Society
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
University of Cambridge
Academic advisors Adam Sedgwick
John Stevens Henslow
Known for The Voyage of the Beagle
On The Origin of Species
Natural selection
Influences Charles Lyell
Influenced Thomas Henry Huxley
George John Romanes
Notable awards Royal Medal (1853)
Wollaston Medal (1859)
Copley Medal (1864)
Religious stance Church of England, though Unitarian family background, Agnostic after 1851.
Signature
Charles Darwin's signature
Notes
He was a grandson of Erasmus Darwin and a grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, and married his cousin Emma Wedgwood.

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No entiedo porque tenemos que estar asi..te pedi perdon por ser educado no porque lo dijera yo,ya veras tu :S