Charles Darwin | |
Charles Robert Darwin. At the age of 51, Charles Darwin had just published On the Origin of Species. | |
Born | 12 February 1809 Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
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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. |
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Notes He was a grandson of Erasmus Darwin and a grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, and married his cousin Emma Wedgwood. |
dilluns, 16 de febrer del 2009
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