Research topic: Charles Robert Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin 1809-82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood . He firmly established the theory of organic evolution known as Darwinism . He studied medicine at Edinburgh and for the ministry at Cambridge but lost interest in both professions during the training. His interest in natural history led to his friendship with the botanist J. S. Henslow ; through him came the opportunity to make a five-year cruise (1831-36) as official naturalist aboard the Beagle. This started Darwin on a career of accumulating and assimilating... Read more