10 Interesting Fact About The life and work of Charles Darwin
10 Interesting Fact About The life and work of Charles Darwin
Transcript:
Languages:
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England.
He is the fourth child of six siblings and his father is a doctor.
Darwin initially lectured at Edinburgh University to study medicine, but then turned to theological studies at Cambridge University.
During the trip on the HMS Beagle ship, Darwin gathered a lot of evidence and observations about biodiversity throughout the world.
Darwin needs 20 years to complete his famous book, On The Origin of Species, published in 1859.
Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1839 and they had 10 children.
Darwin is very interested in the behavior of birds and build a vololiere in his yard to study them.
Darwin is also a plant fan and collects many specimens during his trip in Beagle.
Darwin suffered from chronic illness for most of his life, but continued to work in his research until the end of his life in 1882.
Darwin is recognized as one of the biggest scientists of all time and its contribution to the theory of evolution is very significant in the history of science.
