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Charles' Birth
In Shrewsbury, England, in 1809, Charles was born to parents Susana and Robert Darwin -
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Junior years
In 1817, on the 15th of July, Charles' mother, Susannah, tragically died; this terrible event left Darwin and his family in tears. About One-year-later, Shrewsbury school for boys was the school chosen for Charles, which is where he discovered his love and passion for science; his father, Robert, wanted his son to follow his footsteps and become a doctor, but even the sight of blood made him sick and uneasy. Due to his love for science, he created a science lab in his garden shed. -
University challenge
At 16-years-old, Darwin went to Edinburgh and Cambridge University to become a naturalist ( someone who studies plants, animals and the natural world) -
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HMS holiday
In 1831, the future scientist recieved a special letter from John.S.Henslow, which was asking him to join the '2 year' voyage around the world. After some serious thinking, Darwin chose to accept the invitation and wrote back to John Henslow. A few months later, Charles found himslef boarding the HMS Beagle. On their voyage, they visited many different places such as: Chile, Patagonia and Montevideo before they reached The Galapagos Islands, where he would record his findings. -
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HMS Beagle over
After the 5-year voyage was over, Darwin wrote down his discoveries in a book called 'the origin of species'. Charles took some rhubarb and celery seeds home from the Galapagos Islands and planted them. It took Darwin 16 years to publish his book due to people disagreeing with his theory of evolution because people used to think that god created the world and everything on it. Until, Alfred Wallace sent him a letter, which told him about his own findings and to publish his book. -
Glorious Galapagos
Finally, Charles and the selected crew members oboard the HMS Beagle, reached the Galapagos Islands. The sight of the island shocked him; there was wonderfully mysterious animals and plants such as: The galapagos Penguin, Giant tortoise and The Sally Lightfoot Crab, all of which he recorded down. -
'Origin of Species'
In 1859, the theory of evolution was agreed with; this meant that he was now more of a scientist than he already was. -
Life and legacy
Unfortunately, on the 19th of April, in 1882, the fantastic naturalist died of heart failure. Even though the world may of killed him, our hearts have not killed him along with his findings and his discoveries. Even after 100 years, his ideas are still respected in the scientific world and always will be
