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Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury England at about the same hour as Abraham Lincoln. He was born to a successful family, his father was a doctor and his grandfather was a famous biologist. Darwin was not a great student and he decided to become a clergy so he transferred to Cambridge University. Instead of becoming cleargy Darwin decided to study geology.
After school Darwin became naturalist on board the royal navy ship the Beagle. The Beagle left England on December 27, 1831 this was a small ship with a crew of 74, Darwin had a small laboratory and a hammock to sleep on, he suffered bad seasickness. Darwin's job aboard the Beagle allowed him to study on many different continents. He found the remains of giant rodents and many different types of finches. Darwin was very interested with how natural events could shape the earths surface. At the time, most geologists adhered to the so-called catastrophist theory that the earth had experienced a succession......

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