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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

A Character Study in Social Context (The Origin of Species: Chapter IV Natural Selection; Or The Survival of the Fittest - 1958)

BIOGRAPHY
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on February 12, 1809. He was the son of Robert Waring Darwin and his wife Susannah, and the grandson of the scientist Erasmus Darwin. His mother died when he was eight years old, and he was brought up by his sister. He was taught the classics at Shrewsbury, then sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, which he hated. Like many modern students Darwin only excelled in subjects that intrigued him. Although his father was a physician, Darwin was uninterested in medicine and he was unable to stand the sight of surgery. He did eventually obtain a degree in theology from Cambridge University, although theology was of minor interest to him also.

What Darwin really liked to do was basically walk around the land, observing plants and animals, collecting new specimens,......


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