Charles Darwin

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author biologist geologist human naturalist theorist of evolution

Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.

Aliases (4)

Charles Waring Darwin ×11
Charles Darwin (naturalist) ×3
Charles Robert Darwin ×2
HMS Beagle (as naturalist on the voyage) ×1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → biologist → geologist → human → naturalist → theorist of evolution →
awardReceived	Copley Medal →
birthDate	1809-02-12 →
birthPlace	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London →
causeOfDeath	heart disease (probable) →
children	Anne Elizabeth Darwin → Charles Waring Darwin → Elizabeth Darwin → Francis Darwin → George Howard Darwin → Henrietta Emma Darwin → Horace Darwin → Leonard Darwin → Mary Eleanor Darwin → William Erasmus Darwin →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1882-04-19 →
deathPlace	Downe, Kent, England →
educatedAt	Christ's College, Cambridge → University of Edinburgh →
employer	HMS Beagle (as naturalist on the voyage) →
era	19th century →
familyName	Darwin →
father	Robert Darwin →
fieldOfWork	evolutionary biology → geology → natural history →
fullName	Charles Robert Darwin →
gender	male →
givenName	Charles →
grandfather	Erasmus Darwin →
influenced	Alfred Russel Wallace → Thomas Henry Huxley → modern evolutionary biology →
influencedBy	Alexander von Humboldt → Charles Lyell → Thomas Malthus →
knownFor	Darwinism → On the Origin of Species → concept of common descent → theory of evolution by natural selection →
language	English →
memberOf	Geological Society of London → Royal Society →
mother	Susannah Darwin →
nationality	English →
notableEvent	voyage of HMS Beagle →
notableWork	On the Origin of Species → On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects → The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex → The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals → The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms → The Power of Movement in Plants → The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication → The Voyage of the Beagle →
proposedConcept	tree of life (common descent diagram) →
proposedTheory	natural selection → sexual selection →
religion	Anglicanism (early life) →
residence	Cambridge, England → Down House, Downe, Kent → Shrewsbury, Shropshire →
sibling	Erasmus Alvey Darwin →
spouse	Emma Darwin →
workLocation	Down House, Downe, Kent →

Referenced by (230)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred Russel Wallace → Ashley Montagu → Chris Darwin → Darwin’s Bulldog → David M. Buss → Ernst Haeckel → Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → First Principles → Friedrich Nietzsche → Henri Bergson → Herbert George Wells → Herbert Spencer → John Tooby → Leda Cosmides → Martin Daly → Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution → Peter Kropotkin → Pierre Teilhard de Chardin → Richard Dawkins → Science and Culture, and Other Essays → Stephen Jay Gould → The Blank Slate → The Geographical Distribution of Animals → The Principles of Psychology (Spencer) → The Principles of Sociology → Theodosius Dobzhansky → Thomas Henry Huxley → William Graham Sumner → modern evolutionary synthesis →	influencedBy
Charles Darwin's later scientific works → Difficulties on Theory → Early infant observation by Charles Darwin → Insectivorous Plants → On the Imperfection of the Geological Record → On the Origin of Species → On the Origin of Species → On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects → Recapitulation and Conclusion → The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex → The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species → The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom → The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals → The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms → The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms ("Charles Robert Darwin") → The Power of Movement in Plants → The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication → The Voyage of the Beagle →	author
Alexander von Humboldt → An Essay on the Principle of Population → Augustin Pyramus de Candolle → Carl Linnaeus → Charles Lyell → David Hume → Erasmus Darwin → Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck → John Stevens Henslow → On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type → Principles of Geology → Thomas Malthus → Thomas Malthus → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life →	influenced
Bernard Darwin → Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) ("Charles Darwin (naturalist)") → Elizabeth Allen Wedgwood → Emma Darwin → Emma Wedgwood → Erasmus Darwin Jr. → Gwendolen Raverat → Hensleigh Wedgwood → Horace Darwin → Josiah Wedgwood II → Mary Howard → Sarah Darwin → Sarah Wedgwood →	relative
Anne Elizabeth Darwin → Emily Catherine Darwin → Francis Darwin → Henrietta Emma Darwin → Henrietta Litchfield → Horace Darwin → Leonard Darwin → Mary Eleanor Darwin → William Erasmus Darwin → William Erasmus Darwin → William Erasmus Darwin →	father
Bessie Wedgwood → Darwin fish symbol → Darwin’s Bulldog → Darwin’s sandwalk → Downe → Elizabeth Allen Wedgwood → Erasmus Darwin House → Linnean Society of London → Maer Hall → St Chad's Church, Montford →	associatedWith
Anne Elizabeth Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Caroline Sarah Darwin → Emily Catherine Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Erasmus Alvey Darwin → Henrietta Emma Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Henrietta Litchfield ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Leonard Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Mary Eleanor Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") → William Erasmus Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") →	sibling
Bernard Darwin → Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) ("Charles Darwin (naturalist)") → Charles Galton Darwin → Gwen Raverat → Gwendolen Raverat → Nora Barlow →	grandfather
Darwin manuscripts → Darwinism → Darwin–Wallace Medal → Galápagos finches → RRS Charles Darwin →	namedAfter
Emma Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Emma Wedgwood ("Charles Waring Darwin") → Susannah Darwin → Susannah Wedgwood →	child
American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society → Darwin family → Darwin family ("Charles Waring Darwin") →	hasNotableMember
Caroline Sarah Darwin → Erasmus Alvey Darwin → Leonard Darwin → Nora Barlow →	notableRelative
Copley Medal → Royal Medal → Wollaston Medal →	notableRecipient
Darwin Correspondence Project → Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood → The Runaway →	relatedTo
Ida Darwin → Mary Howard Darwin → Maud du Puy →	relativeByMarriage
Emma Darwin → Emma Wedgwood → Emma Wedgwood →	spouse
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England → The Mount, Shrewsbury →	birthplaceOf
Down House → Museum of Charles Darwin →	dedicatedTo
Down House → Down House, Downe, Kent →	formerResident
Chris Darwin → Mary Eleanor Darwin →	hasAncestor
Insectivorous Plants → The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species →	hasAuthorRole
Shrewsbury → Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England →	hasNotableResident
Chris Darwin → Mary Eleanor Darwin →	hasRelative
Darwin Correspondence Project → The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin →	mainSubject
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) → Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) →	name
Elizabeth Pole Darwin → Robert Darwin →	notable relative
Athenaeum Club → Royal Society →	notableMember
Down House → Down House, Downe, Kent →	notableResident
Mary Eleanor Darwin → Stuart Darwin →	sharesSurnameWith
Insectivorous Plants → The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex →	writtenBy
Darwin’s experimental garden →	associatedPerson
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species →	associatedWithScientist
Social Darwinism →	basedOnIdeasOf
Westminster Abbey →	burialPlaceOf
Downe →	category
Charles Darwin ("Charles Waring Darwin") →	children
Francis Darwin →	coAuthor
On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type →	coPresentedWithWorkBy
Emma Darwin →	cousin
Darwin manuscripts →	creator
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) ("Charles Darwin (naturalist)") →	distinguishedFrom
Charles Darwin ("HMS Beagle (as naturalist on the voyage)") →	employer
Robert Darwin →	father of
Maud du Puy →	fatherInLaw
Darwin’s study →	formerOccupant
Charles Darwin ("Charles Robert Darwin") →	fullName
Josiah Wedgwood I →	grandchild
Mary Howard Darwin →	grandparentInLawOf
Erasmus Darwin →	grandparentOf
Robert Darwin →	has child
Shrewsbury School →	hasAlumni
University of Cambridge →	hasAlumnus
Darwin’s sandwalk →	hasCategory
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species →	hasCreator
Downe, Kent, England →	hasFamousResident
University of Edinburgh →	hasNotableAlumnus
Bessie Wedgwood →	hasNotableAncestor
John Murray →	hasNotableAuthor
Darwin →	hasNotableBearer
Early infant observation by Charles Darwin →	hasParticipant
The Mount, Shrewsbury →	hasResident
Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters →	hasSubject
Tierra del Fuego region →	historicallyVisitedBy
Eyre controversy in Britain →	involvesPerson
Sarah Darwin →	isDescendantOf
Bessie Wedgwood →	isDescendedFrom
Difficulties on Theory →	mainWorkAuthor
Elizabeth Allen Wedgwood →	motherInLawOf
Darwin’s sandwalk →	nearResidenceOf
Christ's College, Cambridge →	notableAlumnus
Charles →	notableBearer
Victorian era →	notableFigure
HMS Beagle second survey expedition →	notablePassenger
John Stevens Henslow →	notableStudent
Darwin’s sandwalk →	notableVisitor
Social Darwinism →	notEndorsedBy
Edward John Eyre →	opposedBy
Down House, Downe, Kent →	ownedBy
George Howard Darwin →	parent
Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters →	portrays
Darwinism →	proposedBy
Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature →	relatedPerson
Elizabeth Darwin →	relativeOf
Marianne Darwin →	siblingOf
Galápagos finches →	studiedBy
Stuart Darwin →	surnameHistoricallyAssociatedWith
Beagle Channel →	surveyedDuringVoyageOf
John Stevens Henslow →	taught
Erasmus Darwin Jr. →	uncleOf
Darwin’s experimental garden →	usedBy
Galápagos Islands →	visitedBy
Robert FitzRoy →	workedWith