Charles Darwin

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

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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
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Susannah Darwin
surface form: 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 Down House, Downe, Kent
surface form: Downe, Kent, England
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
employer Charles Darwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: HMS Beagle (as naturalist on the voyage)
era 19th century
familyName Darwin
father Robert Darwin
fieldOfWork evolutionary biology
geology
natural history
fullName Charles Darwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 The Voyage of the Beagle
surface form: 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, England
surface form: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
sibling Erasmus Darwin
surface form: Erasmus Alvey Darwin
spouse Emma Darwin
workLocation Down House, Downe, Kent

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