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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin is known for English naturalist and biologist. Charles Darwin's nationality is British. Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809.

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Charles Darwin is best known for English naturalist and biologist. Charles Darwin is a British public figure. Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809, which places Charles Darwin among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1800s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Charles Darwin is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: English naturalist and biologist
Nationality: British
Born: 12 February 1809

About Charles Darwin

Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh; instead, he helped Robert Edmond Grant to investigate marine invertebrates. His studies at the University of Cambridge's Christ's College from 1828 to 1831 encouraged his passion for natural science. However, it was his five-year voyage on HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 that established Darwin as an eminent geologist. The observations he made during his voyage supported Charles Lyell's concept of gradual geological change. The Voyage of the Beagle (1839), Darwin's travel journal, made him a popular author. His first scientific work was The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs (1842). Along with his work on barnacles, it won him the Royal Medal in 1853. Puzzled by the geographical distribution of wildlife and fossils he collected on the voyage, Darwin began detailed investigations and, in 1838, devised his theory of natural selection. Although he discussed his ideas with several naturalists, he needed time for extensive research, and his geological work had priority. He was writing up his theory in 1858 when Wallace sent him an essay outlining the same idea, prompting the joint submission of "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection" to the Linnean Society of London.

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Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809.

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