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Charles Darwin

England : Father of ‘Evolutionism’

Birth : 1809                 Death : 1882

Charles Darwin propounded the revolutionary theory of Evolution in which he explained that different living species attained their present forms after a long and gradual process of evolution. Darwin maintained that man descended from ape regarding the origin of human species.

Darwin reached these conclusions after years of hard and patient research. In December 1831, he got an opportunity to sail around the world abroad the ship ‘Beagle’. Darwin returned from his long voyage in October 1836. During this period, Darwin studied different living species in different regions and put his observations in his diary. When he reached South America, he compared living species available there with that of Europe. He thus gathered a wealth of details about flowers and animals, rocks and fossils. Darwin, in fact, tried to connect the loose ends in the theory of the evolution of man. In 1859, Darwin published his most famous book, Origin of Species. The book was so popular that all the published copies were sold out the very first day. His second book Descent of Man was published twelve years later. In this book Darwin proved that man, like the other animals had evolved over millions of years from the same prehistoric ancestors.

Charles Robert Darwin was born in England in 1809. His father Robert Darwin was a doctor. Darwin was educated at Shrewsbury, Edinburgh and Cambridge. Darwin’s father wanted that his son also become a doctor but Darwin evinced no interest in medicine. He was interested in natural history and geology. He died on 19 April 1882, aged 73