CHARLES DARWIN
( 1809 - 1882 )
“Survival of the fittest” and “Struggle for existence” whenever we talk about Charles Darwin we remember these words. Charles Darwin was the British naturalist who laid the foundation of the modern theory of evolution.
Darwin was born at Shrewsburg on Feb 12, 1809. Even as a child he developed a passion for collecting insects and minerals. Though he went to Edinburg university to study medicine it was a great failure. So in 1828 he went to Cambridge to dtudy Theology. But there also he neglected studies and spent much of his time in the pursuit of beetles. However he got the degree in 1831. There was a call for a naturalist who could accompany a scientific expedition. It was planned to sail around the world in the ship HMS Beagle. Darwin got it. He made a good lot of collections of bones of extinct animals and also that of the existing. He studied the difference between the two. This helped him to get a clear picture on evolution. He wrote an account of his travels sitting in London after he returned from voyage. In 1859 he explained his theory of evolution in his famous book “The origin of species by natural selecton.” The book became a popular one. He has said in the book that all the varied form of life on earth could in the course of time, have evolved from a common ancestry. At this juncture he said “Fittest Survive.”
The variation of animals and plants under domestication is second book published in 1868. he had his own typical method of collecting information.
Darwin died on April 19, 1882 and was buried near the tomb of Sir Issac Newton. Darwin had ten children. But seven only survived of which four were scientists and three of them were fellows of the Royal Society. The theory of evolution as proposed by Darwin still holds. In his book “The Descent of Man” he has described the evolution of man from apes.
Darwin was born at Shrewsburg on Feb 12, 1809. Even as a child he developed a passion for collecting insects and minerals. Though he went to Edinburg university to study medicine it was a great failure. So in 1828 he went to Cambridge to dtudy Theology. But there also he neglected studies and spent much of his time in the pursuit of beetles. However he got the degree in 1831. There was a call for a naturalist who could accompany a scientific expedition. It was planned to sail around the world in the ship HMS Beagle. Darwin got it. He made a good lot of collections of bones of extinct animals and also that of the existing. He studied the difference between the two. This helped him to get a clear picture on evolution. He wrote an account of his travels sitting in London after he returned from voyage. In 1859 he explained his theory of evolution in his famous book “The origin of species by natural selecton.” The book became a popular one. He has said in the book that all the varied form of life on earth could in the course of time, have evolved from a common ancestry. At this juncture he said “Fittest Survive.”
The variation of animals and plants under domestication is second book published in 1868. he had his own typical method of collecting information.
Darwin died on April 19, 1882 and was buried near the tomb of Sir Issac Newton. Darwin had ten children. But seven only survived of which four were scientists and three of them were fellows of the Royal Society. The theory of evolution as proposed by Darwin still holds. In his book “The Descent of Man” he has described the evolution of man from apes.
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