The Life Of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was born on Feb. 12. His full name is Charles Robert Darwin. He died on April 19,1882.Darwin was an English naturalist known for his theory of evolution and for its operation, known as Darwinism. His evolutionary theories, mostly in two works: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)-have had an important influence on scientific thought. Charles was the son …

…became distinguished scientists, and Leonard, a major in the royal army, was an engineer. William Erasmus was not noteworthy, as were his sisters, who prepared at home to follow their mother into marriage. Henrietta married while Elizabeth remained single. Darwin was devoted to his wife and daughters but treated them as children. Over the course of his life he made important contributions to biology and many of his theories are still strongly supported even today.