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 Charles Darwin
Darwin was an English naturalist renowned for his documentation of evolution and for his theory of its operation, known as Darwinism.
Darwin was the son of Robert Waring Darwin, who had one of the largest medical practices outside of London, and the grandson of the physician Erasmus Darwin, the author of Zoonomia, or the Laws of Organic Life, and of the artisan-entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood.
Darwin was also preparing his geology books and superintending the analysis and publication by specialists of The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (published between 1839 and 1843 with the help of a £1,000 government grant).
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 Charles Darwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on February 12, 1809.He was the fifth of six children of Robert and Susannah Darwin (née Wedgwood), and the grandson of Erasmus Darwin, and of Josiah Wedgwood.
Darwin's life work provoked ongoing discussions in the scientific community, and established more than anything else that "evolution" itself had occurred: not necessarily that it was by natural or sexual selection (this particular recognition would not become fully standard until the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's work in the early 20th century).
Darwin's theory of evolution was a significant blow to creationism and notions of intelligent design prevalant among 19th century Europe.
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 AboutDarwin.com - People of Note
Ironically the Duke of Argyll was a pallbearer at Charles Darwin's funeral.
Darwin became quite upset with Mivart, not because of his objections to his theory, but because of the venomous manner in which he put forth his objections and because of his attacks on Darwin's colleagues.
Darwin, together with Huxley, Hooker and Spottiswoode, urged Prime Minister Gladstone put forward a proposal before Parliament to provide Wallace with a pension of £200 a year, and this was granted.
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 AboutDarwin.com - Darwin's Timeline
Darwin did not particularly take a liking to medical studies - the fear of the sight of blood being a major hindrance, but the primary reason for his aversion appears to be that he found the study of medicine incredibly boring.
The reasons for this are not entirely clear, but evidently Darwin had developed too much of a relationship with entomology (he had not visited her the previous winter break, having stayed in Cambridge to hunt beetles), and Fanny was being pursued by more attentive suitors.
Darwin was invited to attend Sedgwick's geology lectures which oddly enough he enjoyed a great deal (this is ironic, as he found Jameson's geology lectures at Edinburgh to be very boring).
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 William Darwin Fox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reverend William Darwin Fox (23 April 1805 - 8 April 1880) was an English clergyman, naturalist, palaeontologist, and a 2nd cousin of Charles Robert Darwin.
Fox was the son of Samuel Fox (1765-1851) and Ann Darwin (1777-1859).  Ann was the daughter of William Alvey Darwin (1726-1783) and Jane Brown (1746-1835), and niece of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802).
Following the birth of the Fox's 10th child, Charles Darwin made a tongue-in-cheek reference to the size of the Fox family and the trouble boys created compared with girls; in a letter to Fox in 1852.
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 Charles Darwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
William Darwin Fox, he became engrossed in the craze at the time for the competitive collecting of beetles, and Fox introduced him to the Reverend
Darwin's work was extremely controversial at the time he published it and many during his time did not take it seriously.
Darwin College, Cambridge was founded, named in honour of the Darwin family, partially because they owned some of the land it was on.
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 Will of William Darwin (1785)
Jesse Darwin, or into the hand, Possession or Knowledge of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do Exhibit into the County Court of Louisa at Such time as he shall be thereunto required by the sd.
Jesse Darwin, or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or persons for him to well and truly administer according to Law and further do make a true and Just Account of his actings and doings therein when thereto required by the sd.
Jesse Darwin did not enter the inventory of his father's estate, as he was bound to do, until 23 May 1791, fully five years after William's death: we presume this shows that Jane Darwin died at this time.
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 The Darwin Page - Darwin - Life Chronology - Dr Robert A. Hatch
Darwin's interest in 'bugs and beetles' was longstanding.
Papers by Darwin and Wallace, announcing theory of Evolution through natural selection, were read at Linnaean Society, London.
In later years Darwin worked on unsolved problems of variation and heredity (published in 1868), and later he continued work on botanical works on plant hybridization and variation.
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 Darwin — Wedgwood family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was a physician, botanist and poet from Lichfield, whose lengthy botanical poems gave insights into medicine and natural history, and outlined an evolutionist theory that anticipated both Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and his grandson Charles.
Charles Waring Darwin (6 December 1856 - 28 June 1858) was the tenth child and sixth son of Charles and Emma Darwin.
Francis Darwin (1848–1925)was the botanist son of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin (nee Wedgwood).
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 CHARLES DARWIN AND THE BEAGLE VOYAGES NATURAL SELECTION
Darwin came fourth in the 100 Greatest Britons poll sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public.
In the twentieth century, eugenics movements gained popularity in a number of countries and became associated with reproduction control programmes such as compulsory sterilisation laws, then were stigmatised after their usage in the rhetoric of Nazi Germany in its goals of genetic "purity".
The use of the phrase "Social Darwinism" to describe Malthus's ideas is particularly disingenuous, since Malthus died in 1834 before the inception of Darwin's theory was spurred by his reading the 6th edition of Malthus' famous Essay on a Principle of Population in 1838.
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 The Darwin Correspondence Online Database
These letters cover the years between Darwin's return from the Beagle voyage and the publication of Origin of species and were published in volumes 2 to 7 of The correspondence of Charles Darwin; the full texts of letters from those years discovered since the publication of the volumes will be added shortly.
Darwin Project staff who have contributed to the development of the database are Samantha Evans, Nick Gill, Alison Pearn, and Ellis Weinberger.
The Calendar to the Darwin correspondence is a catalogue, with summaries, of all the known letters to and from Charles Darwin, the full texts of which are being published in the volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin.
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 Descendants of William Burton "Toby" Crabb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JOHN WILLIAM "JOHNNIE"4 CRABBE (WILLIAM BURTON "TOBY"3 CRABB, WILLIAM DARWIN "BILLY"2, ASA1) was born September 18, 1914 in Floyd County, Georgia, and died June 14, 1986 in Floyd County, Georgia.
WILLIE ALICE5 CRABB (WILLIAM ACY "DEE"4, WILLIAM BURTON "TOBY"3, WILLIAM DARWIN "BILLY"2, ASA1) was born June 19, 1931 in Polk County, Georgia, and died January 11, 2004 in Polk County, Georgia.
EFFIE5 VOYLES (PEARL "PEARLIE"4 CRABB, WILLIAM BURTON "TOBY"3, WILLIAM DARWIN "BILLY"2, ASA1) was born August 22, 1918 in Hiram, Paulding County, Georgia, and died September 25, 1999 in Hiram, Paulding County, Georgia.
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 Will of William Darwin (1785)
Darwin of the County of Louisa and Parish of Saint Martin's being of a sound mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament in the manner Following (to Wit) Imprimus.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Darwin one Feather Bed and Furniture to him and his heirs forever.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my wife Jane Darwin Ex'rix and my son Jesse Darwin Ex'or to this my last Will and Testament, revoking all other Wills heretofore made and acknowledging this my Last Will.
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 Amazon.com: "William Darwin": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
January 1858 To William Darwin Fox 14 January [1858]' Down Bromley Kent Jan. 14th My dear Fox Have you Hewitsons work on Eggs, in which...
The first ancestor of whom we know was one William Darwin, who lived, about the year 15oo, at Marton,...
The first ancestor of whom we know was one William Darwin, who lived, about the year zsoo, at Marton, near Gainsborough.
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 Charles Darwin - Wikimedia Commons
en: Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was an English biologist, known for his work on the theory of evolution.
Diagram representing the divergence of species, from Darwin's Origin of Species (the only original illustration to the book)
This page was last modified 04:11, 29 September 2006.
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 Ancestors of William DARWIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Born: 8 Nov 1786, York Co., SC Marriage: Elizabeth POWELL on 17 Jan 1809
William married Elizabeth POWELL, daughter of James POWELL and Sarah, on 17 Jan 1809.
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 William DARWIN/Elizabeth XX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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Name: Robert DARWIN Born: 5 MAR 1825 at:,, TN Married: 23 APR 1847 at:, Franklin, TN Died: 21 OCT 1855 at:, Franklin, TN Spouses: Mary Ann Matilda KNIGHT
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