Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution
Charles Robert Darwin
Sitter in 30 portraits
Naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection; the result of years of research, his On the Origin of Species (1859) made a meticulous survey of life-forms and the conditions which governed their development; wrote other important works on botany, zoology, geology, and evolution.
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Frances Cornford (née Darwin) (granddaughter)
Bernard Darwin (grandson)
Sir Charles Galton Darwin (grandson)
Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) (wife)
Erasmus Darwin (grandfather)
Sir Francis Darwin (son)
Sir George Howard Darwin (son)
Gwendolen ('Gwen') Raverat (née Darwin) (granddaughter)
Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood (nephew)
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Down House, Kent
Natural History Museum, London
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge
The House of Charles Darwin, Downe, Kent
University Herbarium, Cambridge
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Shropshire
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