Charles Robert Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England.  He was educated in medicine and theology at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge, respectively. In 1839 he married Emma Wedgewood and the Darwins had ten children.  Darwin was a naturalist who spent five years on the Beagle studying geology, fossils, and living organisms.  Upon his return, he published articles and books about his voyage and continued to research topics in zoology.  His work culminated in the publication of “On the Origin of Species” and the ideas therein form the central organizing principles of biology: that all organisms are related. 

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Books

• All Things Darwin: An Encyclopedia of Darwin's World. Patrick Armstrong, 2007.


• Evolution for everyone: how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives. David Sloan Wilson, 2007


• In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA. James Schwartz, 2008.


• The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution.  David Quammen, 2006.


• Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist Adrian Desmond & James Moore, 1994.


• Doubting Darwin? Creationist designs on evolution.Sahotra Sarkar, 2007


• Science, Evolution, and Creationism. National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, 2008.