Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882 [1]) ek English scientist rahaa jon ki nature ke study karat rahaa. Uske jaada kar ke theory of evolution khatir jaana jaawe hae.
Charles Darwin | |
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Born | 12 February 1809 Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
Died | 19 April 1882 (aged 73) Down House, Downe, Kent, England |
Residence | England |
Nationality | British |
Fields | Naturalist |
Institutions | Royal Geographical Society |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge |
Academic advisors | John Stevens Henslow Adam Sedgwick |
Known for | The Voyage of the Beagle On The Origin of Species Natural selection |
Influences | Charles Lyell Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Influenced | Thomas Henry Huxley George John Romanes |
Notable awards | Royal Medal (1853) Wollaston Medal (1859) Copley Medal (1864) |
Religious stance | Church of England, though Unitarian family background, Agnostic after 1851. |
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Notes He was a grandson of Erasmus Darwin and a grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, and married his cousin Emma Wedgwood. |