Charles Darwin

Naturalist.

 

The Story
1828 Graduates Cambridge University  
1831(age 22) Appointed naturalist aboard HMS Beagle  
1836 Completes 5 year voyage around the world  
1859 Publishes On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

 

1836-1882 Working from his home, publishes an astounding amount of research.  
     

General
  Darwin the Geologist Biographical sketch
     Voyage of the Beagle
   Folklore Concerning Charles R. Darwin Charles F. Urbanowicz 6 myths.
  Darwin - Short Bio
  aboutDarwin.com
  Darwin, Charles Robert Encarta


Writings, Quotes, & Speeches


 
.The Voyage of the Beagle
Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle-Birds
The Darwin-Wallace 1858 Evolution Paper

The Origin of Species
The Descent of Man
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
On Worms
The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, With Observations on Their Habits (Gutenberg text)

Correspondence:
Eleven volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been published by Cambridge University Press. See Darwin Correspondence Project.
List of Darwin's Correspondence (Chronological)

 

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People

Erasimus Darwin
Sir Francis Darwin
Emma Wedgewood
Sir Robert Hooker
John Steven Henslow
Alfred Wallace
Sir Charles Lyle

Other

 

The Journal of Syms Covington Assistant to Charles Darwin Esq. on the Second Voyage of the HMS Beagle

Down House Charles Darwin's Home


Books etc.

 

The Origin Irving Stone Biographical Novel.
Darwin's Ghost : The Origin of Species Updated


Literature

 


Student/Teachers Resources

 


Part of the Open History Project Copyright 2000 Edwin C Jones