Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was first drawn to science ... founder of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (1831), and through reading progressive philosophers, such as ...

English Heritage Images Charles Darwin lived with his wife ... It is still as open to the garden and the sun as it ever was. It continues to move through time. There are gourds and pumpkins ...

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is arguably the most ... even more significant to his research were pigeons. Darwin bred pigeons in his garden as an experiment. By crossing birds with ...

The Charles Darwin bicentennial celebrates the man who recognized natural selection and changed the world's views on evolution. However, his contributions to geology should not be overlooked.

In the words of Charles Darwin, “Worms have played a more important role in the history of the world than humans would have first supposed.” ...

Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist - best known for his work on the theory of evolution by natural selection An archive of works by the scientist Charles Darwin has ...

Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809, son of Robert Waring ...

“One thinks of Charles Darwin as a cold scientist,” adds Chris Darwin, “but there was real passion there. He could stare for hours at an ant’s nest, or a rose in a garden. In ...