-Charles Robert Darwin was born in

Sherewsbury on February 12, 1809.

-He was the second son of Robert Waring
Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood.
-He also had three older sisters and a younger
sister.
-After the death of his mother in 1817, his
education took place in a local school.
-From childhood he showed a fondness for
collecting things.
-In October 1825 Darwin entered the University
of Edinburgh to study medicine by his father's
decision.



In 1858 Darwin published his theory. This book sold out the first day of
publication.
The book contains an explanation of the theory of evolution, called
Darwinism.
In "The Descent of Man," published in 1871,he defended the theory that
the man evolved from a similar animal, the monkey.
His last books were: The variation of animals and plants under
domestication action and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
1) Devonport
2) Canary Islands
3) Rio de Janeiro
4) Buenos Aires
5) Patagonia
6) Tierra de Fuego
7) Chile
8) Los Andes
9) Lima
10) Galapagos Islands
11) New Zeland
12) Australia
13) Mauricio

-Darwin was the fifth of six children, four women and two men.
-He was married on January 29, in 1839 with Emma Wedgwood.
-Darwin had ten children, two of them died very young and Anne at the age
of 10 years.
-All their son and daughters had careers related to the biology except
William Erasmus, who chose to be a banking career.
-Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles, was one of the intellectual
leaders in England in the eighteenth century. Interested in physics,
philosophy, botany and poetry, was recognized as a great naturalist.