CHARLES

DARWIN’S
DAILY
ROUTINE
 Charles Robert
Darwin was a
naturalist and
biologist known
for his theory of
evolution and the
process of natural
selection. 
 MORNING
 7 :00
Got up and took a short walk.
 7:45 - 8:00
Had a small breakfast by himself.
 8:00 - 9:30
He did his best research during this time.
 9:30 - 10:30
Read letters in the drawing room. Family letters were read aloud by his
wife, Emma, while he relaxed on the sofa. Sometimes she would read a
novel to him at this time.
 10:30 - 12:00
He did more research.
 AFTERNOON
 12:00 - 1:00
No matter what the weather might
be like he went for a stroll at the
Sandwalk with his dog Polly, a
white terrier. Along the way he
would often stop by the greenhouse
to check up on how his plant
experiments were doing.
 1:00 - 1:30
Had his Lunch
 1:30 - 2:00
Read the newspaper on the sofa in
the drawing room. He was very
much interested in the political
goings on.
 2:00 - 3:00
Sat down in his big chair in the study by
the fireplace and wrote letters.
 3:00 - 4:00
Rested in his bedroom on the sofa while
listening to a novel read to him by Emma.
 4:00 - 4:30
Came downstairs for his late afternoon stroll.
 4:30 - 5:30
More research on whatever project he was
working on at the time.
 5:30 - 6:00
Relaxed in the
drawing room
One of the earliest known innovators to have created the
modern office chair was naturalist Charles Darwin, who put
wheels on the chair in his study so he could get to his
specimens more quickly
 EVENING
 6:00 - 7:30
Another rest upstairs with a novel read to him by his wife.
 7:30 - 8:00
Had a light dinner with Emma and the children.
 8:00 - 8:30
Played two games of backgammon with Emma every night. He kept
score of every game for many years.
 8:30 - 9:00
Read a scientific text in the drawing room or study.
 9:00 - 9:30
Listened to Emma playing her Broadwood Grand pianoforte.
 9:30 - 10:00
Emma read more from a novel while Darwin relaxed in the drawing
room.
 10:00 - 10:30
Went upstairs to get ready for bed.
 10:30
Went to bed.