CHARLES DARWIN

Date Of Birth/Death

• Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in shrewsbury England.
• He died on April 19th, 1889 in London, England.

EARLY LIFE

• Charles Darwin was born in shrewsbery, England on February 12, 1809.
• Charles Darwin came from a long line of scientists.
• His mother died when he was only eight years old.
• The family was wealthy and he loved to explore nature.

Family

• Charles darwin married his first cousin Emma Darwin in 1839.
• They had 10 children together.
• As a child his family had an average wealth.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Since Darwin exposed specimens, this raised questions all around the world.
• He made many observations and he came up with the theory that everything evolves from ancestors over time.
• The way that these things were kept alive was called natural selection. This meant that these things went along easily with change.

Awards/Recognition

• In 2009 Charles Darwin's book "The origin of species" turned 150 years old.

OTHER

• At the age of 16, charles enrolled at Edinburgh university along with his brother.
• When he was 18 he became a student at Christ's college in. Cambridge, England

WHY WAS CHARLES DARWIN IMPORTANT?

• Charles Darwin is important because he has Great influence on the world we live in today. Without Charles Darwin We would not know how monkeys evolved to man although their is also a lot of religious controversy.

Compare And Contrast

• Charles Darwin and chuck really do compare and contrast.
• They are alike in the way that they cared about people close to them. For instance Charles fell into a deep depression when his daughter and wife died. Chuck liked Thomas and Theresa from the first day they arrived at the glade.
• But they also contrast. Chuck wasn't really academically gifted from what was shown in the book, and also chuck didn't have any family.

WORKS CITED

• http://www.biography.com/people/charles-darwin-9266433#theory-of-evolution
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