Charles+Darwin

Charles Darwin 1809-1882 Stresbury, England __**Interesting Facts**__
 * Married: Emma Wedgwood
 * Children: Annie, George, Francis, Horace
 * out of all of the Annie died before getting into adult hood
 * Inventor of the theory of evolution
 * Was christian when young
 * When he grew up he was against the Christian story of Gad creating the universe in seven days
 * Went to Cainbridge and Edinburge University

__**The early life of Charles Darwin:**__ Born in Shrewsbury England on Febuary 12 1809, Charles Darwin was born into a wealthy family of six siblings. His family was Baptists, they sent him to many christian schools when he was growing up. At the age of eight, his parents decided to sent him with his brother to a Shrewsbury boarding school. When he got older he spent some time with his father. They went to treat the people poor people of illnesses. He learnt lots of new experiences with his docter father.

In 1827, his father, Robert Darwin, signed Charles up for a doctrial cource in the University of Cambridge. At the time him and his cousin was more interested in the sports of shooting and riding. Because of this, Charles Started his large collection of beetles. It was this that lead him to be interested in studying the earth's natural history in this university. He took a course in natural history and became a docter in that feild of science.

After this, he was invited to join an experdition to go around the world to find new fossils in the remote corners of the world. They traveled to all the continents but antartica, he also went to oceans to find marine organisms and fossils. Charles noted down all his observations. He was facinated about the different geology of the places, the rich wildlife, and the large amount of beautifully preserved fossils. It took him five years to complete his journey around the world. These observations that he took helped him invent and support his theory of evolution.

__**The Theory of Evolution:**__ He first got the idea of this theory when he was on his expedition that brought him around the world. The theory was based on his observations about different types of places in the world have different types of wildlife and that some animals adapted to their locations while others stayed relatively the same. This theory states that an organism evolved from one organism to to the other, this process is called natural selection. This natural selection helps organism fight to stay alive and not go extinct.

The scientific community was divided on this subject becasue many scientists were christian and believed in that God created the world in seven days, while others were convinced with Darwin's eveidence that this theory was true. In the end Darwin had to have more evidence to show that his theory was right. When the verdict was finally out the world was shocked, his theory was right, animals did evolve from one to the other by natural selection. He made many people turn away from their religion and towards the meaning to science.
 * __The Inpact it had on the scientific community:__**

Darwin died from a disease that was not know at his time. He was finnally found for a disease that he was infected by. This disease was a cause of protozoans and many different types of bacteria. He lived to 79 and had 6 children and a loyal wife.
 * __The End Of Charles Darwin:__**

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