Charles Darwin (Author of The Origin of Species)

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Charles Darwin

Born

in Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, The United Kingdom

February 12, 1809

Died

April 19, 1882

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Science, Evolution, Biographies & Memoirs

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Charles Robert Darwin of Britain revolutionized the study of biology with his theory, based on natural selection; his most famous works include On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871).

Chiefly Asa Gray of America advocated his theories.

Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).

Charles Robert Darwin, an eminent English collector and geologist, proposed and provided scientific evidence of common ancestors for all life over time through the process that he called. The scientific community and the public in his lifetime accepted the facts that occur and then in the 1930s widely came to see the primary explanation of the process that now forms modernity. In modified form, the foundati ...more

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	The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 119,397 ratings — published 1859 — 5183 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyage of the Beagle 4.02 avg rating — 8,200 ratings — published 1839 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Descent of Man 4.04 avg rating — 4,387 ratings — published 1871 — 581 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809â€“82 3.83 avg rating — 3,128 ratings — published 1887 — 565 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 3.99 avg rating — 1,287 ratings — published 1872 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Natural Selection 3.90 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 1859 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Was Snowing Butterflies 3.35 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — published 1835 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origin of Species / The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins (ÀÏ»¢»úÎÈÓ®·½·¨ Author) (Introduction) 4.15 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 1859 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From So Simple a Beginning: Voyage of the Beagle / Origin of Species / Descent of Man / Expression of Emotions in Man & Animals by Charles Darwin, Edward O. Wilson (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1872 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origin of Species / The Descent of Man 4.05 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1871 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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