Biography
Charles Darwin
Real name: Charles Robert Darwin
British naturalist who convinced the scientific community of the occurrence of evolution and who proposed the theory that this could be explained through natural and sexual selection.His great, great, granddaughter is the poet, Ruth Padel.
Born: 12th February 1809, in Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Died: 19th April 1882, in Down House, Downe, Kent, England.