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Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Three quarter length studio photo showing Darwin's characteristic large forehead and bushy eyebrows with deep set eyes, pug nose and mouthset in a determined look. He is bald on top, with dark hair and long side whiskers but no beard or moustache. His jacket is dark, with very wide lapels, and his trousers are a light check pattern. Hisshirt has an upright wing collar, and his cravat is tucked into his waistcoat which is a light fine checked pattern.
Charles Darwin, aged 45 in 1854, by then working towards publication of On theOrigin of Species
Born 12 February 1809
Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Died 19 April 1882 (aged 73)
Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Residence England
Citizenship BritishNationality British
Fields Naturalist
Institutions Geological Society of London
Alma mater (tertiary education):
University of Edinburgh (medicine)
University of Cambridge (ordinary Bachelor ofArts)
Academic advisors John Stevens Henslow
Adam Sedgwick
Known for The Voyage of the Beagle
On the Origin of Species
evolution by
natural selection,
common descent
Influences Alexander vonHumboldt
John Herschel
Charles Lyell
Influenced Joseph Dalton Hooker
Thomas Henry Huxley
George Romanes
Ernst Haeckel
Notable awards Royal Medal (1853)
Wollaston Medal (1859)
Copley Medal(1864)
Spouse Emma Darwin (1839-1896)
Signature
"Charles Darwin", with the surname underlined by a downward curve that mimics the curve of the initial "C"
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