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Charles Darwin

Born

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

February 12, 1809

Died

April 19, 1882

Website

http://darwin-online.org.uk/

Genre

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 — 115,625 ratings — published 1859 — 5182 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 — 7,877 ratings — published 1839 — 28 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 4.05 avg rating — 4,266 ratings — published 1871 — 578 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, 1809–82 3.83 avg rating — 2,899 ratings — published 1887 — 467 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 1872 — 11 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 3.91 avg rating — 1,149 ratings — published 1859 — 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
	It Was Snowing Butterflies 3.36 avg rating — 1,253 ratings — published 1835 — 7 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 (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 1859 — 13 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) 4.43 avg rating — 357 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 4.07 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1871 — 22 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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