"When I say that Charles Darwin predicted the Slow Motion Apocalypse ... a friend dig his own grave and kill himself after ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection ... In 1851, Darwin's favourite daughter, 10-year-old Anne, sickened and died. Darwin also grew ill, suffering long bouts of nausea.

Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809, son of Robert Waring ...

Darwin's daughter Etty, 14, was frighteningly ill with diphtheria. His 18-month-old son, Charles, would soon lie dead of scarlet fever. Lyell and another Darwin friend, the botanist Joseph Hooker ...

Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England in 1809. In 1825 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. His experience at university provided him with a wide scientific education.

The Charles Darwin bicentennial celebrates the man who recognized natural selection and changed the world's views on evolution. However, his contributions to geology should not be overlooked.