Charles Darwin was not just a scientist—he was a revolutionary thinker whose ideas changed the way humanity understands life itself. Born in 1809, his journey from a curious child to a world ...

"I was born at Shrewsbury on February 12th, 1809. I have heard my Father say that he believed that persons with powerful minds generally had memories extending far back to a very early period of life.

Acclaimed narrative historian Diana Preston (“Eight Days at Yalta”; “Lusitania”; “Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima”), a first cousin of Charles Darwin’s wife Emma “many generations ...

Alyson Lee and Diane Bligh deny criminal damage after the grave was defaced in Westminster Abbey. Alyson Lee and Di Bligh are alleged to have covered Charles Darwin's grave with orange paint.

Alexander von Humboldt was a naturalist and explorer whose books about his travels won legions of admirers, among them the young Charles Darwin. Andrea Wulf, who wrote the biography The Invention ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

Scherrikar Bell: He proposed a brand new idea to explain the origin of all species on earth and wrote it all down in a book called, "On the Origin of Species." Yep, this guy. Charles Darwin ...

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 ...