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Life of Charles Darwin
Transcribers Note: Minor printer's errors have been corrected without note. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected and are underlined in the text. The original text appears in a mouse hoverbox over each corrected typographical error, like this. Page 14 contains a reference to pages 66 and 67 which refers to a footnote spanning both pages in the book. The link provided goes to that footnote at the end of the text. Darwins ancestry; his grandfather, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, a successful physician, and author of The Botanic Garden, The Temple of Nature, &c.; his father, Robert Waring Darwin, also a successful physician; his maternal grandfather, Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated potter; his mothers education and training; Charles Robert Darwin, born at Shrewsbury, Feb. 12, 1809; Mrs. Darwin dies in July, 1817; her eldest son, Erasmus, friend of the Carlyles; Charles Darwins education by Mr. Case, and at Shrewsbury Grammar School; his character as a boy; is sent to Edinburgh University in 1825 Darwin a member of the Plinian Society, of Edinburgh; makes natural history excursions; his first scientific paper read March 27, 1827; friendship with Dr. Grant; Jamesons lectures on zoology; Darwin enters Christs College, Cambridge, in 1828; his friendship with Prof. Henslow; his account of Henslow; Darwin at this time specially an entomologist; his excursions with Henslow; takes B.A. degree in 1831, M.A. in 1837; voyage of Beagle proposed, and Darwin appointed as naturalist; the Beagle sails on Dec. 27, 1831; Darwins letters to Henslow published 1835; 1832, Darwin at Teneriffe, Cape de Verde Islands, St. Pauls Rocks, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro (April); excursions into interior and amusing adventures; his experiences and horror of slavery; at Monte Video, July; Maldonado, Rio Negro; visit to Tierra del Fuego, Dec. 1832Jan. 1833; rencontre with General Rosas; many extinct animals discovered; Buenos Ayres, Sept. 1833; excursion to Santa F; Port Desire, Dec. 1833; Port St. Julian, Jan. 1834; Valparaiso, July 1834; expeditions to the Andes, Santiago, &c.; Chiloe, Nov. 1834; the Chonos Archipelago, Dec. 1834; Valdivia, Feb. 1835; an earthquake experience; expedition across the Cordillera in March, 1835; voyage across the Pacific commenced in September; the Galapagos Archipelago and its interesting animals; Tahiti, Nov. 1835; Darwins opinion of English products, and of the influence of Christian missionaries; New Zealand, Dec. 1835; Port Jackson, Jan. 1836; Tasmania, Feb.; the Keeling Islands, April; the homeward journey; Falmouth reached, Oct. 2, 1836; Capt. Fitzroys opinion of Darwin; Darwins first impression of savages ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 28380
Author: Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)
Release Date: Mar 21, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English
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