jueves, 30 de agosto de 2007

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)

Charles Darwin was born a February,12nd, 1809, in Sherewsbury, England.
His parents were Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. He had four brothers.
His education was in a local school, there showed his interest for the Natural History. In October, 1825 entered in the University of Edimburgo for study medicine for decision of his father.
In 1828 Charles Darwin entered to study a ecclesiastical career in the University of Cambridge.
After his graduation in Cambridge, in 1831, Darwin was invited like naturalist to a scientific expedition around the world, in a boat commanded for the captain Robert FitzRoy.

They traveled for the Patagonia and Land of Fire. They studied the coast of Chile, Perú and some Pacific Islands.
After of his return to England, in 1836, began to join his ideas about the evolution of organisms.
Charles Darwin died when he was seventy three years old because he had a heart attack, the April 19th, 1882.