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Scientist

Theorist

Author

Naturalist

CHARLES DARWIN

1809 - 1882

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Charles Darwin was born inShrewsbury, England onthe February 12, 1809

His father was a wealthydoctor and financier,Robert Darwin and hismother was SusannahDarwin.

Charles was baptized in theAnglican Church in keepingwith his mothers religiousbeliefs.

At age 16 he was sent tostudy medicine at theUniversity of Edinburgh,where he was repelled bysurgery performed without

anesthetics he leftschool.

DarwinsYouth

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DarwinsSchooling

In 1827 he started theology studies atChrist's College, Cambridge

He was drawn to collect plants, insects,and geological specimens.

He pursued his interests in taxidermy,natural history, marine biology, botanyand zoology.

At Cambridge he studied botany with the

Reverend John Stevens HenslowIt was Henslow that recommended

Charles to Robert FitzRoy, who was thecaption of the HMS Beagle.

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HMS BEAGLE

Missions purpose was to chart the coastline ofSouth America.

The voyage lasted 5 years.

Darwin spent a majority of that time on landand collected a variety of fossils andspecimens of living organisms.

Studying the mockingbirds and tortoises in thearea, the theory of the origin of the speciesbegan to take root in his mind.

In 1836, when he returned from his voyage, hewas already quite famous. He had provedhimself as a competent naturalist. Upon hisreturn, he began catalog his collections andbotanical specimens.

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HMS Beagles Research

In 1837 he presented his paper on the risinglandmasses to the Geological Society of London.

He also received a grant of 1000 Pounds for hisbook Zoology of the Voyage of the HMS Beagle

In 1838, Darwin became the secretary of theGeological Society. Meanwhile he continued withhis studies of transmutation of the species.

Most of the time he worked toward the completionof his book Origin of Species which he feared torelease because he believed that most would workto debunk all of his theories.

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Naturalism & Darwin

Darwins theories and ideas boreout of Origin of Species inspirednot only a movement in science,but a movement in literature.

The revolt in thought created inDarwins theories reverberatedthrough science, religion, politicsand literature.

Emile Zola coined the phrase,"human beasts.

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Naturalism

Naturali sm:The term

naturalism describesa type of literaturethat attempts toapply scientific

principles ofobjectivity anddetachment to itsstudy of humanbeings.

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Human Beasts:

Characters, in literature, can bestudied through theirrelationships to theirsurroundings.

Naturalistic writers thus used aversion of the scientific methodto write their novels; they

studied human beings governedby their instincts and passions.

Naturalism is the application of

the principles of scientific