CHARLES DARWIN 



Born at Shrewsbury, England, 1809; died at Down, 1882. 

 First established on a basis of scientific observation and 

 experiment the doctrine of the origin of new species of plants 

 and animals through descent from older species a doctrine 

 first fully presented in 1859 in the Origin of Species. His 

 work has been of revolutionary importance, not only in 

 botany and zoology, but also in the other sciences as well 

 as in history and philosophy. 



