666 WHO ARE SOME OF THE MAKERS OF BIOLOGY? 



Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, a son of well- 

 to-do parents, in the pretty English village of Shrewsbury. As a 

 boy he was very fond of out-of-door life, was a collector of birds' 

 eggs, stamps, coins, shells, and minerals. He was sent to Edin- 

 burgh University to study medicine, but the dull lectures, coupled 



with his intense dislike 

 for operations, made 

 him determine never 

 to become a physician. 

 Instead, he was greatly 

 interested in natural 

 history, and in the pro- 

 ceedings of a student 

 zoological society. 



In 1828 his father 

 sent him to Cambridge 

 to study for the min- 

 istry. His three years 

 at this university were 

 wasted so far as prepa- 

 ration for the ministry 

 was concerned, but they 

 were invaluable in shap- 

 ing his future. He 

 made the acquaintance 









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who were naturalists 

 like himself, and in the : r 

 company he spent many happy hours roaming over the country- 

 side collecting beetles and other insects. In 1831 an event occurred 

 which changed his career and helped him to become one of the 

 world's greatest naturalists. He received word through one of his 

 friends that the position of naturalist on the ship Beagle was open 

 for a trip around the world. Darwin applied for the position, was 

 accepted, and shortly after started on an eventful five years' trip 

 around the world. He returned to England a famous naturalist 

 and spent the remainder of his long and busy life writing books 



