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Charles Robert Darwin (/ ˈ d ɑːr w ɪ n / [5] DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, [6] widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
In April 2008 Darwin's private papers were launched. The event marked the largest release of new materials by and about Darwin ever published. The collection covers c. 20,000 items across c. 90,000 electronic images. One notable item is the Diary of Emma Darwin (1808–1896), Darwin's wife. [7] [8] The site is accessible open access free of ...
The holotype of Darwinilus sedarisi, published on Darwin's 205th birthday. More than 300 species, nine genera, and some higher taxa have been named after Darwin. [5] [6] [7] In 1837, the ornithologist John Gould named a specimen Darwin had collected in Patagonia Rhea darwinii, [8] priority was given to d'Orbigny's name for it, Rhea pennata, but it still has the common name of Darwin's rhea.
Dean Frederic William Farrar (Bombay, 7 August 1831 – Canterbury, 22 March 1903) was a senior-ranking cleric of the Church of England, schoolteacher and author.He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882.
When Darwin was alive, he kept meticulous records of his library, including a 426-page handwritten “Catalogue of the Library of Charles Darwin” compiled in 1875. Initially after Darwin died ...
These were later reinstated and published as The Autobiography of Charles Darwin in 1958 by Charles's granddaughter (and Francis's niece) Nora Barlow. The book was the first real biography of Charles Darwin, excepting obituaries, and thus the foundation of the Darwin Industry.
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Richard Broke Freeman (1 April 1915 – 1 September 1986) was a zoologist, historian of zoology, bibliographer of natural history and book collector. [1] Known professionally as R. B. Freeman, he compiled comprehensive reference works on Charles Darwin [2] and on P. H. Gosse. [3]