Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England in 1809. In 1825 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. His experience at university provided him with a wide scientific education.

It would become one of the most important books ever written. Darwin described writing it as like 'living in Hell'. He dreaded losing his reputation, as his grandfather Erasmus had. Charles did ...

Charles Darwin embarked ... of works by and about Darwin in existence. Although Darwin did not have a formal connection to the Museum, his work underpins all modern research in evolutionary biology, ...

Before Charles Darwin ... for at the Museum. Darwin collected the specimens during his voyage on the HMS Beagle between 1831-36, where he also gathered evidence for his later theory of evolution by ...