Charles Robert Darwin

English Naturalist Charles Robert Darwin

Born : 12 Feb 1809 in England in an affluent family and Died in 19 April 1882( Aged  73)

His works :

1. The voyage of the Beagle
2. On the origin of Species
3. The Descent of the Man.

1. The Voyage of the Beagle: May 1839

 The Voyage to the South America gave him the rise of kind of species through out the world, during his voyage he wrote 3000 pages of travel notes, collected 1529 species, 3907 Skins, 12 Catalogues.

After through study of those he came to conclusion, that god was not created what was at that time the notion of Gods creation. It was evolution, different species adapted to different environments and changed to that environment again and again for the survival.

2. On the Origin of Species: 24 Nov 1859

 After the voyage he wanted to write down evolution theory or as book suggests that

" On the origin of Species
By Means of Natural Selection
Or
The Preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life"

Which is considered to be the evolution of biology
It arouse tensions between Supporters of church and believers in science, as happened in many cases. 

3. The Descent of the Man: 1879

" The Descent of the Man and selection in relation to sex "


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