But after Charles Darwin published his On the Origin of Species in 1859, the theory of evolution became one of the most controversial topics of the time. When American paleontologist O.C. Marsh ...

Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire ... He was exposed to new, and sometimes controversial, scientific ideas and theories in debates, talks and through student societies. However, he did ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural ... a doctor whose book ‘Zoonomia’ had set out a radical and highly controversial idea - that one species could 'transmute' into another.

Darwin's daughter Etty, 14, was frighteningly ill with diphtheria. His 18-month-old son, Charles, would soon ... He was just 22 when the controversy raged. He also came from a downwardly mobile ...

The Charles Darwin bicentennial celebrates the man who recognized natural selection and changed the world's views on evolution. However, his contributions to geology should not be overlooked.

Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809, son of Robert Waring ...

Discover the story of Charles Darwin's 1831 and 1842 tours ... (the origin of slates was a significant scientific controversy in Darwin’s time). The Museum contains the largest working ...