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Charles Darwin was a British naturalist who developed a theory of evolution In , he embarked on a five-year voyage around the world on the HMS his revolutionary theory of evolution in a letter read at a meeting of the Linnean Society. that all of nature was born of God — is still found among some people today.
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Humboldt Anniversary. Tanita Wein. Like 3 Comment. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Copy the link. Figure 1 Selection of species named after Alexander von Humboldt. Figure 2 Quote of Alexander von Humboldt. No comments yet. You may also be interested in Christina Riehl. Humbled by Humboldt? Nature Research. About the community , Humboldt Anniversary.

Ruth Milne. We can only speculate on how important the sand walk was to the development of the Theory of Evolution as it took shape in the consciousness of his mind over more than 20 years. Figure 7: Ground Floor Plan. The floor plan above fig. Note that the building faces northeast and after the restoration by British Heritage the function of some of the rooms have been changed to accommodate visitors, namely the Ticket Office and Tea Room. Today the Tea Room is a pleasant place where visitors can have lunch, however it was the Kitchen when the Darwins lived there.

The drawing room fig. One of their favorite authors was Charles Dickens, a contemporary of theirs who was very popular at the time. Figure 8: Drawing Room. The piano in figure 9 belonged to Emma, who was a gifted pianist and often played for the family and guests. A board, covered with cloth across the arms served for a desk. Charles is depicted sitting in this chair in the statue of him in front of Dr.

Butlers school which he attended as a child in Shrewsbury. Other items in the room include pictures of his good friends Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker hanging over the fireplace, along with one of his father-in-law Josiah Wedgwood and a Pembroke table in the foreground. The Dining room fig. Figure Dining room. The Darwins were financially very comfortable and often employed staff members to assist with the chores around the property.

Both Emma and Charles treated their staff in a kindly manner, which the staff appreciated. Consequently they stayed for many years. For instance, Parslow the butler who ran the house-hold was with them from when they were first married until he retired in Figure 2nd Floor at Down House. The second floor fig. The third floor is not open to the public.

Darwin Correspondence Project. Maternal Grandparents Josiah Wedgwood I was the creator of the highly successful. Wedgwood Pottery Company. This wealth contributed to the estate that made it possible for Charles to pursue his ideas concerning evolution, without concern for money. Figure 1: Josiah Wedgwood I.

Figure 2: Josiah Wedgwood I. Josiah was born the second son of Thomas Wedgwood, a pottery business owner. Although Josiah had limited formal education, he became very skilled at "throwing on the wheel" during the five years he was apprenticed to his brother. Three years later, in his early twenties, Josiah left the family business and apprenticed himself to the most renowned English pottery-maker of his day, Thomas Whieldon. Josiah went into business for himself and gradually earned a reputation as a master potter. But his life did not progress smoothly.

During his convalescence he read widely, not only technical books on pottery, but also literature, poetry, and philosophy.

At this time he met Thomas Bentley, a Liverpool businessman with nonconformist and rationalist views, who became his close friend. Bentley introduced Josiah to some of the most creative minds of the century, men whose ideas gave rise to the Industrial Revolution. These friends of Thomas Bentley had formed a group they called the Lunar Society, and Josiah occasionally met with them.

Here Josiah met Benjamin Franklin amd Dr. When he was fully recovered, Josiah returned to his pottery in Burslem, and concentrated on designing pottery rather than making it with his own labor. Wedgwood began experimenting with a wide variety of pottery techniques and over the course of the next decade, his experimentation lead to creation of the first true pottery factory.

This endeavor was made possible by capital from his marriage to a richly endowed distant cousin, Sarah Wedgwood. The couple married in January at Astbury Church Cheshire.

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He said that he never finished any of his pots without first asking Sally what she thought of them. Apparently her advice was insightful, because the Wedgwood pottery factory had an uncanny sense of how to market their pottery to their wealthy customers. Unfortunately a fourth son, named Richard, died when he was very young. Josiah brought not only financial stability to his family, but endowed them with his humanitarian beliefs, especially his abolitionist position on slavery, as well as his Unitarian religious beliefs and traditions that had great influence on his children and grandchildren.

Charles Robert would continue the connection between the two families by marrying Emma Wedgwood daughter of Josiah Wedgwood II , who was a first cousin to Charles. At that time cousin marriage was not prohibited, but Charles Darwin was aware that inbreeding could increase the expression of unhealthy traits, and he sometimes blamed his marital choice for the illnesses among his children.

Robert Darwin studied medicine at the University of Leyden in Holland and completed his medical studies at Edinburgh, England, in That autumas he set up as a doctor in Shrewsbury, though he was only His father, Erasmus Darwin, had taken Robert to Shrewsbury and given him 20 pounds to start a medical practice.

Erasmus also wrote to friends in Birmingham asking them to recommend Robert to their friends in the Shrewsbury area. Robert was very successful: He was sympathetic and observant and had more than fifty patients within six months. He remained financially successful during sixty years of practice in Shrewsbury. He also served patients over a large area, sometimes traveling by carriage across the border into Wales.

He increased his wealth further through real estate speculation, stock and bond investments, and through lending money to the landed gentry. Charles described him as the largest man he had ever seen and compared his return to the family home at the end of the day to the coming in of the tide. Figure 1: Dr. Robert Darwin. Susannah Wedgwood: — Susannah was the first child of Josiah Wedgwoood I, who had started the highly successful Wedgwood pottery company. Susannah married Robert Darwin in , increasing his wealth by bringing a large dowry. She attended the Unitarian Chapel in Shrewsbury, and due to her influence Charles attended the Unitarian school, operated by Reverend Case, for two years.

From about , Robert and Susannah lived at The Mount, built by Robert Darwin in an elevated position overlooking the town of Shrewsbury:. Plan of the Mount, He was subsequently raised by his three older sisters. Shrewsbury: Dr. King-Hele, Desmond. Siblings Marianne — b. Married Henry Parker, M. Caroline Sarah — b.

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When her mother died in , Caroline raised Charles Darwin. Susan Elizabeth — b. Susan never married and lived at the family home in Shrewsbury her whole life. She was the last member of the Darwin Family to live at The Mount. Erasmus Alvey — b. Attended Shrewsbury School, — Later was sent to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, known as having one of the best medical schools in all of Europe.

Charles and Erasmus stayed in a hotel at first, but quickly found a boarding house at eleven Lothian Street. At first they were both enthusiastic about learning if not about lectures, checking out more books from the library than all the other students combined. But Erasmus stayed in Edinburgh for only four months, after which he returned to Shrewsbury to assist his father, leaving Charles to face the trials of medical training alone. Erasmus later completed a medical degree but never practiced, instead choosing to live most of his adult life in London, from on, where he had a rich social and intellectual life.

This was possible because his father gave Erasmus a generous pension.

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Erasmus and Charles had a very good relationship. They shared quarters in Edinburgh while both of them were in medical school there. When Charles returned from the voyage on the Beagle , Erasmus assisted him to settle in London. Charles often visited and seems to have derived a great deal of valuable information about a wide range of topics, including philosophy and economics, from Erasmus and his friends.

Charles Robert — b. Charles became the most prominent naturalist in England and the world. His scientific theory of evolution by natural selection is now supported by our knowledge of molecular genetics. The full description of his life is given in many other places. Emma Wedgwood. When Emma Wedgwood married Charles Darwin she brought to the marriage an intellectual inheritance very complimentary to his own, for she was brought up in a family that valued the importance of a good education.