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Charles Darwin

1809 - 1882

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Charles Robert Darwin ( DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. In a joint presentation with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Darwin is the most popular biologist, the 7th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular British Biologist.

Charles Darwin is most famous for his theory of evolution. He proposed that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and that this branching pattern of evolution resulted in the diversity of life we see around us.

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Among biologists, Charles Darwin ranks 1 out of 1,097. After him are Carl Linnaeus, Gregor Mendel, Alexander Fleming, James Watson, Ivan Pavlov, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Ernst Haeckel, Konrad Lorenz, Rosalind Franklin, and Karl Landsteiner.

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Among people born in 1809, Charles Darwin ranks 1. After him are Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Gogol, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis Braille, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bruno Bauer, and Joseph Liouville. Among people deceased in 1882, Charles Darwin ranks 1. After him are Giuseppe Garibaldi, Friedrich Wöhler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Arthur de Gobineau, Jesse James, Theodor Schwann, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Francesco Hayez, Bruno Bauer, Léon Gambetta, and Louis Blanc.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Darwin ranks 7 out of 8,785. Before him are Isaac Newton (1643), Elizabeth I of England (1533), Henry VIII of England (1491), Adam Smith (1723), William Shakespeare (1564), and Charles, Prince of Wales (1948). After him are George VI (1895), Francis Bacon (1561), Charles I of England (1600), Charlie Chaplin (1889), George V (1865), and James VI and I (1566).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Charles Darwin ranks 1. After him are Alexander Fleming (1881), Rosalind Franklin (1920), Robert Edwards (1925), Robert Brown (1773), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), John Boyd Orr (1880), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), John Sulston (1942), Francis Crick (1916), John Edward Gray (1800), and Christian de Duve (1917).

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