Evolution.
(the scientist who research
INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: my essay deals with the subject of evolution and the scientist who researched and made known the evolution, Charles Darwin. I think that with his research he caused a lot of impact in the world, and even more so with his book entitled "the origin of the species" since he talks about the evolution of many species including a theory of the origin of humans.
CHARLES DARWIN EARLY LIFE:
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury Shrospshire, England, on February 12, 1809 in the family home called “The Mount”.
It was the fifth of six of the children between Robert Darwin and Susannah Darwin (surnamed Wedgwood as a single girl). He was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin on his father’s side
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At the age of eight, Charles already showed a interest for natural history and the collection of specimens when in 1817 he joined the day school, governed by the preacher of the chapel where he attended. In July of that same year his mother died. In September of 1818 he joined his brother Erasmus at the nearby anglican school of Shrewsbury as a pupil.
CHARLES DARWIN PROFESSION:
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, recoginized as the most influential scientist and the first to share this achievement indepently with Alfred Russel Wallace of those who raised the idea of biological evolution through natural selection. He postulated that all species of living being have evolved over time from a common ancestor through a process called natural selection.
The evolution was accepted as a fact by scientist and the majority of the public during Darwin’s lifetime.
THE IMPACT OF CHARLES DARWIN WORK IN THE
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CHARLES DARWIN LATE LIFE:
April 15, 1882 began with a severe arrhythmia, dizziness and loss of consciousness. He was treated with opium and three teaspoons of whiskey. The death occurred serenely at three thirty in the afternoon of April 19, 1882. "I am not afraid to die" were his last words. Sir Arthur Keith, curator of Down House, said that in his opinion it was a coronary thrombosis (3).
The body was transported from his residence to the Abbey of Westminster in a hearse pulled by four horses. In a coffin made of unpolished oak he was buried on April 26 at 11 in the morning, surrounded by his family and close friends, in a solemn ceremony attended by the Speaker of Parliament, the Mayor of London, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, the presidents of the Royal Society, the Geographical Society, the Geological Society and the College of Surgeons, the dean of Christ's Church, the director of the Shrewsbury College and diplomatic representatives of France, Spain, Italy and the United States.
At his express request, in his tomb, located opposite Isaac Newton's, there was no inscription, beyond the dates of birth and