Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was an English Authors born on February 12, 1809. Darwin contributed to the Enlightenment movement and died on May 19, 1882. Get notified when Charles Darwin's biography is complete:

My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

1887

John James Audubon

Friend of the birds

1785-1851

Maria Sibylla Merian

A botanist gets a divorce and travels the world

1647-1717

Orra White Hitchcock

Of Love and Mushrooms

1796-1863

1801 1900

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

Peder Balke

The inventor of the steam hammer maps the moon

James Nasmyth Charles Darwin

The inventor of the selfie

Robert Cornelius

The blasted landscapes of bad luck

Théodore Rousseau

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Charles Darwin

Side View of the Skull of Toxodon

Top View of the Skull of Toxodon

Geological observations on South America — Plate 1

Geological observations on South America — Plate 2

Geological observations on South America — Plate 3