Charles Robert Darwin, father of the theory of evolution and natural selection. Born at Shrewsbury. Grandfathers: Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood. Independently wealthy. Once he returned from the Beagle voyage he never went abroad again. Married his Wedgwood cousin, Emma. Originally a Christian he lost this faith partly from his grief at the death of a child and partly due to the cruelty and wastefulness of nature. He was never an atheist but described himself as an agnostic. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SE19
Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805 - 1865, explorer and pioneer of weather forecast...
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin, 1809 - 1882, naturalist, lived in a house on this site, 1838 ...
Charles Darwin bust
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Charles Darwin mural
This mural replaced the one featuring H. G. Wells. Darwin is shown sitting at...
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Andrew Lang
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Hipparchus
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Thomas Hancock
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician and astronomer. Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.
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