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Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882)

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Naturalist

Born: 12 February 1809. Died: 19 April 1882.

Charles Robert Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection ("Origin of Species" 1859) convinced biologists that evolution had occurred. He visited Australia in 1836 as naturalist on the "Beagle", and subsequently used Australian material in developing his ideas.

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'Darwin, Charles Robert - Ms 29', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms029.txt. [ Details ]

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Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000348. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 26 July 2006

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