The Friends of Charles Darwin were founded in 1994 to campaign for the depiction of their hero, Charles Darwin, on a Bank of England bank note. The great man finally appeared on the new £10 note in November 2000.
Due to popular demand, we’re still taking on new members. We currently have 4,356 members in 108 countries. Our most recent new member is Peter Lunt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
So if you can truly say “Charlie is my Darwin”, and you’d like to be able to write the letters FCD after your name, why not join us? It’s totally free!
On this day…
On this day in 1859, trade copies of On the Origin of Species first went on sale. The book was officially published two days later.
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