(Spoiler alert: Yes it is.)
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Is Charles Darwin's house open to the public?
Yes, it is…
Did my ancestor know Charles Darwin?
Over the years, I have received a number of Darwin-related queries from amateur genealogists…
Why are you such a Darwin groupie?
Much to my surprise, I am asked this question quite a lot…
Didn't Karl Marx offer to dedicate Das Kapital to Darwin?
It’s well known that the father of international socialism, Karl Marx, offered to dedicate one of the volumes of ‘Das Kapital’ to Charles Darwin. However…
… So Let's All Be Scientists!
You don't have to be a scientist to be a scientist.
Only a Theory?
In science, a theory is as good as it gets.
John Stevens Henslow
Botanist, clergyman, and Charles Darwin’s great friend and tutor.
Sir Richard Owen: the archetypal villain
‘What a strange man to be envious of a naturalist like myself, immeasurably his inferior!’—Charles Darwin.
(1805–1865)
Robert FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy’s name will forever be associated with Charles Darwin’s. But he deserves to be remembered for his own many achievements.
06-Mar-1860: Darwin on how to read ‘On the Origin of Species’
On 6th March 1860, Charles Darwin advised a scientist he correctly believed to be sceptical of his views how to go about reading ‘On the Origin of Species’.
02-Jan-1860: Whewell sets the right tone
On 2nd January 1860, the mathematician, science historian, polymath, and coiner of the term ‘scientist’, William Whewell, wrote to Charles Darwin to acknowledge receipt of his copy of the first edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’.