...in the ‘large awkward’ shape of Queen Pōmarre of Tahiti.
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06-Dec-1834: Darwin brains his future eponymous fox
Darwin kills a rare and inquisitive creature, since named after its collector.
20-Feb-1828: Charles Darwin meets Richard Dawkins!
On 20th February 1828, during his university matriculation ceremony, Charles Darwin met a certain Richard Dawkins!
15-Jun-1829: Darwin’s delight
On 15th June 1829, the young Charles Darwin was cited in Stephens’ ‘Illustrations of British Insects’.
16-Apr-1834: Inspecting the Beagle’s bottom (‘a rather ticklish operation’)
On 16th April 1834, HMS Beagle was laid ashore on the banks of the Santa Cruz River to allow her keel to be inspected. The event resulted in one of the most iconic images of the famous ship. Read the story of the operation.
15-Sep-1832: Gauchess
On 15th September 1832, Charles Darwin’s legendary powers of observation temporarily let him down.
07-Aug-1838: Darwin takes the train
On 7th August 1838, Charles Darwin described his first ever railway journey. He was not overly impressed.
12-Jan-1836: Darwin in the Land of Oz
On 12th January 1836, ‘HMS Beagle’ arrived in Sydney harbour, with Charles Darwin on board.
11-Jan-1844: Darwin confesses murder!
Darwin comes clean about his heretical views to Joseph Dalton Hooker, humorously likening admitting believing in evolution to ‘confessing a murder’.
01-Mar-1853: Darwin on ice!
On 1st March 1853, Charles Darwin wrote to his son William about, erm… playing ice-hockey!
The surprise punctuationist
On how Charles Darwin believed that evolution did not have to occur at a constant rate.
20-Jul-1858: Darwin puts pen to paper
Charles Darwin begins work on ‘On the Origin of Species’.