Charles Darwin British Naturalist

Charles Darwin
British Naturalist
1809 -1882
I have called this principle, by which
each slight variation, if useful, is preserved,
by the term Natural Selection.
--Charles Darwin from "The Origin of Species"
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Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. Like several scientists before him, Darwin believed all the life on earth evolved (developed gradually) over millions of years fro…