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* Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 ), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
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Van Vogt's first published SF story, " Black Destroyer " ( Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 ), was inspired by Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel were amateur scientists who never held a position in their field of study.
He is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own theory.
The ship on which Charles Darwin made the voyage which provided much of the inspiration for On the Origin of Species was named HMS Beagle after the breed, and, in turn, lent its name to the ill-fated British Martian lander Beagle 2.
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Charles Darwin proposed the theory of universal common descent through an evolutionary process in On the Origin of Species, twice stating the hypothesis that there was only one progenitor for all life forms and ending with " There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one ".
In 1795, Charles Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, asked:
During Charles Darwin's studies on the Galápagos Islands, Darwin observed 13 species of finches that are closely related and differ most markedly in the shape of their beaks.
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It has been hypothesized that Charles Darwin might have suffered from Chagas disease as a result of a bite of the so-called great black bug of the Pampas ( vinchuca ) ( see Charles Darwin's illness ).
* Creation ( 2009 film ), a 2009 film by Jon Amiel about the life of Charles Darwin
Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin.
Lyell's interpretation of geologic change as the steady accumulation of minute changes over enormously long spans of time was a powerful influence on the young Charles Darwin.
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** Anne Darwin ( 1841 – 1851 ), daughter of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 ), English naturalist and writer
** Charles Darwin ( 1758 – 1778 ) physician and scientist, uncle of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Charles Galton Darwin ( 1887 – 1962 ), physicist and activist
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Victorious Archduke Charles of Austria during the Battle of Aspern-Essling ( 21 – 22 May 1809 ).
The army reforms were not yet completed by the war of 1809, in which Charles acted as commander in chief, yet even so it proved a far more formidable opponent than the old and was only defeated after a desperate struggle involving Austrian victories and large loss of life on both sides.
** Charles Waring Darwin ( 1856 – 1858 ), youngest son of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Elizabeth Darwin ( 1847 – 1926 ), daughter of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Emma Darwin née Wedgwood ( 1808 – 1896 ), wife of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Erasmus Darwin ( 1731 – 1802 ), physician and biologist, grandfather of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Erasmus Alvey Darwin ( 1804 – 1881 ), brother of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Etty Darwin ( 1843 – 1929 ), daughter of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Robert Darwin ( 1766 – 1848 ), physician, father of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** William Erasmus Darwin ( 1839 – 1914 ), eldest son of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
** Randal Keynes, descendant of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 ) and author of Annie's Box
Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )
* 1809 – Charles Chiniquy, Canadian priest ( d. 1899 )
Two of the most significant thinkers of the period were biologist Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 82 ), author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ( 1859 ), and political scientist Karl Marx ( 1818 – 83 ), author of Das Kapital ( 1867 ).
* 1809 – The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
Charles Darwin's grandfather Erasmus Darwin outlined a hypothesis of transmutation of species in the 1790s, and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published a more developed theory in 1809.
* April 19 – Charles Darwin, British naturalist ( b. 1809 )
* May 10 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general ( d. 1809 )
He had replaced Cobenzl with Johan Philip Charles Stadion ( 1805-1809 ) the previous year, but his career was in turn cut short in 1809 following yet another Austrian defeat by Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram and subsequent humiliation at the Treaty of Schönbrunn.
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* Charles Atlas ( 1892 – 1972 ), a famous bodybuilder
* Emperor Charles I. of Austria ( 1916 – 1918 ) http :// www. youtube. com / watch? v = jMU9FFzez1A
* 1726 – Charles Burney, English historian ( d. 1814 )
* 1936 – Charles Napier, American actor ( d. 2011 )
* 1961 – Charles Mann, American football player
* 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
* 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
* 1642 – Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors.
* 1637 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician ( d. 1715 )
* 1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )
* 1877 – Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited ( d. 1910 )
* 1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor
* 1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1745 )
* 1874 – Charles Fort, American writer ( d. 1932 )
* 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director ( d. 1999 )
* 1963 – Charles Ingram, English game show contestant and author
* 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist
* 1969 – Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate ( wife of Roman Polanski ), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
* 1754 – Pierre Charles L ' Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, planner of Washington, D. C. ( d. 1825 )
* 1797 – Charles Robert Malden, English naval officer ( d. 1855 )
* 1901 – Charles Farrell, American actor ( d. 1990 )
* 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset ( d. 1748 )
* 1904 – Charles " Buddy " Rogers, American actor and trombonist ( d. 1999 )
* 1830 – Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
* 1899 – Charles Bennett, English screenwriter ( d. 1995 )
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