The Life of Charles Darwin
Date Submitted: 12/28/2004 15:43:26
Charles Darwin was born on February 9 in 1809. As the son of a wealthy British physician, Darwin enjoyed a well-educated background. Darwin attended medical school at the University of Edinburgh in England. He dropped out of medical school after watching surgery on a patient without anesthetics. Darwin then enrolled at the University of Cambridge to study for the clergy.
John Henslow, professor of Botany at Cambridge, sparked an interest in Darwin to study natural history and
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