Charles Darwin (World Philosophers and Their Works)
Early Life
Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, the fifth of six children. His mother, Susannah, the daughter of famed potter Josiah Wedgwood, died when he was eight, leaving him in the care of his elder sisters. His father, Robert Waring Darwin, was a robust and genial country doctor with a wide practice. In 1818, young Darwin entered Dr. Butler’s Shrewsbury School, where he learned some classics but little else. At home he was a quiet, docile child, with an interest in solitary walks and collecting coins and minerals.
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