Excerpt from Darwin's Autobiography. After my return to England it appeared to me that by following the example of Lyell in Geology, and by collecting all facts which bore in any way on the ...

On April 19, 1882, Charles Darwin, author of "On the Origin of Species" and the father of evolution, died at his home in Downe, England. He was 73. More than 30 years later, in 1915, across the ...

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809-1882: With Original Omissions Restored. Norton, 1993. "Darwin's Deathbed Conversion—a Legend?" ...

Charles Darwin -- arguably the most influential man of science in history, accumulated a vast personal library throughout his working life. Until now, 85 per cent of its contents were unknown or ...

For the first time since his death in 1882, Charles Darwin’s impressive library has been virtually reassembled to reveal the multitude of books, pamphlets and journals cited and read by the ...

An ambitious 18-year project has virtually reassembled the complete library of naturalist Charles Darwin for the first time since he died in 1882.

‘The Evolution of Charles Darwin’: new biography by Diana Preston breathes new life into a familiar story In her latest book well-regarded historian Preston — a distance relative of Darwin’s wife — ...