Darwin, Charles

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1. A British naturalist of the nineteenth century. He and others developed the theory of evolution. This theory forms the basis for the modern life sciences. Darwin's most famous books are The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man.

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Darwin's ideas were later misrepresented by some social theorists, who developed the notion of Social Darwinism to justify practices such as child labor in nineteenth-century England.

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Darwin, Charles, on reproductive organs under cultivation. intercrossed plants. prepotency of pollen. insects fertilising flowers.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

Darwin, Charles, 65, 67, 73, 75, 76, 79, 82, 83, 87, 127, 136, 149, 177, 198.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

There is a man in England, named Darwin, Charles Darwin, who has written a book, called The Origin of Species, of which a great deal begins to be said.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

On the death of Doctor Darwin, Charles became possessed of an inheritance that brought him a yearly income of a little over five hundred pounds.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

Darwin, Charles, 80, 100, 102, 115, 116, 117;   Origin of Species, 116, 124, 130, 132, 135;   Erasmus, 135, 136, 138, 142, 143.

From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward