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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Danger Island, 230 Darwin, Charles, on coral reefs, 55 De Sainson, 112 D'Urville, J. Dumont, 11, 58, 110, 123, 357 n.3,

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

Darwin, Charles, 27-29, 60, 61, 68, chapters viii. and ix.,

From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)

Darwin, Charles, facsimile of letter from, asking for information, regarding the dogs of Spain, from Borrow, 317-318.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King

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

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