Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was a British scientist, geologist, and biologist, known for his major contributions to evolutionary biology. He is one of the most famous people of the Victorian Era.

In the year 1831, Darwin traveled as a naturalist on board the HMS Beagle, a vessel of the British Royal Navy. He visited Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and the Galápagos Islands, and he mostly focused on collecting plants, animals, rocks, and fossils there.

He packed up all of his samples and sent them to England aboard several ships. He made his most well-known discovery, "Natural Selection," as a result of this research.

He published the Origin of Species, which contained his beliefs on natural selection and evolution, in 1859 AD.

Born: February 12, 1809

Died: February 19, 1882

Role: biologist, scientist, and geologist