Charles Darwin, born in 1809, was the top English biologist behind our modern theory of evolution and natural selection (Charles Dawrin). Growing up, Darwin was one of five children raised in the wealthy Darwin-Wedgewood family and an avid follower of Unitarianism. This religion related God and nature as one power rather than two separate ideas. Darwin was intrigued by the earth and its creations for as long as he had been attending church with his family. Separated from his classmates, Darwin spent most of his adolescent years researching the world around him through scholarly journals and self-instructed observations.

After graduating from Christ College, in Cambridge, Darwin’s father funded him to travel on an intended two-year voyage with other geologists (Desmond). Darwin’s’ unexpected 1831 to 1836 voyage on HMS Beagle led to extensive research and data that proved all species evolved from each other, making no one animal higher than another. The same year that Darwin returned from his ground breaking voyage, transcendentalist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson published his original writing of "Nature". It was in this piece of writing that Darwin found himself more curious about his findings from the galopogoes islands. Although Charles Darwin was European, he was intrigued by Emerson's idealogies for America. After his five-year voyage, Darwin spent the following years justifying his findings and officially publishing his world-renowned book, “On the Origin of Species”. This books includes all aspects of science and biblical creation as well as facts to back his argument on evolution.

Works Cited

“Charles Darwin.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Feb. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#.

Desmond, Adrian. “The Beagle Voyage of Charles Darwin.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/The-Beagle-voyage. Accessed 19 Feb. 2024.