Biographical information

Charles Darwin -- Was he a Christian? Did he believe in God? Did he recant evolutionism when he died? Answer

• Evolutionist
• Studied medicine at Edinburgh University
• Studied theology at Christ's College, Cambridge University (1827)
• Studied geology at Cambridge University
• Naturalist on the 5 year surveying expedition of HMS Beagle (1831-1836)
• Secretary of the Geological Society (1838-41)
• Books: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) / The Fertilization of Orchids (1862) / The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication (1867), and The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871) / The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) / Insectivorous Plants (1875) / The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom (1876) / Different Forms of Flowers in Plants of the Same Species (1877) / The Formations of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms (1881)
• Grandson of the scientist Erasmus Darwin
• Born: 1809 / Died: 1882

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