Charles Darwin Bio

Charles Robert Darwin born in 1809 on Febuary 12. He was born in Shrewsberry, England  into a wealthy family. Charles was the fifth child of Robert and Susannah Darwin. His father was a successful doctor, as was his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, who had a great influence on Charles's. Charles mother died when he was eight. After his mother died his sister raised him. In 1825 Darwin went to Edinburgh University in Scotland to study medicine, but he soon realized that he was unable to watch an operation. In 1828 he entered Christ's College, Cambridge, England, to become a minister. He soon gave up that idea also, but he continued to study. He attended John Stevens Henslow's course in botany (the study of plants), started a collection of beetles that became famous, and read widely. He received his bachelor's degree in 1831. Darwin said, "His success came from the love of science."