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7 de may. de 2024 · Muchos años después, Darwin no dudó en calificar el viaje a bordo del Beagle como el episodio más importante de su vida. En 1831, con apenas 22 años, Charles Darwin se embarcó en una expedición científica que lo llevó por América y Oceanía. A su vuelta, cinco años después, traía consigo el germen de la teoría de la evolución.
Hace 2 días · Charles Darwin, the renowned British naturalist and father of evolutionary theory, revolutionized our understanding of life on Earth through his groundbreaking work "On the Origin of Species," forever changing how we view ourselves and all living organisms.
- Adrian J. Desmond
- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation upon which modern evolutionary theory is built. The theory was outlined...
- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution had three main components: that variation occurred randomly among members of a species; that an individual’s t...
- Growing up, Charles Darwin was always attracted to the sciences. In 1825 his father sent him to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. Ther...
- Charles Darwin was born in England to a well-to-do family in 1809. His father was a doctor, and his mother—who died when he was only eight years ol...
- Charles Darwin’s theories hugely impacted scientific thought. But his ideas also affected the realms of politics, economics, and literature. More i...
23 de may. de 2024 · The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, made under her newest commander, Robert FitzRoy. (During Beagle's first voyage, Captain Pringle Stokes had died by suicide. The expedition's leader appointed Beagle's 1st Lieutenant, W. G. Skyring, as her acting ...
9 de may. de 2024 · Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy (1796–1858), who served as the governor of New South Wales, governor of Prince Edward Island and governor of Antigua; he married Lady Mary Lennox, eldest child of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, in 1820. After her death in 1847, he married Margaret Gordon in 1855.
Hace 5 días · Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
23 de may. de 2024 · She brought the St. Pancras property to the Fitzroy family and it was eventually settled on her great-grandson Charles Fitzroy who was created Lord Southampton in 1780. He lived at Fitzroy Farm near Highgate and married Anne, daughter of Sir Peter Warren, vice-admiral of the red, after whom Warren Street was named.
Hace 4 días · Charles Fitzroy, second Duke of Grafton and grandson of the Duchess of Cleveland, as Lord Chamberlain, used the house as his office from 1734 to 1742, when he disposed of his estate in Park Place. The house was subsequently occupied by Sir John Hynde Cotton, the Jacobite member of Parliament, 1747–51.
