Born in 1809, died in 1882; grandson of Erasmus Darwin;
educated at Edinburgh and Cambridge; went around the world
on a scientific expedition in 1831-36; settled in Kent in
1842 and thenceforth devoted his life to scientific
research; published "The Origin of Species" in 1859, "The
Descent of Man" in 1871, "The Emotions of Man and Animals"
in 1872.
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