Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was born in Shrewsbury, England. He was a man of extraordinary patience and humility. Darwin's Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers -- all related. During his tenure as a student at Cambridge, Darwin's professor John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861) recommended Darwin to Captain Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865) of the HMS …showed first 75 words of 594 total…

…showed last 75 words of 594 total…the wild theories." [2] We seek to pass this advice on to reader. By all means read it for the facts, but on no account believe the wild theories. Works Cited 1.Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, 1859, p. 109. 2.Gardner, Martin "Great Essays in Science" Charles Darwin - Reputation and Conclusion, p. 5-17. 3.Richard Milner, The Encyclopedia of Evolution, p.286