Charles Darwin was born in the city of Shrewsbbury, England and was raised as a fifth child by a wealthy family. His father was a physician and son of Erasmus Darwin, a poet, philosopher and naturalist. His mother Susannah Wedgewood, died when Charles was eight. In 1825, Darwin graduated from the elite school at shrewdsbury. He then attended the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. In 1927 he dropped out and entered the University of Cambridge in order to become a clergyman for the Church of England. There he met Adam Sedgwick and John Stevens Henslow. The two figures taught...
and to the French Academy of Sciences in 1878.

Thanks to Charles Darwin, we can understand the process at which species live and die. He laid the foundation of modern science arnd biology. Without him, science would be dramatically faltered.

Charles Darwin altered the thoughts of many people in his generation. Especially those of Americans, who, most of the time disagreed with expansion of our country, were thinking otherwise after reading Darwin's book. The people's interest in new ideas was one factor to the rise of expansion. During this time, the U.S. joined the Allies in World War I.