Charles Robert Darwin is FRS FRGS FLS FZS (/ d ɑːr wt ɪ n /; 12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882), an English nature, geologist and biologist, well known for his contributions to evolutionary science. His proposition that all life forms descended from common ancestors over time is now widely accepted and accepted as a fundamental concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, his scientific theory was that this branching pattern of evolution stems from a process he calls natural selection, where the struggle for existence has a similar effect to artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honored with a funeral at Westminster Abbey. 

Darwin published his theory of evolution in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species with convincing evidence. By the 1870s, the scientific community and the majority of the educated population had accepted evolution as a fact. However, most favored competing explanations that gave only a minor role to natural selection, and from the 1930s to the 1950s until the advent of modern evolutionary synthesis, a broad consensus did not develop that natural selection was the fundamental mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences that explains the diversity of life."HOW MUCH DID THIS MAN DONE"

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Darwin's early interest in nature caused him to neglect his medical education at Edinburgh University; instead he helped to study marine invertebrates. Studies at Cambridge University (Jesus College) foster a passion for natural sciences. [17] On his five-year journey HMS Beagle established him as an outstanding geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell's understanding of gradual geological change and made him famous as a popular writer in his publication journey magazine. [18].