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Charles Robert Darwin was a male geologist, explorer, travel writer, and ethologist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Born on 12 February 1809 and dying on 19 April 1882, he was educated at Shrewsbury School, Christ's College, the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and the University of Cambridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. His notable works include The Origin of Species, The expression of the emotions in man and animals, and The origin of species by means of natural selection or The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life.

Darwin was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received the Royal Medal, the Copley Medal, and the Pour le Mérite. He was influenced by Thomas Robert Malthus, John Frederick William Herschel, Herbert Spencer, and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. He was married to Emma Darwin and had children including Anne, Francis, George Howard, and Leonard Darwin. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.