Charles darwin: In his own words - A pictorial biography of Charles Darwin

Danny Vendramini's Charles Darwin page

A pictorial biography of Charles Darwin

Introduction

Like all theoretical biologists, I owe an enormous debt to Charles Darwin. His
'natural selection' and 'sexual selection' theories provide the rock-solid base
from which we are able to explore evolution in all its forms. In fact, most
theoretical biology involves simply extrapolating the original ideas in The
Origin of Species.

But as well as guiding my own research into evolutionary processes, Darwin
also provided an equally important personal inspiration. His honesty, humility, personal courage and excitement for discovery were equally inspirational.

As well as being a celebration of Darwin's extraordinary life and an insight into his inner world, this web site is intended as a visual resource for scholars, educators and students. The object is to gather into a single online database every photograph, sketch and painting ever made of Darwin during his life.

The site quotes extensively from a short autobiography Darwin wrote in 1876, ostensibly for his children, but obviously written with an eye for posterity.

Danny Vendramini. Sydney 2004

Martha Ruszkowski has kindly translated this page into Ukranian.

The web site is broken up into five parts. Click on an icon below

Charles Darwin Links

The Origin of Species

The Descent of Man

Voyage of the Beagle

Download wallpapers of Down House (800 X 600)

I took the photos of Down House in 2004. Feel free to download them for personal use

Picture credits

The C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Charles Darwin and Darwiniana, University of South Carolina.
Oxford University.
Cambridge University Library
Edinburgh University.
Natural History Museum, London.
John van Wyhe
The Linda Hall Library History of Science Collection
National Portrait Gallery.
English Heritage.
The Bettmann Archive