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Charles Robert DarwinAge: 73 years1809–1882

Name: Charles Robert Darwin

Surname: Darwin

Given names: Charles Robert

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Birth	February 12, 1809 42 44 Mount House, Shrewsbury, Salop
Birth of a sister	Catherine Emily Darwin May 9, 1810 (Age 14 months) Shrewsbury, Salop.
Christening of a sister	Catherine Emily Darwin May 19, 1810 (Age 15 months) St. Chad, Salop.
Death of a maternal grandmother	Sarah Wedgwood 1815 (Age 5 years)
Death of a mother	Susannah Wedgwood 1817 (Age 7 years)
Marriage	Emma Wedgwood — View this family January 29, 1839 (Age 29 years) Maer, Staffs
Birth of a son #1	Sir Francis Darwin August 16, 1848 (Age 39 years) Downe, Kent
Death of a father	Robert Waring Darwin November 13, 1848 (Age 39 years) Shrewsbury, Salop.
Death of a sister	Catherine Emily Darwin February 2, 1866 (Age 56 years) Shrewsbury, Salop.
Marriage of a child	Sir Francis Darwin — Amy Ruck — View this family 1874 (Age 64 years)
Death	April 19, 1882 (Age 73 years) Down House, Kent
Burial	Westminster Abbey, London

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susannah Wedgwood Caroline Sarah Darwin Charles Robert Darwin Catherine Emily Darwin Robert Waring Darwin Birth: May 30, 1766 34 26 — Lichfield, Staffs. Death: November 13, 1848 — Shrewsbury, Salop.
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert Waring Darwin Caroline Sarah Darwin Charles Robert Darwin Catherine Emily Darwin Susannah Wedgwood Birth: before January 23, 1765 34 31 — Burslem, Staffs. Death: 1817
	Marriage: April 18, 1796 — St. Marylebone, London
4 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Josiah Wedgwood III Margaret Susan Wedgwood Caroline Sarah Darwin Birth: September 14, 1800 34 35 — Shrewsbury, Salop. Death: January 5, 1888 — Leith Hill Place, Surrey
8 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emma Wedgwood Sir Francis Darwin Charles Robert Darwin Birth: February 12, 1809 42 44 — Mount House, Shrewsbury, Salop Death: April 19, 1882 — Down House, Kent
15 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles (Rev.) Langton Catherine Emily Darwin Birth: May 9, 1810 43 45 — Shrewsbury, Salop. Death: February 2, 1866 — Shrewsbury, Salop.

Family with Emma Wedgwood - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emma Wedgwood Sir Francis Darwin Charles Robert Darwin Birth: February 12, 1809 42 44 — Mount House, Shrewsbury, Salop Death: April 19, 1882 — Down House, Kent
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles Robert Darwin Sir Francis Darwin Emma Wedgwood Birth: May 2, 1808 39 44 Death: October 7, 1896
	Marriage: January 29, 1839 — Maer, Staffs
10 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Amy Ruck Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin Family with spouse Ellen Crofts Family with spouse Florence Henrietta Fisher Sir Francis Darwin Birth: August 16, 1848 39 40 — Downe, Kent Death: September 19, 1925

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Note	Eminent naturalist and author of "The Origin of Species" and "Natural Selection", who gave his name to Darwinism. In 2000 his image appeared on the Bank of England's £10 note, replacing Charles Dickens. Fellow of The Royal Society.