Charles Darwin
... A British biologist, who had new ideas of “natural selection”, was Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, traveled on the exploring ship Beagle which shaped his life, revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, and received criticism for his theories. Charles Darwin came from a very successful and wealthy father. His father was a physician and urged Charles to follow in his footsteps. Charles was sent to his father’s school, Edinburgh University, to study his father’s profession. Charles was very uninterested in medicine and found the lectures to be “intolerably dull”. Darwin also couldn’t stand the sight of surgery. ... It became obvious to his father that he would never be interested in medicine so Charles’ father sent him to Cambridge hoping he would enter a more suitable profession -- the clergy. ... com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Darwin.htm) While Cambridge had a profound effect on Darwin, he was still genuinely interested in collecting natural specimens. ... With Charles Darwin being so young when getting the recommendation to go on the voyage he sought his father’s approval. His father did not agree with him going on the Beagle but several days later Charles decided to go anyways. Darwin left his home in Shrewsbury on October 2, 1831 and was not to return until October 5, 1836, five years and three days later. ... ) Charles Darwin was troubled by seasickness, which did not completely disappear throughout the entire journey, but he was sailing into a new world which he could only imagine. Darwin lived in Rio de Janeiro for ten weeks in a cottage at Botafogo Bay. ... Darwin’s hunger for adventure was fulfilled by the excitement for participating in heavily armed patrols through the city streets. The next stop for the Beagle would be a fateful one for Darwin, who had now been away from his home for nearly four years. ... Within a year and a half Darwin’s study of these same specimens was to raise critical questions in his mind.