- Born
- February 12, 1809
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in The PeerageRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- February 12, 1809
- Died
- April 19, 1882
18
Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in The PeerageRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , 1882
1
- April 19, 1882
- Birthplace
- The Mount
- , Shrewsbury
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Archivio Storico Ricordi - digital collectionRetrieved 2020-12-03
- 2.Stated in www.accademiadellescienze.itRetrieved 2020-12-01
- Place of death
- Down House
1
Sources- 1.Stated in TheGuardian.com“Bedroom where Charles Darwin died to be opened to the public”theguardian.com/science/2016/jun/29/bedroom-where-charles-darwin-died-to-be-opened-to-the-publicRetrieved 2017-01-25
- , Shrewsbury
1
- Down House
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- geologist
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , explorer
- , travel writer
- +8 more
- geologist
- Education
- Christ's College
- , University of Edinburgh Medical School
- , Shrewsbury School(1818–1825)
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- +2 more
- Employer
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- Relative
- Ursula Mommens kinship to subject: great-granddaughter
- Josiah Wedgwood kinship to subject: uncle, wife's father
- Emma Darwin kinship to subject: female first cousin
- Robin Darwin kinship to subject: great-grandson
- Sarah Darwin kinship to subject: lineal descendant
- Charles Darwin kinship to subject: father's brother
- Erasmus Darwin kinship to subject: grandfather
- Mary Susan Parker kinship to subject: sororal niece
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- Robert Parker kinship to subject: sororal nephew
- Henry Parker kinship to subject: sororal nephew
- Charles Parker kinship to subject: sororal nephew
- Francis Parker kinship to subject: sororal nephew
- Sex or gender
- male
2
Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-04
- male
- Child
- Anne Darwin
1
- Francis Darwin
1
- William Erasmus Darwin
1
- Henrietta Litchfield
1
- George Howard Darwin
1
- Leonard Darwin
1
- Horace Darwin
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- Charles Waring Darwin
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- Anne Darwin
- Father
- Robert Darwin
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 2.Stated in Kindred Britain
- Robert Darwin
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order(1868)
1
Sources- 1.orden-pourlemerite.de/mitglieder/charles-robert-darwin?m=4&u=2Retrieved 2023-09-06
- Copley Medal(1864) award rationale: For his important researches in geology, zoology, and botanical physiology.
1
Sources- 1.“Award winners : Copley Medal”docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1336391689&single=trueRetrieved 2018-12-30
- Royal Medal(1853)
- Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Baly Medal(1879)
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London
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- Honorary doctor of Leiden University(1875)
- Bressa Prize(1875)
- Wollaston Medal(1859)
1
Sources- 1.geolsoc.org.uk/About/Awards-Grants-and-Bursaries/Society-Awards/Wollaston-MedalRetrieved 2020-12-21
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi(since 1871)
- Darwin Medal
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order(1868)
- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1839)
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina(since 1857)
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- American Philosophical Society(since 1869)
1
Sources- 1.search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=darwin;smode=advanced;f1-date=1869Retrieved 2022-03-12
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Silesian Society for the Culture of the Fatherland
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences(since 1874)
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei(since 1875) subject has role: Q137396485
- Zoological Society of London(since 1839)
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Sources- 1.zsl.org/blogs/artefact-of-the-month/charles-darwin-zsl-london-zooRetrieved 2022-03-12
- French Academy of Sciences
- Russian Academy of Sciences(since 1867)
1
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Geographical Society
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Academy of Sciences of Turin(since 1873)
1
- Plinian Society
- Royal Entomological Society(since 1833) subject has role: founding member
1
- New York Liberal Club(since 1871) subject has role: honorary member
- Mother
- Susannah Wedgwood
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 2.Stated in Kindred Britain
- Susannah Wedgwood
- Commons Creator page
- Charles Darwin
- Name in native language
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sibling
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin kinship to subject: elder brother
1
- Caroline Wedgwood kinship to subject: elder sister
1
- Marianne Darwin kinship to subject: elder sister
1
- Emily Darwin kinship to subject: younger sister
1
- Susan Darwin kinship to subject: elder sister
1
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin kinship to subject: elder brother
- Y-DNA Haplogroup
- Haplogroup R1b
1
Sources- 1.“Charles Darwin's genetic history unlocked by DNA project”telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7158271/Charles-Darwins-genetic-history-unlocked-by-DNA-project.htmlRetrieved 2017-10-31
- Haplogroup R1b
- Short name
- Charles Darwin
- Has works in the collection
- Cambridge University Herbarium
1
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium
- The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online
1
Sources- 1.“Toute la bibliothèque de Charles Darwin exposée en ligne”actualitte.com/article/115681/bibliophilie/toute-la-bibliotheque-de-charles-darwin-exposee-en-ligneRetrieved 2024-02-14
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Memoria Chilena
- Cambridge University Herbarium
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
- Birth name
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Contributed to creative work
- Popular Science subject has role: contributor
- Collection items at
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
2
Sources- 1.data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00070257
- 2.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/bf2a4bf0-5f31-11de-b67e-b8a03c50a862Retrieved 2025-10-17
- Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/cd6e21c8-9e8a-493a-8a76-fbf7862069e5Retrieved 2025-10-12
- National Herbarium of Victoria
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/4ce8e3f9-2546-4af1-b28d-e2eadf05dfd4Retrieved 2025-10-18
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/b5cdf794-8fa4-4a85-8b26-755d087bf531Retrieved 2025-10-18
- William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/d415c253-4d61-4459-9d25-4015b9084fb0Retrieved 2025-10-18
- Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/7bd65a7a-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9aRetrieved 2025-10-19
- Harvard University Herbaria
- California Academy of Sciences herbarium
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Medical condition
- stuttering
- myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome sourcing circumstances: possibly
1
- Archives at
- ETH Zurich University Archives inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 656
1
Sources- 1.vls.hsa.ethz.ch/client/link/de/archiv/einheit/c5a2dcf308b749679042416db742f649Retrieved 2025-01-15
- ETH Zurich University Archives inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 656
On other databases
350 identifiers linking Charles Darwin across the web's reference databases
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- Academic Tree ID3289
- Académie royale de Belgique member IDcharles-robert-darwin
- Academy of Athens authority ID11708
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- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ID637-darwin-charles-robert
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID82946
- Alvin IDalvin-person:6603
- Amazon author IDB000AQ3LK0
- American Academy in Rome ID12378586
- AMNH entity IDamnhp_1000499
- Angelicum ID12646
- AniList staff ID128524
- Aozora Bunko author ID1304
- Apple Music artist ID156138118
- Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID151059373
- Archive of Our Own tagCharles Darwin
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- Archives at Yale agent IDpeople/92736
- Archivio Storico Ricordi person ID13743
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinecharles-robert-darwin
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- ASEE person ID591
- AskArt person ID11096381
- Auckland Museum ID40769
- AusStage person ID447257
- Australian Dictionary of Biography IDdarwin-charles-robert-1957
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- Australian National Maritime Museum person ID4462
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- BBC Things IDb5325bde-8ff6-417e-8d15-f9b137aa7091
- BD Gest' author ID47501
- BeWeb person ID10009
- BHCL UUIDb906dec6-1c02-498c-b173-3e20e2121669
- BHF author ID000002121
- BHL creator ID93
- Bibliography of the History of Slovakia ID56781
- BiblioNet author ID3124
- Biblioteca Franco Serantini ID2372
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11898689q
- BIBSYS ID90066479
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- Bitraga author ID1152
- BIU Santé person ID5185
- BLPL author ID18465
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)DarwinCharles1809-1882
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- Botanist author abbreviationDarwin
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- Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)0040E3992
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- Central Library of Volos authority ID12997
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- Christie's creator ID59375
- CICAP Encyclopedia ID100253
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- CoBiS author ID95a5yja38danygu695b5yc1g6cr38d8
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- Curlie IDScience/Biology/History/People/Darwin,_Charles/
- Cyprus Bibliography ID6054
- Cyprus University of Technology ID113361
- Darwin Correspondence ID1
- Databazeknih.cz author ID7256
- DBC author ID87097968242320
- DBNL author IDdarw001
- DDB person (GND) ID118523813
- Der Spiegel topic IDcharles_darwin
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