ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College is where the famous biologist and naturalist and father of evolutionary biology, studied. He was a young, innovative and enthusiastic student, destined initially for a life in Holy Orders. From Cambridge he embarked on a ground-breaking journey of discovery on HMS Beagle and fifty years after his birth, his seminal work The Origin of the Species was published.
In ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë in 2009, we celebrated our unique experience of Darwin the student with the public opening of his student rooms (from February 2009) and an unveiling of a specially commissioned bronze sculpture of Darwin as a young man contemplating the origin of our existence.
On this page you will find links to websites and events that took place in ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth in 2009.
The picture shows The Young Darwin: Darwin the student - sculpture by Anthony Smith.
Lectures, articles and websites for the Darwin Celebrations held in 2009
Lady Margaret Lectures
- Professor Marsha Richmond on 11/3/09, ''
- Professor Richard Fortey on 22/4/09, 'The Scientist as Hero'
- Professor David Sedley on 6/5/09, 'Socrates vs Darwin' transcript / audio
Websites
: an exciting resource for all ages concerning the work and legacy of Darwin's discovery and its implications for the world, science and religion. This website was made by students from ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College.
Commemorative booklet
Darwin in Cambridge, by John van Wyhe, (commemorative booklet, published by ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College).
To order this directly from Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge, click .
Articles
Three articles by Dr David Norman et al and an overview on Cambridge Research Horizons:
Darwin and ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College by John van Wyhe, Bye-Fellow, ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College.
In College
- Darwin's College room at ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë
- on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about Darwin's restored rooms in ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College.
- Darwin Garden
- Darwin sculpture by Anthony Smith
- Image of the Darwin Bust in the portico at ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë
- Darwin manuscript discovered at ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College after a century of darkness
Events in ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë
- Darwin Celebratory Dinner (12th February 2009)
- Darwin's birthday: images from the celebrations on 12th February 2009.
- Darwin openings: images from ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College, 20th February 2009.
- Darwin film/article competition for 6th Form and Undergraduate students in Cambridgeshire, sponsored by The Foundation for Genomics and Population Health
Events outside ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College
- (Melvin Bragg's Radio 4 series with strong contributions from members of ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë)
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN (1809- 1882) Charles Darwin was a British naturalist and most famous as the father of evolutionary biology and originator of the theory of natural selection. As naturalist for 5 years aboard the ship HMS Beagle, during its voyage around the world, Darwin gained the experience that led to his epoch-making book On the Origin of Species (1859). This was followed by The Descent of Man (1871) which argued that humans and apes shared a common ancestor - a revolutionary theory for its time. Darwin is buried in Westminster Abbey. Darwin was admitted to ÍõÖÐÍõÁùºÏ²ÊÌØÂë College on 15th October 1827 , gaining his BA in 1831, his MA in 1836 and an honorary doctorate in 1877. |