Project Gutenberg 2014-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 41 Lessona, Michele 1823 1894 Carlo Darwin Reading ease score: 35.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Giovanni Fini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Carlo Darwin" by Michele Lessona is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the life and contributions of Charles Darwin, focusing on his early years, education, and the significant influences that shaped his work as a naturalist, particularly the impact of his famous voyage on the HMS Beagle. At the start of the narrative, the author reflects on the public's sentiment following Darwin's death, highlighting the request to honor him with a burial in Westminster Abbey instead of his home village. The opening chapters delve into Darwin's family background, detailing the intellectual legacy inherited from his grandfather and father, as well as his early education, which initially aimed at medicine. However, his passion for natural history flourished under the guidance of his mentor, Professor Henslow, leading to his embarking on the pivotal voyage of the Beagle, where he would develop his groundbreaking theories in biology and evolution. The narrative is imbued with personal anecdotes and insights, setting the stage for an exploration of Darwin’s transformative experiences that would influence his scientific perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45296/45296-h/images/cover.jpg it Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 QH Text IT Biografie Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Science - General 449594 449597 2024-10-19T05:27:37.651366 2023-09-19T16:26:24.768978 text/html text/html 451600 2014-04-01T10:49:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 283658 2014-04-01T10:49:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299012 2024-10-19T05:27:45.414366 application/epub+zip 302421 2024-10-19T05:27:39.554379 application/epub+zip 241735 2024-10-19T05:27:38.470355 application/epub+zip 439216 2024-10-19T05:27:49.702303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397577 2024-10-19T05:27:44.580338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336856 2022-09-20T16:46:08.389689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409031 408841 2024-10-19T05:27:36.872394 2023-09-19T16:26:24.034981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 405927 2014-04-01T10:49:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 151532 2014-04-01T10:49:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19661 2024-10-19T05:27:50.049331 application/rdf+xml 19830 2024-10-19T05:27:38.918370 image/jpeg 3324 2024-10-19T05:27:38.685356 image/jpeg 283719 2024-10-19T05:27:37.695357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia