Знаменитые музеи Великобритании. Музей Чарльза Дарвина.

Charles Darwin

• Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution .

Down House

George Edmund Butler (15 January 1872 – 9 August 1936)

DARWIN’S LATER CHANGES

Although Charles Darwin described Down House as ‘ugly’ and looking ‘neither old nor new’

BOTANICAL EXPERIMENTS AT DOWN HOUSE

The restored greenhouses at Down House, where Darwin carried out many of his plant experiments

DOWN AFTER DARWIN

The New Study at Down House converted for school use in the early 20th century, when the house became a girls’ school

THE DARWIN MUSEUM

Darwin’s Old Study at Down House, photographed by his son Leonard Darwin in about 1882

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