There are several names that come into play as to who might have influenced Charles Darwin. Darwin came from a family of scientifically-oriented people, wealthy and educated. His father, a medical doctor, wanted him to also become a doctor, Charles Darwin became sick at the sight of blood and disagreed.
When eighteen, Charles enrolled at Christ's College, Cambridge, after having started at Edinburgh University in Scotland. At Christ's College, Charles was taught botony, a popular...
There are several names that come into play as to who might have influenced Charles Darwin. Darwin came from a family of scientifically-oriented people, wealthy and educated. His father, a medical doctor, wanted him to also become a doctor, Charles Darwin became sick at the sight of blood and disagreed.
When eighteen, Charles enrolled at Christ's College, Cambridge, after having started at Edinburgh University in Scotland. At Christ's College, Charles was taught botony, a popular course, by John Stevens Henslow, who had innovated a unique method of botanical instruction called "independent discovery" within which students were given plants and encouraged to make their own independent observations and discoveries. Henslow's method had a deep impact on Charles. Henslow's instruction inspired Charles's pursuit of the study of natural history.
After Christ's College in 1831, Charles had a life-changing opportunity as a result of being recommend by Henslow to accompany Captain Robert Fitzroy as the naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle on a five-year exploration around the world.
It was on this famous journey that Darwin collected specimens and data leading to the development of his theory on the origin of species. It would be fair and reasonable to include these men--his father, Henslow, Fitzroy--and the related experiences as being instructive influences on Charles Darwin.
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