Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury on February 12, 1809. His father and grandfather, admired and respected physicians, Charles grew up in a well-educated, free-spirited family. When he was eight, his mother died, leaving Charles and his five siblings with their strict and often authoritarian father. Shortly afterwards he was sent to Shrewsbury boarding school to study Greek and Latin. Outside of class, Charles collected beetles and conducted his own chemistry experiments, earning him the nickname "Gaz" at school. Increasingly bored and indifferent towards his language studies, Charles' motivation began to wane. His father, seeing his son's poor academic performance, withdrew him from school and hired him as an assistant in his medical office. In 1825, Charles was accepted into the University of Edinburgh to study medicine, but he would not continue Darwin's reign. doctors. Charles, realizing that he was much more interested in natural history, began visiting fishermen, rummaging through their fishing nets for specimens he could study. It was here that he met Robert Edmont Grant, a sponge expert, who sparked his interest in marine invertebrates. Eventually, tired of marine biology, Charles took up hunting and met John James Audubon, an ornithologist who sparked his interest in birds and taxidermy. However, once again his father was dissatisfied with his academic results and suggested that Charles leave university to become a priest. In 1828 Charles began attending Christ's College, Cambridge where he met the Reverend Professor John Stevens Henslow. Henslow was a botanist who would prove to have the greatest influence on Charles and a driving force behind his businesses after college. After graduating in 183...... middle of paper ....... Today, Darwin's legacy lives on through his written works and the knowledge he passed down from generation to generation . Thanks to Darwin, we now understand why antibiotics and pesticides no longer work after a long period of time. Living organisms adapt to their environment and learn to thrive in whatever environment they exist. His theory of evolution opened people's minds to other possibilities surrounding the formation of the Earth. He showed that humans are part of nature, not above it, and that all life descends from a common ancestor. His work had an impact on all branches of science and his explanation of the evolutionary process occurring through natural selection forms the basis of modern biological sciences. Today, “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” has been translated into thirty languages ​​worldwide..