# Charles Darwin ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2025-08-23_Charles_Darwin.jpg|300]] Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist who revolutionized the understanding of life on Earth through his theory of evolution by natural selection. His work "On the Origin of Species" (1859) presented compelling evidence for evolutionary theory and fundamentally changed how humans understand their place in the natural world. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Charles Darwin]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Charles Darwin]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->