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Prologue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2010

Edited by
Frederick Burkhardt
Frederick Burkhardt
Affiliation:
American Council of Learned Societies
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Summary

The first letter in this volume was written when Darwin was twelve. The following provide some details of his life up to that point.

1809

Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February, second son and fifth of six children of Robert Waring Darwin, physician of Shrewsbury, and Susannah, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood I, master-potter of Staffordshire.

1817

Attended the Reverend George Case's school in the spring. On 15 July, Darwin's mother died, aged 52.

1818

Entered Shrewsbury School as a boarding student.

1822

Began to assist his older brother Erasmus with chemistry.

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Origins
Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822–1859. Anniversary edition.
 , pp. xxix - xxx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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  • Prologue
  • Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, American Council of Learned Societies
  • Book: Origins
  • Online publication: 15 April 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511722059.004
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  • Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, American Council of Learned Societies
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  • Prologue
  • Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, American Council of Learned Societies
  • Book: Origins
  • Online publication: 15 April 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511722059.004
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