Charles Robert Darwin was a naturalist, who proposed the 'Theory of Evolution' of the living world. He put forward the theory based on natural selection and the survival of the fittest.

    Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in England. He belonged to a well-educated family. His father was a doctor. But Charles was interested in natural history and geology and pursued his studies on that line. At the tender age of twenty two and fresh from Cambridge Darwin set out for exploration on the uninhabited Galapagos Islands in South America. It presented a fertile ground for study to the inquisitive mind of Darwin.

    Charles Darwin was extremely delighted as he explored those islands, as it presented a living museum of the past geological times. He found there a variety of species from the animal kingdom, which inspired his keen mind. This spectrum of variety of animals was the inspiring event in the life of Darwin. He never engaged himself anywhere else other than long voyages and got an opportunity to sail around the world in a ship. During this period, he studied different living species in different regions and tried to establish the theory of evolution.