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As home to one of history’s most celebrated scientists, Down House has aroused much interest from both scientists and social historians
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A history of Down House, the home of the great scientist Charles Darwin for 40 years, where he developed his theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Rare tree planted at Darwin's Down House
A rare tree has been planted at Down House this week to commemorate Robert FitzRoy - Captain of the HMS Beagle and a pioneering scientist in his own right.
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Down House is important because it was here that Charles Darwin carried out much of the research that underpinned his scientific thought
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The Darwin Family at Down House
How Charles and Emma Darwin’s children were both seen and heard during their surprisingly boisterous childhood at Down House in Kent.
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Chairman's Lecture: Charles Darwin's living laboratory at Down House
In 1859, while living at Down House in Kent, Charles Darwin published his theory of natural selection in his book On the Origin of Species. The garden at Down House was Darwin’s ‘living laboratory’, where he conducted hundreds of experiments on the natural world. In her lecture on 7 February, Emily Parker, landscape advisor, took us behind the scenes of the project to reveal more about those experiments and the role they played in informing his groundbreaking theories.
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A description of Down House, now filled with many family portraits, furniture and personal possessions from Charles Darwin’s day.
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How Charles Darwin's garden inspired the theory of evolution
James Costa, author of Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments led to a Big Theory, tells us how Down House inspired his latest work.
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Sources for Darwin and Down House
A guide to the documents, books and collections of artefacts for the study of Darwin and Down House.