Inscription
Charles Darwin, 1809 - 1882, naturalist, lived in a house on this site, 1838 - 1842.
London County Council
Site: Charles Darwin (1 memorial)
WC1, Gower Street, Darwin Building, UCL
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Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, father of the theory of evolution and natural selectio...
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