What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Charles Darwin 1809-1882. Charles Darwin was born in this house on 12th February 1809
Charles Darwin was a pioneering naturalist and biologist, best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection as outlined in "On the Origin of Species," fundamentally altering scientific understanding of the diversity of life.
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