What is recorded here
This white commemorative plaque records: To the memory of Charles Robert Darwin author of "The Origin Of The Species" born in Shrewsbury, February 12th 1809. In early life a member and constant worshipper in this church. Died April 19th 1882
Charles Darwin was a British naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, fundamentally altering scientific understanding of the origins and diversity of life on Earth.
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