Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was:

Born: February 12, 1809, The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Died: April 19, 1882, Down House, Luxted Road, Downe, Kent, UK

Nationality: British

Spouse: Emma Darwin (m. 1839-1882)

Parents:Susannah Darwin,  Robert Darwin

Children: Elizabeth Darwin,  George Darwin,  Charles Waring Darwin,  William Erasmus Darwin,  Mary Eleanor Darwin,  Henrietta Litchfield,  Anne Darwin,  Leonard Darwin,  Francis Darwin,  Horace Darwin

With Charles's book which he published in 1859 gave a good explenation to why the theory of evolution is true. The book did two things:

First, it provided a great deal of evidence that evolution has taken place.

Second, it proposed a theory to explain how evolution works.