Down House, Charles Darwin’s home in Kent where he wrote The Origin of Species, is now administered by English Heritage and they have made great improvements to it since my last visit nearly twenty years ago Read More...Tags:Down House, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, Drawing room, The Queen's Head, billiards, Places Darwin lived
I’m going to be leaving in a few days to go to the UK. One of the reasons for my trip is to visit Charles Darwin’s residence, Down House, in Kent. I’ve been there before but wish to return as part of my research for Looking for Darwin: I want my impressions to be fresh ones. Read More...Tags:Down House, Kent, Places Darwin lived, Charles Darwin, Sand-walk
14 August 2005 Filed in:
Darwin's Early Life
Darwin’s bedroom: the room in which he was born, The Mount
Darwin was brought up in Shrewsbury in a house called The Mount. I went to Shrewsbury and The Mount to check out where it all began and to see if I could not fathom something in the life of a young boy growing up there that may have contributed to his later outlook on the world. Read More...Tags:Darwin's birthplace, The Mount, Shrewsbury, Darwin's bedroom, Places Darwin lived
