Darwin’s Shrewsbury Stanford University Darwin Day

Darwin’s Shrewsbury ‘The Child is the Father of the Man’ Wordsworth

Darwin’s Shrewsbury “I was born a Naturalist” Charles Darwin - Autobiographical Fragment 1838

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Robert Waring Darwin 1766–1848 Erasmus Darwin

Darwin’s Shrewsbury The Darwin Home - The Mount

Darwin’s Shrewsbury St Chad’s Church

Darwin’s Shrewsbury The Unitarian Church, High Street

Darwin’s Shrewsbury

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Darwin’s Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Library

Darwin’s Shrewsbury The Bellstone

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Edinburgh Cambridge

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Charlie’s Angels

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Captain Robert Fitzroy

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Sir Francis Beaufort

Darwin’s Shrewsbury George Peacock

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Revd. John Stevens Henslow

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Professor Adam Sedgwick

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Josiah Wedgwood II

Darwin’s Shrewsbury The Lion Hotel

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Voyage of the Beagle

Darwin’s Shrewsbury

Darwin Statue - Shrewsbury School

Darwin’s Shrewsbury 2009 Bicentenary of Darwin’s Birth 150th Anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species 300th Anniversary of the smelting of iron with coke at Coalbrookdale

Darwin’s Shrewsbury 2009 EVOLUTION - REVOLUTION

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Towards 2009 Shrewsbury Darwin Festival (Founded in 2003) Darwin Summer Symposium (2005) Darwin Debate for Shropshire Schools (‘05)

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Towards 2009 Acquiring the Birthplace Developing the Music Hall

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Towards 2009 The Regional Picture The National Partnership

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Towards 2009 The Regional Picture A partnership between: Birmingham - Lichfield - Malvern Shrewsbury - Stoke

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Towards 2009 Darwin200 is being developed by a group of highly reputed national partners and aims to celebrate the work of Charles Darwin and his legacy during the period of

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Towards 2009 Darwin200 membership currently stands at 22 including: BBC - Open University - Natural History Museum English Heritage - Linnean Society - Kew Gardens - Royal Geographical Society - British Association - British Council The Charles Darwin Trust - Bromley Council (Down World Heritage Bid) - National Library of Scotland - Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council

Darwin’s Shrewsbury "Along with Shakespeare and Newton, Darwin is Britain 's greatest gift to the world.” Professor Richard Dawkins FRS

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Darwin Memorial - Westminster Abbey

Darwin’s Shrewsbury The Bishop of Carlisle, Harvey Goodwin, in a memorial sermon preached in the Abbey on the Sunday following the funeral, said “I think that the interment of the remains of Mr Darwin in Westminster Abbey is in accordance with the judgement of the wisest of his countrymen…

Darwin’s Shrewsbury It would have been unfortunate if anything had occurred to give weight and currency to the foolish notion which some have diligently propagated, but for which Mr Darwin was not responsible, that there is a necessary conflict between a knowledge of Nature and a belief in God…”. The Bishop of Carlisle, Harvey Goodwin

Darwin’s Shrewsbury Jon King Darwin Festival Director