Charles Darwin, who was born on 12th February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire is having his statue moved to the landing of the Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum to help celebrate his 200th birthday in February.
Darwin died aged 73 in Kent on 19th April 1882.
Darwin gets pride of place at the Natural History Museum
By Daily Mail Reporter
22nd May 2008
Daily Mail
Charles Darwin, circa 1854
Charles Darwin's theories have sometimes been accused of being elitist.
So the father of modern science would surely have been pleased to be given pride of place in one of the world's most prestigious museums.
A massive 2.2-tonne statue of him is to be moved into the landing of the Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum as part of the scientist's 200th birthday celebrations.
Darwin's seminal 1859 text On The Origin Of Species laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way society thinks about the natural world.
The marble statue was first unveiled in 1885, three years after Darwin's death.
The statue of Charles Darwin is hoisted back into its place in the central hall of the Natural History Museum
It has been moved to various locations in the museum but will now return to its original position - watching carefully over the vast skeleton of a diplodocus in the atmospheric Central Hall.
On The Origin Of Species rocked the sedate world of Victorian science by questioning long held beliefs about human evolution.
At the time of its publication most Europeans believed that the world was created by God in seven days as described in the Bible (many Americans still do).
But On The Origin Of Species introduced the theory that populations evolved over the course of generations through a process of natural selection.
The statue of Charles Darwin will take pride of place next to a Diplodocus skeleton, in time for Darwin 200, a nationwide programme of events in 2008/9 celebrating the bicentenary of Darwin's birth
His book was the culmination of evidence he had collected on a five-year voyage around the world in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations and experiments on his return.
The statue is being moved as part of the Darwin200 celebrations.
Darwin200 is a collaboration between organisations across the UK who are celebrating the scientist's 200th birthday in February 2009.
Bob Bloomfield, head of special projects at the Natural History Museum said: "Charles Darwin's theory of evolution revolutionised our understanding of the natural world and is central to our science at the Museum.
"We are moving Darwin's statue back to its original prime position in preparation for Darwin200, a national programme of events over the next eighteen months celebrating his ideas, impact and influence, around the bicentenary of his birth."
The statue is moved during the night by a team of engineers
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Darwin died aged 73 in Kent on 19th April 1882.
Darwin gets pride of place at the Natural History Museum
By Daily Mail Reporter
22nd May 2008
Daily Mail
Charles Darwin, circa 1854
Charles Darwin's theories have sometimes been accused of being elitist.
So the father of modern science would surely have been pleased to be given pride of place in one of the world's most prestigious museums.
A massive 2.2-tonne statue of him is to be moved into the landing of the Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum as part of the scientist's 200th birthday celebrations.
Darwin's seminal 1859 text On The Origin Of Species laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way society thinks about the natural world.
The marble statue was first unveiled in 1885, three years after Darwin's death.
The statue of Charles Darwin is hoisted back into its place in the central hall of the Natural History Museum
It has been moved to various locations in the museum but will now return to its original position - watching carefully over the vast skeleton of a diplodocus in the atmospheric Central Hall.
On The Origin Of Species rocked the sedate world of Victorian science by questioning long held beliefs about human evolution.
At the time of its publication most Europeans believed that the world was created by God in seven days as described in the Bible (many Americans still do).
But On The Origin Of Species introduced the theory that populations evolved over the course of generations through a process of natural selection.
The statue of Charles Darwin will take pride of place next to a Diplodocus skeleton, in time for Darwin 200, a nationwide programme of events in 2008/9 celebrating the bicentenary of Darwin's birth
His book was the culmination of evidence he had collected on a five-year voyage around the world in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations and experiments on his return.
The statue is being moved as part of the Darwin200 celebrations.
Darwin200 is a collaboration between organisations across the UK who are celebrating the scientist's 200th birthday in February 2009.
Bob Bloomfield, head of special projects at the Natural History Museum said: "Charles Darwin's theory of evolution revolutionised our understanding of the natural world and is central to our science at the Museum.
"We are moving Darwin's statue back to its original prime position in preparation for Darwin200, a national programme of events over the next eighteen months celebrating his ideas, impact and influence, around the bicentenary of his birth."
The statue is moved during the night by a team of engineers
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