- Charles Darwin - a year of celebrations
....some sort of celebration of Charles Darwin will soon be in full swing to mark his anniversary year. Even if you just consider February 12, the biologist’s 200th birthday, there will be events in London, Newcastle, Bristol, Edinburgh, Hull, Shrewsbury, Cardiff, Elgin, Cambridge, Bath, Bolton, Ipswich and many other parts of the country.
The National History Museum will unveil a new artwork on its ceiling; Darwin’s alma mater – Christ’s College, Cambridge – will host a £5,000-a-head charity dinner, attended by the Duke of Edinburgh and Sir David Attenborough, to fund research links with the Galapagos Islands, where much of Darwin’s research was carried out; Richard Dawkins and Lord Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford, will debate each other at the Institute of Biology in London, in an echo of the famous battle over Darwinism between Bishop Wilberforce and Thomas Huxley; and there will even be a new set of commemorative stamps issued.
However, “Darwin Day” is only the start. The National History Museum will be continuing its blockbuster Darwin exhibition until April, with other shows at a dozen or so venues, most notably the British Library, the National Portrait Gallery, and Darwin’s former home, Down House in Kent. There will be a week-long festival in Cambridge, and the Wellcome Trust has collaborated with the Royal Botanic Gardens to send a free set of Darwin experiments and activities to every school in the country.
Worldwide, the British Council will also be organising activities to promote Darwin’s life and work. Read it all
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Admirers of Charles Darwin (1809-1882), known for his book, On The Origin Of Species,will be celebrating Darwin's 200th birthday.Charles Darwin's home is to be nominated as a World Heritage Site, as part of a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Locally, there will be a celebration of Darwin's birthday on February 12, 2009 at noon in the Lobby-Atrium of building Science B at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. The event is free and the general public is invited. Attendees are invited to bring decorations for a "Darwin Tree of Life." HSU's Department of Biological Sciences will host the event, with a birthday cake and snacks, an exhibit of Darwin's many books and a Power Point illustrating milestones in the scientist's life.
Published in 1859, On the Origin of Species became the basis of modern evolutionary theory and a foundation of biological science. Darwin is also known for The Voyage of the Beagle, based on a nearly five-year, ocean-going expedition during which he collected zoological data about marine invertebrates. Link
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