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March First daughter Annie dies from tuberculosis, aged ten. Publishes books on barnacles, A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia and A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae. Studies and writes on Sessile Cirripedes. Publishes more books on barnacles, A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia, and A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae. Studies and experiments with seeds. Writes down his views for a book on Natural Selection and transmutation of species. Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace sends Charles an essay on evolution through natural selection based on a theory that is nearly identical to Charles'. June 28 Baby Charles dies of fever. June Darwin and Wallace’s theories of evolution through natural selection are presented by Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker at the Linnean Society of London. The response is very muted. July - March 1859 Darwin writes On the Origin of Species. November On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life is published by John Murray. The book provokes great controversy. January 2nd foreign editions of Origin are published. Bishop Samuel Wilberforce attacks Darwin’s theory and scientists Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hookerat support the theory at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University. Works on Variation book. 3rd edition of Origin. Publishes On the Various Contrivances By Which British and Foreign Orchids Are Fertilised By Insects, and On the Good Effects of Intercrossing. Darwin is awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London. Publishes an article On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants in the Linnean Society of London Journal. 4th edition of Origin.

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Bibliography of the Timeline of Charles Darwin 5

Miller, J (2003). Darwin for Beginners.
Woodward, T (2006). Darwin Strikes Back: Defending the Science of Intelligent Design.

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