• Charles Robert Darwin is the author of 'The Origin of species'. - Charles Darwin, in full Charles Robert Darwin, English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. - The theory was outlined in Darwin’s seminal work On the Origin of Species, published in 1859.
• Charles Robert Darwin (1809-82) is a writer of The Victorian Period. • His major works are: - On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects, - Origin of Species, - The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species, - The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom, - The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, - The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, - The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, etc.