Charles Darwin’s Connections with Shrewsbury

This is a short to-the-point document about Charles Darwin’s connections to the historic medieval town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The naturalist, geologist and ecologist who after a voyage on the HMS Beagle; became famous for his controversial book: “On the Origin of Species”, had many connections with Shrewsbury. Find out about his family ties to Shrewsbury, from his father setting up a doctor’s practice in the town, to Charles Darwin’s birth and schooling there to the statues that have been built there since in his memory.