Charles Darwin in Cambridge

Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be educated. Unfortunately the remaining traces of what Darwin actually did and experienced in Cambridge have long remained undiscovered. Consequently his day-to-day life there has remained unknown and misunderstood. This book is based on new research, including newly discovered manuscripts and Darwin publications, and gathers together recollections of those who knew Darwin as a student. This book therefore reveals Darwin's time in Cambridge in unprecedented detail.Contents:

Early Life 1809–1825
Edinburgh University 1825–1827
Coming Up to Cambridge
First Year at Cambridge
Second Year at Cambridge
Third Year at Cambridge
Last Terms at Cambridge
Voyage of the Beagle — and Return to Cambridge
The Origin of Species and Honorary Cambridge Degree
1909: The First Darwin Centenary in Cambridge
2009: The Second Darwin Centenary in Cambridge
Acknowledgements
Appendices
References
Index


Readership: The book is aimed at undergraduate students, Historians and Scientists.