AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where did he go to school (as a kid)?
A
Shrewsbury
B
New Haven
C
VVHS
D
New World Charter School
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He was first educated by Caroline, and then spent a year at a day school in Shrewsbury. From there he was sent to the Shrewsbury School, about a mile away from The Mount, at the age of 8.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Darwin is born at The Mount, Shrewsbury, the fifth child of Robert Waring Darwin, physician, and Susannah Wedgwood. Darwin’s mother dies; his 3 older sisters take on maternal responsibilities. Darwin starts at Unitarian day school. Darwin attends Shrewsbury School as a boarder.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the summer of 1818, Darwin was transferred to a boarding school run by Dr. Butler, also in Shrewsbury, which he attended for seven years, until the summer of 1825 when he was sixteen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its students have included Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, statesman, and author; Fulke Greville Brooke, poet and humanist; and Charles Darwin, naturalist.

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