Charles Darwin residence 22 Fitzwilliam Street Cambridge
Darwin lived at 22 Fitzwilliam Street in Cambridge between 16 December 1836 and 6 March 1837 following his return to England after his journey on the Beagle. He aimed to get away from the social pressures of family in Shrewsbury and the scientific pressures of new contacts in London. He could visit old friends and scientific contacts like Henslow and Sedgewick. He employed Syms Covington (his aid on the Beagle) as a gentleman's manservant and set about organising his thoughts and specimens from the Beagle voyages, often covering all available surfaces with careful piles of notes and letters. Darwin started composing his Beagle voyage volume "Journals and Remarks" 1839 here, (later to become his famous "Journal of Researches"). At the end of the street lay the grand Fitzwilliam Museum that in 2009 hoisted a huge banner of Darwin for its "Endless Forms" exhibition.
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