Copper engraving by Le Keux after painting by Bell with hand colouring entitled \Christs College 1838\". Charles Darwin was a theology student of


Copper engraving by Le Keux after painting by Bell with hand colouring entitled \Christs College 1838\". Charles Darwin was a theology student of this Cambridge college from 1828-1831 and viewed it as a formative period for him in every way. His interests veered towards natural history, and through his friend and tutor John Stevens Henslow he was proposed as a gentleman's companion to Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle Voyage."


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