Darwin (disambiguation)
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Various places, things and persons are associated with Darwin. The word Darwin, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. It became popular largely due to the findings of pre-eminent naturalist Charles Darwin regarding evolution by natural selection.
People:
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882) — renowned naturalist and thinker.
- Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) — Charles' grandfather, himself a naturalist and doctor.
- George Howard Darwin (1845–1912) — Charles' son. Astronomer and mathematician.
- Leonard Darwin (1850–1943) — Charles' son. Economist, eugenicist, and politician.
- Charles Galton Darwin (1887–1962) — George's son. Mathematician, physicist and eugenicist.
- ...and many other members of the Darwin-Wedgwood family.
- Darwin — a fictional crewmember (a dolphin) in the television series seaQuest DSV.
Places:
- Darwin — major Australian city, and capital of the Northern Territory.
- Charles Darwin University — principal university of that territory.
- Charles Darwin National Park — large nature reserve of that city.
- Darwin College — part of the University of Cambridge
- Darwin — a small town in the Falkland Islands
- Darwin — a small town in Minnesota
- Darwin — a tiny settlement in California
- Darwin — a volcano on the Galápagos Islands
- Mount Darwin
Things:
- Apple Darwin — a BSD based operating system used in Mac OS X
- Darwin — a multiple-satellite project planned by the European Space Agency
- Darwin Medal — awarded by the Royal Society
- Darwin Awards — for people who "remove themselves from the gene pool" by dying in a ridiculous fashion
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