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Charles Darwin University (CDU) is an Australian public university with a main campus in Darwin and eight satellite campuses in some metropolitan and regional areas. It was established in 2003 after the merger of Northern Territory University, the Menzies School of Health Research, and Centralian College.
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP (/ ˈ d ɑːr w ɪ n / DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
One of Darwin's grandfathers, Erasmus Darwin, was a successful physician, and was followed in this by his sons Charles Darwin, who died in 1778 while still a promising medical student at the University of Edinburgh, and Doctor Robert Waring Darwin, Darwin's father, who named his son Charles Robert Darwin, honouring his deceased brother.
Jarvis founded the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, which gave its first concert in 1989 - he ended his term as its artistic director at the end of 2009. Jarvis is professor and lecturer of music at Charles Darwin University (CDU) where he teaches viola, violin, and conducting, and is director of the CDU Confucius Institute. Awards
Charles Darwin's grandfather Erasmus Darwin outlined a hypothesis of transmutation of species in the 1790s, and French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published a more developed theory in 1809. Both envisaged that spontaneous generation produced simple forms of life that progressively developed greater complexity, adapting to the environment ...
The book's development: biographical aspects Figure 21, "Horror and Agony", from a photograph by Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (more images). Background: In the weeks before Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838, Charles Darwin sought medical advice on his mysterious physical symptoms, and then travelled to Scotland for a period of rest and a "geologizing expedition" – but spent some of his ...
Reproduction of frontispiece by Robert Taylor Pritchett from the first Murray illustrated edition, 1890: HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan at Monte Sarmiento in Chile.. The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect.
Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University: 2003–2008: 6: Barney Glover: 2009–2014: 7: Simon Maddocks: 2014–2020: 8 Mike Wilson Interim Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University 2020 – May 2021 9 Scott Bowman AO: Vice-Chancellor and President of Charles Darwin University May 2021 – current