Download or read book Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter (annotated) written by Charles Darwin and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Robert Darwin was the second son of Dr. Robert Waring Darwin, of Shrewsbury, where he was born on February 12, 1809. Dr. Darwin was a son of Erasmus Darwin, sometimes described as a poet, but more deservedly known as physician and naturalist. Charles Darwin's mother was Susannah, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, the well-known potter of Etruria, in Staffordshire.