Charles Darwin, British naturalist W H including an omnibus and a

including an omnibus and a carriage advertising Leighton and Taylor Lithographers

wearing gloves and holding a cane: with (below) head and shoulders of John George Adami

although charges of high treason were never proved

View of the Royal Exchange's west front

Charles Darwin, British naturalist W H including an omnibus and aCharles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Darwin started his career on board the HMS 'Beagle' and spent six years surveying the South American seas. He is remembered for his momentous contributions to biology and as the originator of the theory of evolution. His most famous work, The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, was published in 1859.