Charles Darwin (1869)
Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) is known as the godfather of modern biology and the British naturalist’s contribution to human consciousness, in general, can never be understated. Britannica provides Darwin as the creator of the natural selection theory, which would be the progenitor for our current understanding of evolution. His contributions redefined his and future societies’ experience of politics, science, and literature, for all time to come. Julia Margaret Cameron took this picture, with the photographer also having captured the likeness of John Herschel and Alfred Tennyson. The Victoria and Albert Museum had this to say about the picture: Charles Darwin, along with his loved ones, took to the Isle of Wight for a summer holiday in 1868. This was where Cameron snapped this incredible photograph of the naturalist, which later would become the standard representation of the scientific master. It would go on to be distributed as a carbon print.
Charles Darwin
Daniel F. Bakeman, The Last Surviving Soldier Of The Revolutionary War (1868)
Daniel F. Bakeman (1759 – 1869) is regarded as the final member of a 14-strong group of remaining Revolutionary War veterans and would go on to be the final survivor of the war to be handed his pension. Colonel Marinus Willett and Captain Van Arnum had the pleasure of supposedly being served by Bakeman, during this liberational war, toward its final four years. He was described as a figurehead within noteworthy political events. The man coined the term “Independence Day,” where he would awake at the crack of dawn to sling his aged musket. Bakeman could then be spotted marching about his neighborhood, blasting his gun and shouting, “Hurrah!”
Daniel F Bakeman The Last Surviving Soldier Of The Revolutionary War
