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
