Father of Modern Biology: Charles Darwin
Charles（查尔斯） Darwin's whole life was changed by one lucky chance. In 1831, before he went on the voyage of the Beagle贝格尔号的航程, he was a very ordinary young man of twenty-two. No one in England—certainly not Darwin himself —had any idea of the future he had before him.
His sister Caroline gave him his first lessons. He was both lazy and naughty（nouty顽皮的）, and everyone was glad that he went away to school after his mother's death when he was eight.
Charles soon became a keen collector. He collected anything that caught his interest: insects（昆虫类）, seashells（贝壳）, coins and interesting stones. He said later that his collection prepared him for his work as a naturalist.
He was not a very clever boy, but Charles was good at doing the things that interested him. He also took pleasure in carrying out experiments. But he could not learn Latin and Greek which in those days was an important part of education. He was a disappointment to his father, who was sure that he would bring nothing but shame to himself and his family.
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