Charles Darwin, British naturalist W H View of the Royal Exchange's

View of the Royal Exchange's west front

8th August 1957

World Record Motor Cycle Body Jump By Royal Artillery

The woman on the left is wearing a looser coat known as a mantle that matches her dress

Stewart is wearing a crash helmet lined with a band of tartan

Charles Darwin, British naturalist W H View of the Royal Exchange'sCharles 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.