Friends
- Edmonstone John was originally a black slave probably born in Guyana, South America. He learned taxidermy from Charles Waterton, whose father in law, Charles Edmonstone, had a plantation in Guyana. After he was freed, John came to Glasgow with his former master, Charles Edmonstone
- FitzRoy Robert was to become known after the voyage for biblical literalism, but at this time he had considerable interest in Lyell’s ideas, and they met before the voyage when Lyell asked for observations to be made in South America. FitzRoy’s diary during the ascent of the River Santa Cruz in Patagonia recorded his opinion that the plains were raised beaches, but on return, newly married to a very religious lady, he recanted these ideas.
Family
Darwin Emma, born Wedgwood, 1808/1896, was the wife of Charles Darwin, married 26/1/1839, and were the parents of ten children, three of which died at early ages. Emma’s own Christian beliefs were a source of difficulty in their marriage as they were in conflict with Charles scientific findings on evolution and his later in life professed agnosticism.
Charles and Emma Darwin’s children:
- William Erasmus Darwin, 27 December 1839–1914
- Anne Elizabeth Darwin, 2 March 1841–22 April 1851
- Mary Eleanor Darwin, 23 September 1842–16 October 1842
- Henrietta Emma “Etty” Darwin, 25 September 1843–1929
- George Howard Darwin, 9 July 1845–7 December 1912
- Elizabeth “Bessy” Darwin, 8 July 1847–1926
- Francis Darwin, 16 August 1848–19 September 1925
- Leonard Darwin, 15 January 1850–26 March 1943
- Horace Darwin, 13 May 1851–29 September 1928
- Charles Waring Darwin, 6 December 1856–28 June 1858
Scientists
- Agassiz Louis, 1807/1875, palaetologist/geologist, Neuchatel Univ. (Switzerland), Harvard Univ., Swiss
- Atran Scott, 1952/…, anthropologist, American
- Behe Michael J., 1952/…, Lehigh Univ., biochemist and Intelligent Design advocate, American
- Boyer Pascal, anthropologist, Washington Univ. St Louis, Missouri, American
- Brahe Tycho, 1546/1601, scientist, Denmark
- Buffon (Comte) Georges Louis Leclerc, 1707/1788, Naturalist, Mathematician, Cosmologist, French
- Cairns John, 1922/…, physician/biologist, UK
- Changeux Jean-Pierre, 1936/…, biologist, French
- Conway-Morris Simon, 1952/…, palaeontologist, Cambridge Univ., UK
- Crick Francis Harry, 1916/2004, Biologist/physicist, Salk Institute, UK
- Crow James F.,1916/…, genetician, Wisconsin Univ., USA
- D’Arcy (Sir) Thompson, 1860/1948, biologist, Univiversity College, Dundee, UK
- Darwin Erasmus, 1731/1802, natural philosopher, Charles Darwin’s grand father, UK
- Davis Percival William, zoologist, an author, a young earth creationist, and activist in the Intelligent Design movement, American
- Dawkins Richard, 1941/…, Biologist, Oxford Univ., UK
- Deacon Terrence, anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- de Cambole Augustin Pyramus, 1778/1841, botanist, Swiss
- de Duve Christian ren130, 1917/…, cytologist/biochemist, Leuven Catholic University, Belgian
- Dembski William Albert, 1958/…, proponent of Intelligent Design, and an opponent of the theory of evolution through natural selection, American
- Dennett Daniel Clement, 1942/…, Philosopher, Tufts Univ., American
- Denton Michael John, 1943/…, biochemist, Otago Univ. New Zeeland, UK/Australia
- d’Espagnat Bernard, 1921/…, Physicist, Sorbonne Univ., Paris, French
- Dobzhansky Theodosius Grygorovych, 1900/1975, geneticist, evolutionary biologist, Columbia University, Ukraine, USA
- Dollo Louis Antoine Marie Joseph, 1857/1931, palaetologist, Belgian/French
- Dort Jean, 1924/2001, ornithologist, France
- Edelman Gerald Maurice, 1929/…, biologist, USA
- Eldredge Niles, 1943/…, palaetologist, Columbia Univ., USA
- Engler Heinrich Gustav Adolf, 1844/1930, botanist, Kiel and Berlin Univ., German
- Fisher Ronald Aylmer (Sir), 1890/1962, statistician/biologist and geneticist, Cambridge University/University College London, UK
- Fitzroy Robert, 1805/1865, Captain of the Beagle, meteorologist/surveyor and hydrographer, UK
- Fox William Darwin (Rev.), 1805/1880, naturalist, Cambridge Univ., UK
- Galton Francis (Sir), 1822/1911, anthropologist/eugenicist, Cambridge Univ. and King’s College London, UK
- Gehring Walter Jakob, 1939/…, biologist, Basel Univ., Swiss
- Goldschmidt Richard Benedict, 1878/1958, geneticist, Univ. of California, Berkley, German/USA
- Gonzalez Guillermo, 1963/…, Astrophysicist, Discovery Institute (pro-Intelligent Design), Cuba/USA
- Goodwin Brian Carey, 1931/…, Mathematician/biologist, Open Univ. Uk, Canadian
- Gould John, 1804/1881, ornithologist, UK
- Gould Stephen Jay, 1941/2002, palaetologist, Columbia Univ., American
- Grant Robert Edmond, 1793/1874, biologist/MD, University College, London, UK
- Grassé Pierre-Paul, 1895/1985, zoologist, France
- Gray, Asa, 181`0/1888, botanist, American
- Haeckel Ernst, 1834/1919, biologist, German
- Haldane John Burdon Sanderson (J.B.S.), 1892/1964, Cambridge Univ., University College London, Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta, UK/Indian
- Haughton Samuel, 1821/1897, geologist/writer, Trinity College Dublin, Irish
- Henslow John Stevens, 1796/1861, botanist/biologist, Cambridge Univ., UK
- Herschel John, 1792/1871, Mathematician/astronomer/chemist, UK
- Ho Mae-Wan, 1941/…, geneticist, Open University (UK), UK
- Hooker Joseph Daltron, 1817/1911, Botanist, Glasgow Univ., UK
- Hutton James, 1726/1797, Geologist/MD, UK
- Huxley Thomas Henry, 1825/1895, biologist, University of London, UK
- Jacob François, 1920/…, biologist, France
- Jameson Robert, 1724/1854, naturalist/mineralogist, Edinburgh University, UK
- Johnson Philipp E., 1940/…, Lawyer, Berkeley Univ., considered the father of the Intelligent Design movement, American
- Johnson Steven, 1968/…, author, USA
- Kammerer Paul, 1880/1926, biologist, Austrian
- Kauffman Stuart Alan, 1939/…, biologist, Santa Fe Institute, USA
- Kimura Motoo, 1924/1994, biologist, Japan
- Kuhn Thomas Samuel, 1922/1996, physicist/philosopher, MIT, USA
- Lamarck Jean-Baptiste, 1744/1829, naturalist, French
- Lewin Roger, anthologist/writer, UK
- Lewis Edward B., 1918/2004, geneticist, USA
- Lewontin Richard Charles “Dick”, 1929/…, biologist/geneticist, Harvard, USA
- Linnaeus Carl, 1707/1778, botanist/physician/zoologist, university of Uppsala/lundt/Harderwijk, Swedish
- Lumsden Charles J., biologist, Toronto Univ., Canadian
- Lyell Charles, 1797/1875. Geologist/Lawyer, Edinburgh Univ., UK
- Mae Wan Ho, 1941/…, geneticist, Open Univ., UK
- Maltus Thomas Robert (Rev.), 1766/1834, scholar, UK
- Margulies Lynn, 1938/…, biologist, University of Massachusetts, USA
- Maynard Smith John, 1920/2004, biologist/geneticist, Sussex Univ., UK
- Mayr Ernst Walter, 1904/2005, biologist, German
- McFadden John Joe, 1956/…, biochemist, Surrey University (UK), Irish/UK
- Mendel Gregor, 1822/1884, genetician/scientist/priest, Vienna Univ., Austria
- Meyer C. Stephen, 1958/…, co-founder of the Intelligent Design movement, American
- Miescher Friedrich, 1844/1895, biologist, Tubingen Univ., Swiss
- Miller Kenneth R., 1948/-, biologist, Brown Univ., Roman Catholic opposed to Creationism and Intelligent Design, American
- Minnich Scott A., microbiologist, Idaho Univ., pro-Intelligent Design, fellow of the Discovery Institute, USA
- Mivart St.George Jackson, 1827/1900, biologist, UK
- Monod Jacques Lucien, 1910/1976, Biologist, French
- Morgan Thomas Hunt, 1866/1945, geneticist, Columbia University and California Institute of Technology, Nobel Pize in physiology or medicine, American
- Morris Henry Madison, 1918/2006, Engineer, young earth creationist, American
- Newton Isaac, 1643/1727, physicist/mathematician also astronomer, Cambridge Univ., UK
- Ostrom John H., 1928/2005, palaeontologist, Yale Univ., USA
- Owen Richard (Sir), 1804/1892, biologist/anatomist/palaetologist, Edinburgh University, UK
- Playfair John, 1748/1819, Scientist/Mathematician, Edinburgh Univ., UK
- Pollard Katherine S., biostatistician, California Univ., San Francisco, USA
- Prantl Karl Anton Eugen, 1849/1893, botanist, Breslau Univ., German
- Ridley Mark, 1956/…, zoologist, Oxford Univ., UK
- Romanes George, 1848/1894, biologist and physiologist, UK
- Saint Hilaire Etienne Geoffroy, 1772/1844, naturalist, France
- Schutzenberger Marcel-Paul, 1920/1996, mathematician/physician but also biologist, France
- ScopesJohn T., 1900/1970, teacher, he was tried in a case known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, American
- Sedgwick Adam, 1785/1873, geologist, Cambridge Univ., UK
- Sermonti Giuseppe, 1925/…, genetician, University of Perugia, Italy
- Simpson George Gaylord, 1902/1984, paleantologist, Columbia Univ., American
- Spencer Herbert, 1820/1903, philosopher/ sociologist, UK
- Sperber Dan, anthropologist, CNRS, France
- Thompson D’Arcy Wentworth, 1860/1948, Biologist, University College Dundee, UK
- Thomson William (Lord Kelvin), 1824/1907, physicist/engineer, Irish/UK
- Tooby John, anthropologist, University of California, Santa Barbara, American
- Varela Garcia Francisco Javier, 1946/2001. biologist, Ecole Politechnique, Paris University, Chile
- von Humboldt Alexander, 1769/1859, naturalist, German
- Wallace Alfred Russel, 1823/1913, naturalist/anthropologist but also biologist, UK
- Waterhouse George Robert, 1810/1888, naturalist, UK
- Waterton Charles, 1782/1865, naturalist, UK
- Weismann Friedrich Leopold August, 1834/1914, biologist, German
- Wells John Corrigan (Jonathan), 1942/…, author pro-Intelligent Design, Discovery Institute, USA
- Whewell William (Anglican priest), 1794/1866, Scientist, Cambridge Univ., UK
- Wilson Edward Osborn, 1929/…, biologist, Harvard Univ., American
- Wright Sewall Green, 2889/1988, geneticist, American
Religious People
- Baden Powell (Rev.), 1796/1860, Mathematician and Church of England priest, a liberal theologian, UK
- Chesterton Gilbert Keith, 1874/1936, writer, creationist, American
- Clayton Philip Thomas Byard (Rev.), 1885/1972, philosopher, UK
- Haught John, Roman Catholic Theologian, Georgetown Univ., pro-evolution, American
- John Paul II (Pope), 1920/2005, Polish
- Kingsley Charles, 1819/1875, Canon of Chester Cathedral, supported the idea of God working through evolution, UK
- Leo XIII (Pope) as head of the Roman Catholic Church he accepted human evolution from animal ancestors while affirming that the human soul was directly created by God
- McCready Price George, 1870/1963, creationist, Canada
- Needham John Turberville, 1713/1781, biologist, RC priest, UK
- Ockham (of) William, 1288/1348, English Franciscan friar, UK
- Paley William, 1743/1805, Anglican priest, philosopher, UK
- Riley William Bell, 1861/1947, Baptist Minister and Fundamentalist, American
- Rimmer Harry, 1890/1952, Presbyterian Minister, creationist, American
- Ussher James, 1581/1656. Anglican Bishop, proposed a chronology that purported to time and date creation to the night preceding 27 October 4004 BC, Irish
- Warfield Benjamin Breckinridge, 1851/1921, Princeton Seminary, Presbyterian. He was willing to accept that Darwin’s theory might be true, but believed that God guided the process of evolution, and was as such an evolutionary creationist
- Whitcomb John Clement, 1924/…, theologian and young earth creationist, American
- White Ellen Gould, 1827/1915, co-founder Seventh-day Adventist Church, American
- Wilberforce Samuel, Bishop Church of England, 1806/1873, conservative opposed to Darwin’s ideas, UK
