Charles Darwin WorksBritish naturalist in full Charles Robert Darwin

born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent

Major Works

Book-length works by Charles Darwin (presented in chronological order of publication) include: Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle (1839); The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs (1842); Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (1844); Geological Observations on South America (1846); A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain (1851); A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, 2 vol. (1851–54); A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain (1854); On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859); On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects (1862); The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol. (1868); The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 vol. (1871); The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872); Insectivorous Plants (1875); The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875); The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom (1876); The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (1877); The Power of Movement in Plants (1880); The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits (1881).

Darwin’s first sketches on natural selection were published by Francis Darwin (ed.), The Foundations of the Origin of Species: Two Essays Written in 1842 and 1844 (1909). His journal articles and printed letters have been published by Paul H. Barrett (ed.), The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin, 2 vol. (1977, reissued 2 vol. in 1, 1980). Part of Darwin’s “big book” that he never published, Natural Selection, appeared as R.C. Stauffer (ed.), Charles Darwin’s Natural Selection: Being the Second Part of His Big Species Book Written from 1856 to 1858 (1975, reissued 1987).