Charles Robert Darwin

Darwin's Children

William Erasmus Darwin

(27 December 1839–1914)

Anne Elizabeth Darwin

(2 March 1841–23 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)

Fran

cis 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)

Darwin's children

Darwin 2009 commemorations

Two pound coin commemorating Darwin's birth and publication of On the Origin of Species.

Darwin Day has become an annual celebration, and the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species were celebrated by events and publications around the world. The Darwin exhibition, after opening at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in 2006, was shown at the Museum of Science, Boston, the Field Museum in Chicago, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, then from 14 November 2008 to 19 April 2009 in the Natural History Museum, London, as part of the Darwin200 programme of events across the United Kingdom. It also appears at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome from 12 February to 3 May 2009. The University of Cambridge featured a festival in July 2009. His birthplace is celebrating with "Darwin's Shrewsbury 2009 Festival" events during the year.

In the United Kingdom a special commemorative issue of the two pound coin shows a portrait of Darwin facing a chimpanzee surrounded by the inscription 1809 DARWIN 2009, with the edge inscription ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 1859. Collector versions of the coin have been released at a premium, and during the year the coins will be available from banks and post offices at face value. To celebrate Darwin's life and achievements, the BBC has commissioned numerous television and radio programmes known collectively as the BBC Darwin Season.

In September 2008, the Church of England issued an article saying that the 200th anniversary of his birth was a fitting time to apologise to Darwin "for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still".

A dramatic motion picture entitled Creation was released in 2009, joining a short list of film dramas about Darwin, including The Darwin Adventure, released in 1972.

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