Thursday, 17th May, 2012
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin, 1840

The Friends of Charles Darwin

The Friends of Charles Darwin were founded in 1994 to campaign for the depiction of their hero, Charles Darwin, on a Bank of England bank note. The great man finally appeared on the new £10 note in November, 2000.

Due to popular demand, we're still taking on new members. So if you can truly say "Charlie is my Darwin", and you'd like to be able to write the letters FCD after your name, why not join us? It's free!

Latest Red Notebook blog entries:

In which I dismiss any charges of historical inaccuracy against the latest Aardman animation.
The Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Côte d´Ivoire.
130 years ago today, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at Down House in Kent, Charles Darwin died in the arms of his loving wife, Emma.
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first members from the Faroe Islands.
I trust everyone is as excited as I am at the prospect of seeing none other than Charles Darwin appear in an Aardman Animation feature.
 

Recent Reading:

'A Year in the Woods' by Colin Elford 'Nature's Child' by John Lister-Kaye 'The Living Mountain' by Nan Shepherd 'On Extinction' by Melanie Challenger 'Letters From Skokholm' by R.M. Lockley 'The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn' by Richard Mabey 'The Peregrine, the Hill of Summer & Diaries' by J.A. Baker 'Weeds' by Richard Mabey 'At the Water's Edge' by John Lister-Kaye 'The Unofficial Countryside' by Richard Mabey 'Darwin's Mysterious Illness' by Robert Youngson 'Darwin in Scotland' by JF Derry, FCD

Visit our sister site

The Beagle Project Shop

The Beagle Project aims to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday by building a sailing replica of HMS Beagle and recreating the Voyage of the Beagle with an international crew of researchers, aspiring scientists and science communicators. The voyage will apply the techniques of 21st century science to Darwin's journey, inspiring a new generation of scientists and promoting the public understanding of evolution and wider science.

The project is accepting donations, so why not get over there and make a small (or large) contribution? Alternatively, why not buy something from their shop?

Do it for Musters!