| Go to Darwin's Shrewsbury for details of the Darwin 200 programme in Shropshire. |
| Go to Shropshire Tourism for visitor information for the county. |
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 Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire where his father was a doctor.  The old market hall (www.britainonview.com). He was christened at St Chad's and started his education at a local Unitarian day-school in 1817. He later transferred to Shrewsbury School where he was a boarder. A statue to the town's most famous son was erected in 1897 outside his old school building, which had become Shrewsbury Museum and Library. It is now occupied by Shrewsbury Library.
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