British physician, scientist, reformer, and poet whose Zoonomia (1794-1796) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles. a city and important port in northern Australia. formerly Palmerston Seaport (pop., 2001 prelim.: 69,698), capital of Northern Territory, Australia. Located on Port Darwin, a deep inlet of Clarence Strait in the Timor Sea, it has one of Australia's best harbours. The harbour was named in 1839 for Charles Darwin. The port, settled in 1869, was known as Palmerston until 1911. Located in a largely undeveloped region, Darwin is a supply and shipping centre for northern Australia. A military base in World War II, it was bombed by the Japanese in 1942, then extensively rebuilt. A cyclone in 1974 damaged or destroyed nearly all of the city; rebuilt a second time, it is now one of Australia's most modern cities. Darwin's finch Darwin Charles Robert Darwin Erasmus Palmerston of Palmerston Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Lord Palmerston
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection
{i} family name; Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and author, developer of the theory of evolution by natural selection