#origin of species

Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809. In 2009, to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth, The Bodleian Libraries and Google made The Origin of Species available digitally for the first time. It’s still there, and still wonderful.

Three copies of The Origin of Species are held in the University of Oxford, including the Bodleian Library’s copy.

Meanwhile, plant specimens from Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle are kept in the University of Oxford Herbaria. It remains a mystery how and why they actually ended up there.