Most Influential People in European History
Introduction
Ten of the most influential people in all of European history have been nominated to win the award for most influential person in all of European History. Over a scheduled television broadcast, each one of the ten individuals will give a brief speech of their accomplishments and how their presence forever influenced European history. Once all have spoken it is up to the audience who was truly the most influential person. In order to ensure that the broadcast is child friendly, written below, in no particular order, are all of the speeches each individual intends to perform.
Charles Darwin
Greetings peers. My name is Charles Darwin. I am a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world. I was born in 1809 into a very earthy and well-connected family. In 1809 after graduating from Cambridge University, I joined the HMS Beagle as the ships’ naturalist on a five-year voyage around South America. This is the trip in which I credit with establishing my working methods and knowledge that sustained my scientific career. My observations on the Galapagos Islands, gave me the first inkling of what would eventually become The Origin of The Species. My theory of "natural selection" states that a species adapts to its surroundings by making small genetic mutations in order to survive. The species that do not adapt will die and those who do will survive. Apparently this was very controversial. People claimed that it stripped away any room for fate and God. Because my ideas of evolution and natural selection rely on my observations and science rater than a pure irrational faith in Gods will, many were upset. However, I saw my findings as a way to prove Gods influence on earth and show how he operates. Even though natural selection did not become a widely accepted principle until the 1930s, in the end my findings were becoming more accepted. I am definitely one of the most influential
Ten of the most influential people in all of European history have been nominated to win the award for most influential person in all of European History. Over a scheduled television broadcast, each one of the ten individuals will give a brief speech of their accomplishments and how their presence forever influenced European history. Once all have spoken it is up to the audience who was truly the most influential person. In order to ensure that the broadcast is child friendly, written below, in no particular order, are all of the speeches each individual intends to perform.
Charles Darwin
Greetings peers. My name is Charles Darwin. I am a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world. I was born in 1809 into a very earthy and well-connected family. In 1809 after graduating from Cambridge University, I joined the HMS Beagle as the ships’ naturalist on a five-year voyage around South America. This is the trip in which I credit with establishing my working methods and knowledge that sustained my scientific career. My observations on the Galapagos Islands, gave me the first inkling of what would eventually become The Origin of The Species. My theory of "natural selection" states that a species adapts to its surroundings by making small genetic mutations in order to survive. The species that do not adapt will die and those who do will survive. Apparently this was very controversial. People claimed that it stripped away any room for fate and God. Because my ideas of evolution and natural selection rely on my observations and science rater than a pure irrational faith in Gods will, many were upset. However, I saw my findings as a way to prove Gods influence on earth and show how he operates. Even though natural selection did not become a widely accepted principle until the 1930s, in the end my findings were becoming more accepted. I am definitely one of the most influential