Fact #135191

Charles Darwin is born at his family's home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. He will revolutionise thinking about how the development of life on earth with his Theory Of Evolution. An entire LP of songs, The Darwin Song Project, about Darwin and his life's work will be released in 2009. The seventeen songs, including We're All Leaving and We'll Hunt Him Down, will be composed by a group of eight songwriters (Chris Wood, Karine Polwart, Jez Lowe, Mark Erelli, Emily Smith, Rachael McShane, Krista Detor and Stu Hanna) in the space of one week in Henley Farmhouse in Shropshire.