Down House | 10 Places That Made England with Dan Snow

Join historian Dan Snow as he explores the places that shaped England’s story, in this exclusive series with History Hit. In this episode, explore the beloved home of Charles Darwin and his family. Located in rural Kent, this secluded country house was the setting of remarkable discoveries and even the writing of Darwin's most famous work — On the Origin of Species.

[primuldelacelular]

I really like these series. So well presented. Thank you.

[PhilipMurphyExtra]

So wonderful, Great English Heritage series for sure.

[wmschooley]

I’m a little surprised that there was no mention of Erasmus Darwin. He was the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Erasmus Darwin wrote a book entitled Zoonomia which pre-shadowed Charles Darwin’s work Origin of Species. Erasmus Darwin's works were read and commented on by his grandson Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin’s critical and innovative insight was that he saw how transmutation happened. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection articulated fuller theory of how a species’ inheritance actually changed over time. Genetic characteristics that made an animal more suited to their environment survive longer and had more young. Charles Darwin’s core insight was the actual mechanism how evolution occurred by a process he called 'Natural Selection'.

[SmittenKitten.]

My children are in the middle of a unit on Darwin, so this is fortuitously timed.

[hmiller]

My very favourite English Heritage property 🥰

[lilia]

❤️💛💙
I love a video that contains so much information in such a short amount of time.

[empi]

Amazing man, wonderful home. Great host too!

[jimrodarmel]

This was interesting to me after having looked at an annotated facsimile of the original Origin of Species. Most people have not read this original work, since we've moved beyond it now, but it's interesting to see the places where he went a little wrong or was unable to explain some details, along with his revolutionary breakthroughs. He refers to many of his experiments and discoveries here in the text.

[ЕленаКузьминова-йж]

Спасибо за такой познавательный сюжет 👍🏼💕

[bobcraycraft]

Is there an address where we can send the presenter a grown-up-boy shirt, and maybe even a pair of trousers?

[AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

When do we get to the "explore the beloved home of Charles Darwin..." ? part, is there more to this episode ?

[betpierce]

Ohhh daddy Dan, thanks for another video 🔥😂

[plumjam]

Shame he was so wrong, and that it had such a damaging effect on ... well... almost everything.

[JSAC]

Good grief, English Heritage, remove the vines away from the outside. 😱

[candyfields]

Not a fan of Darwin nor Darwinism. Lovely property though.