Darwin's Burial Not His Decision ; in Response to Laurence Baker's Letter (February 13), Charles Darwin, 'an Atheist ... Wanted a Place in the Nation's Hall of Fame of Westminster Abbey Which Was Very Typical of the Scientific Elite'.

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph › February 19, 2009

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In Response to Laurence Baker's letter (February 13), Charles Darwin, 'an atheist ... wanted a place in the nation's hall of fame of Westminster Abbey which was very typical of the scientific elite'.

May I indicate Darwin formed his theories in 1838 at the age of 30 and I suggest, at the prime of life, it would seem ridiculously remote indeed Darwin had an eye on a resting place at Westminster Abbey.

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Darwin's Burial Not His Decision ; in Response to Laurence Baker's Letter (February 13), Charles Darwin, 'an Atheist ... Wanted a Place in the Nation's Hall of Fame of Westminster Abbey Which Was Very Typical of the Scientific Elite'.

Darwin was rel...

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