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Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office

In 1839 Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The instrument is that dated public-science office, not a later Copley medal as a duplicate. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1839 Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The instrument is that dated public-science office, not a later Copley medal as a duplicate. Charles Darwin's documented role is: The Society elected him. He did not found the Society.

Context

The Society's fellows share the election. Sharing them is required. The setting of Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office is the public file around 1839-01-24. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office. Naming Charles Darwin does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1839-01-24 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Improving path from Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office on 1839-01-24. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Charles Darwin

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    The Society elected him. He did not found the Society.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Darwin Online — Beagle records neighbourhoodDarwin Online / University of Cambridge · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Charles Darwin, delay of publication neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Darwin, Royal Society neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Darwin Online — career offices neighbourhood at https://darwin-online.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab) (Darwin Online / University of Cambridge). Official carrier: Britannica — Darwin, Royal Society neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Darwin Online — career offices neighbourhood (https://darwin-online.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab); Darwin Online / University of Cambridge).

Established: a sourced public record of Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office under 1839-01-24 for Charles Darwin. Established: a sourced public record of Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office under 1839-01-24.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCharles Darwin
  2. contributed toFactDarwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-royal-society

https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-royal-society

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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