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

Date: 1839

## The fact

In 1839 [Darwin](/people/charles-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. Later medals are sequels, not this election as a twin Fact.

## 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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Britannica — Darwin, Royal Society neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Improving path from Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office on 1839-01-24. Fellowship in a public scientific society is an education-and-recognition path of low-to-medium weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

## What is established and what is not

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. Do not store every later medal as 1839. Mixed effects of Darwin is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839 as a dated public-science office are separate paths.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Charles Darwin: https://factrail.ai/people/charles-darwin

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://darwin-online.org.uk/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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