Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, was not a native of Norfolk County. But since local newspapers covered his death, we thought some might be interested in the following, an unedited transcription of an article from page 2 of the 27 Apr 1882 Norfolk Reformer.

Death of Prof. Darwin

The famous savant Charles Robert Darwin, died on Thursday, the 30th inst., at his residence, Down Hasse, near Orpington, England. He had been ill for some days but was thought to be recovering when a sudden relapse terminated fatally.

Mr. Darwin was born in Shrewsbery, England in 1809. He leaves to the world a shinning name and scientific treasures of inestimable value. His life work, covering over half a century, has been a great one. Out of it has grown fertile theories, reaching late all the fields of science and over the entire realm of science and over the entire realm of nature. It has been a life of continuous activity -- productive of great results from his twenty-second year until the day of his death at seventy-four.

Author of many works, the book of all others, which has established him in the foremost ranks of learning in the world, which has made his name a household one all round the globe, is his, Origins of Species by means of Natural Selection, a work which has been translated into all the languages of civilization, and provoked a perfect whirlwind of criticism from both scientists and theologians.

From the day of its publication onward, all mankind has heard of "Darwinism" and known of the battle which has been fought around it, a contest which has been waged with such bitterness as to show its unrivalled importance.

On Wednesday, yesterday, at noon, his fellow countryman laid all that was mortal of him to rest, in that grandest of all the world's temples of death, Westminster Abbey. "His body is buried in peace but his name liveth for evermore."
  

 
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