In which English town was Charles Darwin born in 1809?

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, in 1809.

Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 at The Mount, his family's home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He was the fifth of six children of the physician and financier Robert Darwin and Susannah Darwin, a member of the Wedgwood family. His privileged upbringing gave him access to books, tutors and opportunities for collecting specimens.

Darwin developed an early interest in natural history, gathering shells, minerals, birds' eggs and other objects. He later studied at the University of Edinburgh and Christ's College, Cambridge, before joining HMS Beagle's voyage around the world from 1831 to 1836.

Shrewsbury is sometimes confused with Cambridge because Darwin studied there, or with Down in Kent, where he spent much of his later life. Cambridge shaped his education, while Down became his home and workplace; neither was his birthplace. Darwin died in 1882 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.