Patrick+Matthew

=Charles Darwin= =Patrick Matthew (1790-1874)= Devrion Guilford

Patrick Matthew was born October 20,1790 and died June 8,1874. He attended the University of Edinburgh. I will be analyzing Patrick Matthew and his significance in science, and evolution. When Patrick was younger he was influenced a lot by what was going on in his time. Such as exploits from the Royal Navy and by Navy hero's such as Viscount Admiral Adam Duncan who was known for his exploits at the battle of Camperdown. In 1860 Matthew read a review of Charles Darwin's on the Origin of Species in the Gardens Chronicle, including its description of the principle of natural selection.” This prompted him to write a letter to the publication, calling attention his earlier work and its theory"(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/matthew.html//).//

Patrick Matthews theory is Natural selection. Natural selection is: a gradual non random process which biological traits begin to become more or less common in a population due to different reproduction//.// Charles Darwin said that over time things slowly change. Matthew thought that things only changed when a natural disaster happened, like a volcano erupting could destroying a species and a new one would developed and take there place. In evolution Charles is right it takes time for things to evolutionize. []

In Patrick Matthews studies he expanded on how to improve breeding stock and eliminate poor timber quality. He even talked about creating new varieties of trees. A question Matthew asks is “could natural selection produce new species?” Matthew saw many warnings that had to do with food storages and leading to poverty and death. So the solution Matthew thought of was emigration, he believed that British colonists could live anywhere. From North America, Australia, New Zealand, to Africa. He said “In the agitation which accompanies emigration, the ablest in mind and body -- the most powerful varieties of the race will be thrown into their natural positions as leaders, impressing the stamp of their character on the people at large, and constituting the more reproductive part; while the feebler or more improvident varieties will generally sink under incidental hardship”(Matthewhttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/matthew.html)//

A Russell Wallace Citations: Homepage Timeline Page
 * Patrick Matthew. (n.d.). //Patrick Mathew//. Retrieved January 16, 2013, from http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/matthew.html
 * Matthew, t. t., Scotland, p. f., area, a. w., Australia, w. e., & James. (n.d.). Patrick Matthew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Retrieved January 16, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Matthew