Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1861-1864

Since its appearance in 1859, Darwin’s long-awaited treatise in ""genetic biology"" had received reviews both favorable and damning. Thomas Huxley and Samuel Wilberforce presented arguments for and against the theory in a dramatic face-off at the 1860 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Oxford.