Went to Shrewsbury School.
1825.

Left Shrewsbury School.
1826.
October: Went to Edinburgh University.

Read two papers before the Plinian Society of Edinburgh "at the close of 1826 or early in 1827." 1827.

Entered at Christ's College, Cambridge.
1828.

Began residence at Cambridge.
1831.
January: Passed his examination for B.A., and kept the two following terms.
August: Geological tour with Sedgwick.
September 11th: Went to Plymouth to see the "Beagle." October 2nd: "Took leave of my home." December 27th: "Sailed from England on our circumnavigation." 1832.
January 16th: "First landed on a tropical shore" (Santiago).
1833.
December 6th: "Sailed for last time from Rio Plata." 1834.
June 10th: "Sailed for last time from Tierra del Fuego." 1835.
September 5th: "Sailed from west shores of South America." November 16th: Letters to Professor Henslow, read at a meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
November 18th: Paper read before the Geological Society on Notes made during a Survey of the East and West Coasts of South America in years 1832-35.
1836.
May 31st: Anchored at the Cape of Good Hope.
October 2nd: Anchored at Falmouth.
October 4th: Reached Shrewsbury after an absence of five years and two days.
December 13th: Went to live at Cambridge.
1837.
January 4th: Paper on Recent Elevation in Chili read.
March 13th: Settled at 36, Great Marlborough Street.
March 14th: Paper on "Rhea" read.
May: Read papers on Coral Formation, and on the Pampas, to the Geological Society.
July: Opened first note-book on Transmutation of Species.
March 13th to November: Occupied with his Journal.
October and November: Preparing the scheme for the Zoology of the Voyage of the "Beagle." Working at Geology of South America.
November 1st: Read the paper on Earthworms before the Geological Society.
1838.
Worked at the Geology of South America and Zoology of Voyage.