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| Darwin's 'gentleman' student days | Darwin's 'gentleman' student days |
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| Bills unearthed at Cambridge University show how naturalist Charles Darwin spent his money while a student at Christ's College from 1828 to 1831. | Bills unearthed at Cambridge University show how naturalist Charles Darwin spent his money while a student at Christ's College from 1828 to 1831. |
| Historians say the records show Darwin lived the life of "a 19th Century gentleman" and paid extra to have vegetables with his meals. | Historians say the records show Darwin lived the life of "a 19th Century gentleman" and paid extra to have vegetables with his meals. |
| The accounts reveal he paid a bed-maker, a shoe-polisher and someone to bring in the coal for his fire. | The accounts reveal he paid a bed-maker, a shoe-polisher and someone to bring in the coal for his fire. |
| The six record books are being published online. | The six record books are being published online. |
| 'Stickler for vegetables' | 'Stickler for vegetables' |
| A spokesman for the university said the books filled in gaps of knowledge about Darwin's student days. | A spokesman for the university said the books filled in gaps of knowledge about Darwin's student days. |
| "Thanks to the discovery, historians now have the exact date of Darwin's arrival at the university - January 26th, 1828 - as well as a huge assortment of details which will enable them to reconstruct his undergraduate life as never before. | "Thanks to the discovery, historians now have the exact date of Darwin's arrival at the university - January 26th, 1828 - as well as a huge assortment of details which will enable them to reconstruct his undergraduate life as never before. |
| "The books show how Darwin enjoyed all the trappings one would expect of a 19th century gentleman, paying service-people to carry out tasks such as stoking his fire and polishing his shoes. | "The books show how Darwin enjoyed all the trappings one would expect of a 19th century gentleman, paying service-people to carry out tasks such as stoking his fire and polishing his shoes. |
| "They even reveal that he was a stickler for his five-a-day, paying extra for vegetables at college meals." | "They even reveal that he was a stickler for his five-a-day, paying extra for vegetables at college meals." |
| The spokesman said there were few entries to suggest he bought many books or anything else for his studies. | The spokesman said there were few entries to suggest he bought many books or anything else for his studies. |
| "Darwin famously spent little of his time at Cambridge studying or in lectures, preferring to shoot, ride, and collect beetles," he said. |