Author: David R. Contosta
This essay was adapted from David R. Contosta, Rebel Giants: The Revolutionary Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, Prometheus Books © 2008. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Rebel Giants Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, 1809-2009
Two centuries ago, two men, one an American and one an Englishman, turned their world—and ours—upside down. They were Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Astonishingly, both men were born on the exact same day, February 12, 1809. While this might seem the kind of coincidence that fills astrologers with glee, further reflection points to many …