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Can you figure out who our rhyming riddle refers to?
He was born in England on February 12th, 1809 and his initials are like two that refer to a recorded work, His maternal grandfather was Josiah Wedgewood of china and pottery fame and his wealth was quite a perk,
A scientist he was free to study on his own and began in earnest on a British ship -- the HMS Beagle was its name,
In 1859 he published “the book that shook the world” and ultimately gave him a life of controversial fame.
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