Born in Barbados in 1803, Benjamin Bynoe was accepted by the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal Navy in 1825. Bynoe sailed with Charles Darwin on the second voyage of the Beagle, nursing the young scientist back to health while ill in Chile. The surgeon accompanied Darwin during on expeditions, and what would be the critical research at the Galapagas, making field notes that were later consulted in Darwin's research for "Origin of the Species".