Question

How did Malthus influence darwin?

Answer 1

Malthus mainly influenced Darwin through his essay "On the principle of population" where he divulges in some ideas which could be very well explained within an evolutionary framework provided by Darwin. One interesting thing Darwin was interested in for example was the probability of certain participants within a certain population surviving if they were better equipped for the tasks at hand in an environment. 

Answer 2

Thomas Robert Malthus was a British cleric and scholar and have great influence in some fields such as economic and political. It was the year 1798 that the book entitled "The Essay on the Principle of Population" was published. The book has a great influence on Charles Darwin, he is an English naturalist and geologist. The book was one of the many resources that Charles Darwin used for his theory. Without the influenced on Thomas Robert Malthus, Charles Darwin will not be that successful and be known today.