Darwin's mentor ; John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861
- Title
- Darwin's mentor ; John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861 / S.M. Walters & E.A. Stow.
- Published by
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Author
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- Description
- xx, 338 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- John Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, but what of the man himself? In this new biography, much previously unpublished material has been sifted to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable academic.
- Subject
- Henslow, J. S. 1796-1861
- Henslow, J. S. 1796-1861
- Henslow, John Stevens 1796-1861
- Henslow, John Stevens
- Church of England > Clergy > Biography
- Church of England
- Botanists > Great Britain > Biography
- Clergy > England > Biography
- Botanists > England > Biography
- Clergy
- Clergy
- clergy
- Botanists
- Plantkunde
- University of Cambridge
- Hitcham (England) > Biography
- England
- England > Hitcham
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Contents
- Origins -- Family background: growing up in Kent and London -- Cambridge -- The young Henslow at Cambridge -- Henslow: men who influenced him at Cambridge -- Harriet -- The young professor -- Educating Charles Darwin and others -- The middle years: politics, policing and publication -- The Botanic Garden: old and new -- A liberal churchman -- Hitcham -- Early years as Rector of Hitcham -- The rector -- The later years.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-330) and index.