Darwin's mentor ; John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861

Title
  1. Darwin's mentor ; John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861 / S.M. Walters & E.A. Stow.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Author
  1. Walters, S. M. (Stuart Max)

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Additional authors
  1. Stow, E. A. (Elizabeth Anne), 1931-
Description
  1. xx, 338 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Summary
  1. 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 In this new biography, much previously unpublished material has been sifted to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable academic.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
  1. Henslow, J. S. 1796-1861
  2. Henslow, J. S. 1796-1861
  3. Henslow, John Stevens 1796-1861
  4. Henslow, John Stevens
  5. Church of England > Clergy > Biography
  6. Church of England
  7. Botanists > Great Britain > Biography
  8. Clergy > England > Biography
  9. Botanists > England > Biography
  10. Clergy
  11. Clergy
  12. clergy
  13. Botanists
  14. Plantkunde
  15. University of Cambridge
  16. Hitcham (England) > Biography
  17. England
  18. England > Hitcham
  19. Great Britain
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. collective biographies.
  3. Biographies.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-330) and index.