Darwin's Mentor

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John Stevens Henslow, 1796 1861

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Hardcover | 21 January 2002

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John Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, who described their meeting as the one circumstance 'which influenced my career more than any other'. As Professor of Botany at Cambridge University, Henslow was Darwin's teacher and eventual life-long friend, but what of the man himself? In this new biography, much previously unpublished material has been carefully sifted and selected to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable and unusually likable academic. The time in 1829-31 when Darwin 'walked with Henslow' in and around Cambridge was followed directly by Darwin's voyage around the world. The gradually changing relationship between teacher and pupil over the course of time is revealed through their correspondence, illuminating a remarkable friendship which persisted, in spite of Darwin's eventual atheism and Henslow's never-failing liberal Christian belief, to the end of Henslow's life.

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'It is such a pleasure to read this book. It is sensual and sleek, beautifully printed on the finest paper, comprehensively (and not over-abundantly) illustrated, and written, with clarity and verve ... It has many fine-screen half-tones, beautifully photographed documents, fine colour pictures and the page design is impeccable ... Cambridge University Press and the authors deserve high praise for a thorough and diligent job well done.' Brian J. Ford, Biologist 'It is a satisfying read for anyone interested in the burgeoning and sometimes passionate history of science in the nineteenth century, larded with glimpses of Victorian social life and colourful characters.' Roy Herbert, New Scientist 'A fascinating and well-researched work ...'. Suffolk Journal '... the world is certainly richer with this book on its shelves.' Open History 'This fascinating study will place Henslow in his rightful context in the history of science ...'. John S. Parker, Cambridge 'Darwin students everywhere will need this book. So will those whose subject is Henslow.' Archives of Natural History 'Walter and Stow have written a valuable biography of a scientist who deserves to be better known in his own right.' Annals of Science 'The publishers are to be commended for such a lavish production, richly complemented by beautiful illustrations ... Strongly recommended.' Naturalist

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List of Illustrations	p. viii
Foreword	p. xi
Prefaces and Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Origins	p. 1
Family background: growing up in Kent and London	p. 3
Cambridge	p. 9
The young Henslow at Cambridge	p. 11
Henslow: men who influenced him at Cambridge	p. 22
Harriet	p. 38
The young Professor	p. 49
Educating Charles Darwin--and others	p. 78
The middle years: politics, policing and publication	p. 108
The Botanic Garden: Old and New	p. 128
A Liberal Churchman	p. 155
Hitcham	p. 175
Early years as Rector of Hitcham	p. 177
The Rector	p. 194
The later years	p. 220
Epilogue	p. 253
Genealogical tables	p. 261
Chronology	p. 264
Dramatis Personae	p. 271
Eponymous taxa	p. 285
Local botanical records	p. 289
Endnotes	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 331
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