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John Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861) was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to his pupil Charles Darwin . Early life. Henslow was born at Rochester, Kent, the son of a solicitor John Prentis Henslow, who was the son of John Henslow. [1]
- St. John's College, Cambridge
- John Henslow (grandfather)
- Geology of Anglesey, mentoring Charles Darwin
Mar 12, 2024 · John Stevens Henslow (born Feb. 6, 1796, Rochester, Kent, Eng.—died May 16, 1861, Hitcham, Norfolk) was a British botanist, clergyman, and geologist who popularized botany at the University of Cambridge by introducing new methods of teaching the subject. Henslow graduated from St. John’s College at Cambridge in 1818 and then turned to ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Stevens Henslow. (1796–1861) I fully believe a better man never walked this earth. Charles Darwin to J.D. Hooker. 18th May, 1861. If anyone could lay claim to being one of the greatest Friends of Charles Darwin, it was the Reverend Professor John Stevens Henslow. Not only did this good-natured academic and clergyman teach Darwin much of ...
6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861. Image: John Stevens Henslow by Thomas Herbert Maguire, 1851. John Stevens Henslow was a naturalist, a Cambridge academic, most remembered as a friend and mentor of Charles Darwin, inspiring him with a passion for natural history, proposing him to sail on the HMS Beagle as the naturalist on its five-year voyage ...
John Stevens Henslow was Professor of Botany at Cambridge University 1825 – 1861 and responsible for moving the Garden to its current site. Professor John Henslow was a British botanist, clergyman, and geologist who popularised botany at the University of Cambridge by introducing new methods of teaching the subject.
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May 21, 2018 · Henslow, John Stevens. ( b. Rochester, Kent, England, 6 February 1796; d. Hitcham, Suffolk, England, 16 May 1861) botany. Henslow was the eldest of eleven children of John Prentis Henslow, a solicitor. He was educated at the Free School at Rochester and later at Camberwell in Surrey, where his inherent love of nature developed into a keen ...
Feb 6, 2023 · John Stevens Henslow, an English botanist, was born Feb. 6, 1796. Henslow was a professor at Cambridge University; he started out as a geologist, and one of his first papers was on the geology on Anglesea, which he published in the first volume of the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1822, with 7 handsome plates, including ...