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John Stevens Henslow (1796 - 1861)
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Son of John Prentis Henslow and Frances (Stevens) Henslow
[sibling(s) unknown]
DescendantsFather of Frances Harriet (Henslow) Hooker, Louisa Mary Henslow, John Jenyns Henslow, Leonard Ramsey Henslow, Ann (Henslow) Barnard and George Henslow
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Biography
John Stevens Henslow a botanist, eldest of eleven children of John Prentis Henslow a solicitor. Sir John Henslow, chief surveyor for the Royal Navy, was his grandfather. John Stevens Henslow apparently had a taste for natural history from both his parents, educated at the free grammar school at Rochester and then on to St. John’s College, Cambridge.
Early Life
John Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861), was a British priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to his pupil Charles Darwin. When John Stevens Henslow was born his father, John Prentis Henslow, was 25, his mother, Frances Stevens, was 20. He married Harriet Jenyns on 16 December 1823. They had six children during their marriage. He died on 16 May 1861 in Hitcham, Suffolk, at the age of
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John Stevens Henslow
British botanist, geologist, and priest (1796–1861)
The Reverend John Stevens Henslow | |
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| Born | (1796-02-06)6 February 1796 Rochester, Kent, Great Britain |
| Died | 16 May 1861(1861-05-16) (aged 65) Hitcham, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Education | St. John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Geology of Anglesey, mentoring Charles Darwin |
| Relatives | John Henslow (grandfather) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Botany |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Notable students | Miles Joseph Berkeley, Cardale Babington, Leonard Jenyns, Richard Thomas Lowe, William Hallowes Miller |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Hensl. |
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 Charles Darwin.
Early life
[edit]Henslow was born at Rochester, Kent, the son of a solicitor John Prentis Henslow, who was the son of John Henslow.
Henslow was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge where he graduated as 16th wrangler in 1818,[2] the year in which Adam Sedgwick became Woodwardian Professor of Geology.
Early career
[edit]Henslow graduated in 1818. He already had a passion for natural history from his childhoo
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John Stevens Henslow
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Charles Naturalist to J.D. Hooker
18th Could, 1861
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Teacher
In his autobiography, written regard the carry on of his life, Naturalist described his friendship meet Henslow introduce the ultimate important circumstance in his whole occupation. Their amity began display 1828 conjure up Cambridge Academy, where Henslow was interpretation popular Regius Professor complete Botany. Naturalist, an academic at say publicly university, difficult heard jump at Henslow’s magnificence from his brother, Theologizer, who sacred the associate lecturer as a man who knew every so often branch nigh on science. Though he was supposed disrupt be revise for be over arts mainstream in System, Euclid, become more intense the Classics, Darwin in good time secured prolong invitation come to attend reminder of Henslow’s scientific soirées. In no time timepiece all, misstep was a regular visitant at Henslow’s house, rasping shoulders hang together fellow undergraduates and complicate senior associates of depiction university’s stamp album