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 lifelong friend, but what of the man himself? In this biography, much previously unpublished material has been carefully sifted and selected to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable and unusually likeable academic. The time in 1829-31 when Darwin 'walked with Henslow' in and around Cambridge was followed directly by Darwin's…mehr
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 lifelong friend, but what of the man himself? In this biography, much previously unpublished material has been carefully sifted and selected to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable and unusually likeable academic.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.
Max Walters has enjoyed a distinguished career at the University of Cambridge spanning thirty five years, beginning in 1948 when he was appointed Curator of the Herbarium in the Botany School and afterwards Lecturer in Botany, and culminating in 1983 when he retired from the position of Director of the University Botanic Garden, a post which he held for the previous 10 years. He held a Research Fellowship at St. John''s, Henslow''s own college, and after that an Official Fellowship at King''s College. His interest in John Stevens Henslow was awakened during his preparation of his book The Shaping of Cambridge Botany (1981), which considers in part the role played by Henslow in establishing the University Botanic garden on its present site. His research at that time revealed that a new biography of Henslow was possible and desirable, but it was not until some 15 years later, having found a suitable and willing co-author in Anne Stow, that he decided to take up the challenge and begin work on a new biography of this remarkable academic, the first to be published for more than 25 years.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword P. Bateson Preface Acknowledgements List of figures List of colour plates Part I. Origins: 1. Family background: growing up in Kent and London Part II. Cambridge: 2. The young Henslow at Cambridge 3. Henslow: men who influenced him at Cambridge 4. Harriet 5. The young Professor 6. Educating Charles Darwin and others 7. The middle years: politics, policing and publication 8. The Botanic Garden: old and new 9. A liberal churchman Part III. Hitcham: 10. Early years as Rector of Hitcham 11. The Rector 12. The later years Epilogue Appendix 1. Genealogical tables Appendix 2. Chronology Appendix 3. Dramatis personae Appendix 4. Eponymous taxa Appendix 5. Local botanical records Endnotes Bibliography Index.
Foreword P. Bateson Preface Acknowledgements List of figures List of colour plates Part I. Origins: 1. Family background: growing up in Kent and London Part II. Cambridge: 2. The young Henslow at Cambridge 3. Henslow: men who influenced him at Cambridge 4. Harriet 5. The young Professor 6. Educating Charles Darwin and others 7. The middle years: politics, policing and publication 8. The Botanic Garden: old and new 9. A liberal churchman Part III. Hitcham: 10. Early years as Rector of Hitcham 11. The Rector 12. The later years Epilogue Appendix 1. Genealogical tables Appendix 2. Chronology Appendix 3. Dramatis personae Appendix 4. Eponymous taxa Appendix 5. Local botanical records Endnotes Bibliography Index.
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