Darwin's Mentor John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861 |
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| Author:
| Stow, E. A.
Walters, S. M. |
| Foreword by:
| Bateson, Patrick |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-59146-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $147.00 |
Book Description:
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John Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, who described meeting this Professor of Botany as the one circumstance 'which influenced my career more than any other'. 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 In this new biography, much previously unpublished material has been carefully sifted and selected to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable and unusually likable academic.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 gradually changing relationship with Darwin is revealed through their...
More DescriptionJohn Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, who described meeting this Professor of Botany as the one circumstance 'which influenced my career more than any other'. 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 In this new biography, much previously unpublished material has been carefully sifted and selected to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable and unusually likable academic.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 gradually changing relationship with Darwin is revealed through their correspondence, illuminating a friendship which persisted to the end of Henslow's life.