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John Stevens Henslow è stato un botanico inglese. Fu tra i fondatori della Cambridge Philosophical Society. È ricordato anche per essere stato il mentore di Charles Darwin. La sua abbreviazione botanica è "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 his pupil Charles Darwin.
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 his scientific technique, but he also arranged a place for his favourite pupil aboard HMS Beagle .
12 mag 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Letters from John James Audubon concern Henslow’s help with selling two copies of his amazing Birds of America in Cambridge, now one of the world’s most valuable books. In 1826 Henslow played a key role in University politics, acting as ‘local agent’ for Lord Palmerston at the Parliamentary Election.
The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life.
