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29 set 2017 · John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861) John Stevens Henslow was a brilliant botanist and geologist, an ordained priest in the Church of England and a generous philanthropist. He spent the former part of his working life in Cambridge, and made a lasting contribution within the city and the University. He made his name in the wider world as mentor to ...
John Stevens Henslow is the scientist who made Darwin famous. The eminent Cambridge professor of botany was like a father to Darwin. It was Henslow who gave him the opportunity to go on the Beagle as naturalist, defended his right to explore new ideas, and presided at the famous 1860 debate between Wilberforce and Huxley – yet he rejected Darwin’s theory of evolution.
John Stevens Henslow, Professor of Botany at Cambridge from 1825 – 1861, was responsible for moving the Garden to its current site.Here he designed the new Garden to host a wonderful tree collection, but his ideas about variation and the nature of species are what caught the attention of his famous protege, Charles Darwin.
John Stevens Henslow (6 de febrero de 1796 - 16 de mayo de 1861) era un sacerdote, botánico y geólogo anglicano inglés. Es mejor recordado como amigo y mentor de su alumno Charles Darwin. Life Early . Henslow nació en Rochester, Kent, hijo de un abogado John Prentis Henslow, quien era hijo de John Henslow.
24 mar 2017 · Las cartas de Darwin, una serie para conocer aspectos sorprendentes de la vida del naturalista. Tal y como vimos en el artículo anterior de esta serie, el 13 de agosto de 1831, el matemático George Peacock enviaba una carta a John Stevens Henslow informándole de la posibilidad de embarcar en un viaje alrededor del mundo, patrocinado por el Almirantazgo y capitaneado por Robert Fitzroy.
3 gen 2020 · Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow, late rector of Hitcham, and professor of botany in the University of Cambridge by Jenyns, Leonard, 1800-1893.
Poor John Stevens Henslow—relegated to the subtitle of his own biography! While giving Charles Darwin marquee position makes clear marketing sense, the title highlights the least compelling part of this enjoyable and informative biography [End Page 508] of the nineteenth-century University of Cambridge botany professor and Anglican clergy- man.
