Chapters in my Life

This autobiography of naturalist and writer Leonard Blomefield includes an appendix of reflections and anecdotes, revised for this 1889 edition.

Leonard Jenyns (Author)

9781108038492, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

140 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.8 cm, 0.19 kg

Leonard Jenyns (1800–93; he changed his name late in life to benefit from a legacy), was a clergyman, and a respected naturalist and zoologist. A distinguished member of a dozen scientific societies, he was educated at Eton, and then at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1822. During his tenure as vicar in Swaffham Bulbeck, he made important contributions to zoology, becoming one of the original members of the Zoological Society of London. In 1831, unwilling to spend years away from his parish responsibilities, he turned down the chance to travel as the naturalist on-board H.M.S. Beagle. Published in 1889, this is the second edition of Jenyns' autobiography, which he had first had privately printed. It starts with the major events of his life, then shares a series of scientific anecdotes, including his decision to recommend Darwin instead of himself as the naturalist for the Beagle voyage.

Parentage, early life, and chief events in after years
Chemistry
Dr. Wollaston
The Rev. Leonard Chappelow
My library
White's Natural History of Selborne
White and Selborne
Charles Darwin
College and the University
Ordinations and parish work
Medical profession, with remarks
In a thunderstorm
Isle of Wight
Meteorology
Ray commemoration and Buckland
The British Association
Bath Natural History Field Club
The world slowly improving
Party spirit
Recognition of friends in a future state
Societies I belong to
List of publications.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]