{"product_id":"darwins-mentor-john-stevens-henslow-1796-1861-paperback-9780521117999","title":"Darwin's Mentor; John Stevens Henslow, 1796–1861 (Paperback) 9780521117999","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDarwin's Mentor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJohn Stevens Henslow, 1796–1861\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA biography of the man best known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin; John Stevens Henslow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eS. M. Walters (Author), E. A. Stow (Author), Patrick Bateson (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521117999, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 August 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.9 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'The publishers are to be commended for such a lavish production, richly complemented by beautiful illustrations … Strongly recommended.' Naturalist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn 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 In this biography, much previously unpublished material has been carefully sifted and selected to produce a rounded picture of a remarkable and unusually likeable academic.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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword P. Bateson\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of colour plates\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Origins: 1. Family background: growing up in Kent and London\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Cambridge: 2. The young Henslow at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e 3. Henslow: men who influenced him at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e 4. Harriet\u003cbr\u003e 5. The young Professor\u003cbr\u003e 6. Educating Charles Darwin and others\u003cbr\u003e 7. The middle years: politics, policing and publication\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Botanic Garden: old and new\u003cbr\u003e 9. A liberal churchman\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Hitcham: 10. Early years as Rector of Hitcham\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Rector\u003cbr\u003e 12. The later years\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Genealogical tables\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Dramatis personae\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4. Eponymous taxa\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 5. Local botanical records\u003cbr\u003e Endnotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006527787288,"sku":"9780521117999","price":44.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521117999i_c5f760a6-4ffd-49cc-8338-6861de8d1d2f.jpg?v=1691371586","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/darwins-mentor-john-stevens-henslow-1796-1861-paperback-9780521117999","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}