See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• STEVENS,
• STEVENS, A
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1818-1875)
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1828-1906)
• STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)

STEVENS See also:

• JOHN STEVENS HENSLOW (1796-1861)

HENSLOW (1796-1861)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English botanist ' and geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester on the 6th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1796 . From his See also:

• FATHER

father, who was a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, he imbibed a love of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history which largely influenced his career . He was educated at St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he graduated as sixteenth wrangler in 1818, the See also:

• YEAR

year in which See also:

• SEDGWICK, ADAM (1785-1873)
• SEDGWICK, JOHN (1813–1864)

Sedgwick became Woodwardian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology . He accompanied Sedgwick in 1819 during a tour in the Isle of See also:

• WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight, and there he learned his first lessons in geology . He also studied See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry under Professor See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• CUMMING, JOSEPH GEORGE (1812-1868)

Cumming and See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy under E . D . See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke . In the autumn of 1819 he made some valuable observations on the geology of the Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man (Trans . Geol . See also:

• SOC

Soc., 1821), and in 1821 he investigated the geology of parts of See also:

• ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY
• ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET
• ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

Anglesey, the results being printed in the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (1821), the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of which society was originated by Sedgwick and See also:

• HENSLOW, JOHN STEVENS (1796-1861)

Henslow . Meanwhile, Henslow had studied mineralogy with considerable zeal, so that on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Clarke he was in 1822 appointed professor of mineralogy in the university at Cambridge . Two years later he took See also:

• HOLY

holy orders .

See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

Botany, how-ever, had claimed much of his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, and to this See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science he became more and more attached, so that he gladly resigned the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of mineralogy in 1825, to succeed to that of botany . As a teacher both in the class-See also:

• ROOM

room and in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field he was eminently successful . To him See also:

• DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT (1809-1882)
• DARWIN, ERASMUS (1731-1802)

Darwin largely owed his See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment to natural history, and also his introduction to See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• FITZROY
• FITZROY, ROBERT (1805-1865)

Fitzroy of H.M.S . " Beagle." In 1832 Henslow was appointed See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar of Cholseycum-Moulsford in See also:

• BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire]
• BERKSHIRE, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1587–1669)

Berkshire, and in 1837 See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Hitcham in See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk, and at this latter See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish he lived and laboured, endeared to all who knew him, until the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• LIFE

life . His energies were devoted to the improvement of his parishioners, but his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt far and wide . In 1843 he discovered nodules of coprolitic origin in the Red See also:

• CRAG (a Celtic word, cf. Gael. creag, Manx creg, and Welsh and modern Scots craig)

Crag at See also:

• FELIXSTOWE

Felixstowe in Suffolk, and two years later he called attention to those also in the Cambridge See also:

• GREENSAND

Greensand and remarked that they might be of use in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture . Although Henslow derived no benefit, these discoveries led to the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the phosphate See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in Suffolk and See also:

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire; and the See also:

• WORKS

works proved lucrative until the introduction of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• PHOSPHATES

phosphates . The museum at See also:

• IPSWICH

Ipswich, which was established in 1847, owed much to Henslow, who was elected See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president in 185o, and then superintended the arrangement of the collections . He died at Hitcham on the 16th of May 1861 . His publications included A See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PLANTS

Plants (1829; ed . 2, 1835); Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany (1835); See also:

• FLORA

Flora of Suffolk (with E . Skepper) (186o) .

Memoir, by the Rev . Leonard See also:

• JENYNS, SOAME (1704-1787)

Jenyns (1862) .