Kiki Fox, Rafael Sternbach - Charles Kingsley
Early Life
Charles Kingsley was born on July 12, 1819, to Charles Kingsley Sr., who was Vicar of Holne in Devon, and Mary Lucas Kingsley. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1838. There he met and fell in love with Frances (Fanny) Grenfell. He left Cambridge in February 1842 to read for Holy Orders, and in July of that year he became curate of Eversley Church in Hampshire, which he served for the rest of his life. He married Fanny in January 1844 and became rector of Eversley in May.
Career
Influence
Kingsley was one of the first people to embrace his contemporary, Charles Darwin, and the then controversial idea of evolution. He was given an early copy of the book to review, and found Darwin's ideas quite sensible. Darwin even praised Kingsley in later edition of his book, referring to him as a "celebrated author and a divine."
Major Works
- Water-Babies, a story of a chimney sweep longing to be clean who is kidnapped by fairies and turned into a water-baby
Sources
1. Darwin, Charles (1887), Darwin, F, ed., The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter., London: John Murray (The Autobiography of Charles Darwin)
2. Darwin, Charles (1860), On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, London: John Murray 2nd edition.
3.The Kingsleys: A Biographical Anthology. Compiled by Elspeth Huxley. Published Allen & Unwin. 1973.
