And Henslow then persuaded me to begin the study of geology.
And Henslow the persuaded me to begin the study of geology.
While Darwin was at Christ's College,
botany professor John Stevens Henslow became his mentor.
I became also acquainted with several other men older
than me, who did not care much about science, but were friends of Henslow.
I attended, however, Henslow's lectures on Botany,
and liked them much for their extreme clearness, and the admirable illustrations; but I did not study botany.
Still rewriting his Journal,
he took on editing and publishing the expert reports on his collections, and with Henslow's help obtained a Treasury grant of 1,000 to sponsor this multi-volume.
After a week with student friends at Barmouth,
Darwin returned home on 29 August to find a letter from Henslow proposing him as a suitable(if unfinished)
gentleman naturalist for a self-funded supernumerary place on HMS Beagle with captain Robert FitzRoy,
After a week with student friends at Barmouth,
Darwin returned home on 29 August to find a letter from Henslow proposing him as a suitable gentleman naturalist for a self-funded
supernumerary place on HMS Beagle with captain Robert FitzRoy to chart the coastline of South America.