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The Reverend Charles Kingsley was a Church of England minister, novelist and poet probably most well known for his novels 'The Water Babies' which was published in 1863 and 'Westward Ho!' in 1855. He was a friend of Charles Darwin and supported his theories on evolution. Kingsley was also a believer in Anglo-Saxonism - a racial belief developed in the nineteenth century that linked the English and Teutonic races and believed them to be superior. He became Chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1859 and Canon of Westminster in 1873.
The Reverend Charles Kingsley was a Church of England minister, novelist and poet probably most well known for his novels 'The Water Babies' which was published in 1863 and 'Westward Ho!' in 1855. He was a friend of Charles Darwin and supported his theories on evolution. Kingsley was also a believer in Anglo-Saxonism - a racial belief developed in the nineteenth century that linked the English and Teutonic races and believed them to be superior. He became Chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1859 and Canon of Westminster in 1873.
| Name: | Charles Kingsley |
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| Title: | Reverend |
| Gender: | Male |
| Nationality: | English |
| Date of birth: | 1819 |
| Date of death: | 1875 |
| Roles: | Clergy; Novelist; Historian; Social Reformer |
| Linked correspondent: | Charles H. Bennett (link opens in new window); Geraldine Jewsbury (link opens in new window); Elizabeth Charles (link opens in new window); Walter Scott (link opens in new window) |
| Project person ID: | SLP099 |
| Image rights: | Wellcome Collection. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
