Charles Kingsley

653 books • 39 series

Charles Kingsley was born in Holne, Devon, in 1819. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Helston Grammar School, before moving on to King's College London and the University of Cambridge. After graduating in 1842, he pursued a career in the clergy and in 1859 was appointed chaplain to Queen Victoria. The following year he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, and became private tutor to the Prince of Wales in 1861.

Kingsley resigned from Cambridge in 1869 and between 1870 and 1873 was canon of Chester cathedral. He was appointed canon of Westminster cathedral in 1873 and remained there until his death in 1875.

Sympathetic to the ideas of evolution, Kingsley was one of the first supporters of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), and his concern for social reform was reflected in The Water-Babies (1863). Kingsley also wrote Westward Ho! (1855), for which the English town is named, a children's book about Greek mythology, The Heroes (1856), and several other historical novels.

Aug 28, 2010
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Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life (Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life 2 Volume Set, Volume 1)

Aug 28, 2010
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Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua

Aug 12, 2010
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The Roman and the Teuton A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge

Aug 9, 2010
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Westward Ho Volume 2

Aug 9, 2010
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Westward Ho! Volume 1

Aug 9, 2010
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Yeast. Illustrated by I.J. Symes

Aug 8, 2010
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Two Years Ago Volume 1

Aug 3, 2010
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Letters and Memories Volume 1

Aug 2, 2010
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Hypatia Volume 2

Jul 30, 2010
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Three Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution, on the Ancien Re Gime as It Existed on the Continent Before the French Revolution

Jul 24, 2010
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"What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?"; A Reply to a Pamphlet Lately Published by Dr. Newman

Jul 24, 2010
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The Limits of Exact Science as Applied to History; An Inaugural Lecture, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge

Jun 5, 2010
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Charles Kingsley - His Letters And Memoires Of His Life. Edited By His Wife. Vol. II.

May 27, 2010
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Charles Kingsley - His Letters And Memoirs Of His Life

May 23, 2010
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The Greek Fairy Tale Of The Argonauts

May 7, 2010
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Westward Ho! - Or, The Voyages And Adventures Of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight Of Burrough In The County Of Devon

Apr 6, 2010
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The Gospel of the Pentateuch, a Set of Parish Sermons; And David, Five Sermons

Apr 6, 2010
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Village Sermons

Apr 6, 2010
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Twenty-Five Village Sermons [Microform]

Mar 28, 2010
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Hereward the Wake (Volume 1); "Last of the English"

Mar 28, 2010
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Letters

Mar 19, 2010
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Song of the River

Mar 16, 2010
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Lectures Delivered in America in 1874

Mar 3, 2010
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Madam How and Lady Why; Or