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.

Jul 26, 2016
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Three Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution on the ancien Regime

Jul 24, 2016
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The heroes, or, Greek fairy tales for my children By

Jul 24, 2016
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Hypatia; or, New foes with an old face, By Charles Kingsley A NOVEL

May 20, 2016
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True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Saint of the Romish Calendar

Apr 10, 2016
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Hypatia, oder, neue Feinde mit altem Gesicht

Dec 5, 2015
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The Fool of Quality; Or, the History of Henry Earl of Moreland. with an Introd. by W.P. Strickland and a Biographical Pref. by Charles Kingsley Volume 1

Nov 5, 2015
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The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales

Nov 5, 2015
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Charles Kingsley's Works, Volume 6

Nov 5, 2015
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Apologia Pro Vita Sua, a Reply to a Pamphlet [By C. Kingsley] Entitled 'What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?'

Oct 27, 2015
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Works, Volume 10

Oct 24, 2015
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[Works]

Oct 20, 2015
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Hypatia, Or, New Foes With an Old Face, Volumes 1-2

Oct 3, 2015
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The Works of Charles Kingsley Volume 05

Sep 27, 2015
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The Works of Charles Kingsley Volume 3

Jul 1, 2015
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Literary and General Essays

Jul 1, 2015
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Phaethon; Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers. 1852.

Jul 1, 2015
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Hypatia or New Foes with and Old Face

Feb 19, 2015
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Village Sermons and Town and Country Sermons - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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Apologia Pro Vita Sua

Feb 19, 2015
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Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time with Other Papers - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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Poems - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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Alexandria and Her Schools - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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The Heroes, Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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Glaucus or the Wonders of the Sea-Shore - Scholar's Choice Edition