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Chapters in my Life (Paperback)
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Chapters in my Life (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
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Leonard Jenyns (1800-93; he changed his name late in life to
benefit from a legacy), was a clergyman, and a respected naturalist
and zoologist. A distinguished member of a dozen scientific
societies, he was educated at Eton, and then at St John's College,
Cambridge, where he graduated in 1822. During his tenure as vicar
in Swaffham Bulbeck, he made important contributions to zoology,
becoming one of the original members of the Zoological Society of
London. In 1831, unwilling to spend years away from his parish
responsibilities, he turned down the chance to travel as the
naturalist on-board H.M.S. Beagle. Published in 1889, this is the
second edition of Jenyns' autobiography, which he had first had
privately printed. It starts with the major events of his life,
then shares a series of scientific anecdotes, including his
decision to recommend Darwin instead of himself as the naturalist
for the Beagle voyage.
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