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Biographies (6)

387 words, approx. 2 pages
The English author and clergyman Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) became the ideal of "Muscular Christianity" through his books and active, many-faceted life.The son of a country parson, Charles Kingsley ... Read more
6,090 words, approx. 21 pages
Charles Kingsley is one of those prolific second-rank Victorian writers whose works have in recent years been undergoing marked reappraisal. Kingsley himself is a fascinating, because representative, ... Read more
3,087 words, approx. 11 pages
Country parson, Christian Socialist, sanitary reformer, naturalist and outdoorsman, novelist and historian, battler with Roman Catholicism: Charles Kingsley was one of those eminent Victorian allround... Read more
5,993 words, approx. 20 pages
The Reverend Charles Kingsley, writer of poetry; novels; historical works; sermons; religious tracts; scientific treatises; and political, social, and literary criticism, was one of the Victorian age'... Read more
2,264 words, approx. 8 pages
Charles Kingsley was a clergyman, social reformer, novelist, poet, polemicist, university professor, and chaplain to the queen. He was prolific, publishing thirty-five works in addition to a volume of... Read more
5,270 words, approx. 18 pages
Like other eminent Victorians, Charles Kingsley wrote in various genres, and his influence—specifically in the reforms in the fields of theology, history, and literature as well as in the cultiva... Read more