Charles Kingsley collection
Overview
This collection consists of two letters written by Anglican clergyman and author Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), collected from various sources by Spencer Research Library staff.
Dates
- Creation: 1855, 1865
Creator
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
Charles Kingsley was the son of a clergyman, growing up in Devon, England. After graduating from Magdelene College, Cambridge University, he was made curate at Eversley in 1842, later becoming the parish priest. In 1848 Kingsley became a founding member of the Christian Socialist movement, a movement to correct the evils of industrialism through Christian ethics.
Kingsley became chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1859 and held a professorship in modern history at Cambridge University from 1860-1869. He was made a canon of Westminster in 1873.
Kingsley wrote several novels, including Alton Locke (1850), Hypatia (1853), Hereward the Wake (1866), and The Water-Babies (1863). He also wrote poetry. His brother was the novelist Henry Kingsley (1830-1876), and his niece, Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862-1900), was a travel writer and adventurer.
[Information retrieved from the Encylopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Kingsley.]
Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P176
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Item 2: gift, William P. Albrecht, 1971.
Subject
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Kingsley Collection
- Subtitle
- Charles Kingsley collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1971, 1972. Finding aid encoded by mwh, 2020.
- Date
- 2020-01
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5563139975
- Preferred citation
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Charles Kingsley collection, MS P176, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository