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Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
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1819-1875
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Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian and novelist. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives that failed but led to the working reforms of the progressive era. He was a friend and correspondent with Charles Darwin. His best-known novels are The Water Babies and Westward Ho.
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Created, JH, 2-Mar-2020. Revised, FF, 04-Jun-2020.
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Norman Vance (2009). 'Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875)'. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed online 04-Jun-2020.
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Revised with dates of existence, additional authority record identifier and sources, FF, 04-Jun-2020.