Leonard Jenyns

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Leonard Jenyns was a 19th-century English clergyman and naturalist known for his contributions to zoology and for declining the Beagle voyage later taken by Charles Darwin.

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instanceOf clergyman
human
naturalist
zoologist
alsoKnownAs Leonard Blomefield
authorOfTaxon various fish species
birthDate 1800-05-25
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
burialPlace Bath
centuryOfActivity 19th century
closeFriendOf Charles Darwin
John Stevens Henslow
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfNameChange circa 1871
deathDate 1893-09-01
educatedAt Eton College
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Jenyns
fieldOfWork natural history
zoology
genre natural history writing
givenName Leonard
hasGender male
influenced Charles Darwin
knownFor contributions to British zoology
declining the naturalist position on HMS Beagle
recommending Charles Darwin for the Beagle voyage
studies of British amphibians
studies of British fishes
studies of British reptiles
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Cambridge Philosophical Society
Zoological Society of London
name Leonard Jenyns self-link
nationality English
notableWork A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals
Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow
Observations in Natural History
occupation clergyman
naturalist
positionHeld curate of Swaffham Bulbeck
vicar of Swaffham Bulbeck
reasonForNameChange inheritance of the Blomefield estate
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Bath
Swaffham Bulbeck
spouse Jane Jenyns

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John Stevens Henslow relative Leonard Jenyns
Leonard Jenyns name Leonard Jenyns self-link