(hĕnz´lō)
, 1796—1861, English botanist. He was professor of mineralogy (1822—27) and of botany (1827—61) at Cambridge Univ. Henslow was a teacher and friend of Charles Darwin, whom he recommended as naturalist to the Beagle expedition. He wrote on scientific farming and also A Catalogue of British Plants (1829) and Dictionary of Botanical Terms (1857).
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