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628: 497: 381:, published in 2012. The modern publication updates the nomenclature and provides a historical context for Jenyns' phenological observations which were made between c. 1820 and 1849. The museum archives contain extensive material from Jenyns, including manuscripts and books on local natural history. 303:
This year I had the offer of accompanying Capt. Fitzroy, as Naturalist, in the Beagle, on his voyage to survey the coasts of S.America, afterwards going round the globe:- declined the appointment wc was afterwards given to Charles Darwin Esq. of Xts' College
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His wife died in 1860, and in 1862 he was married for the second time to Sarah Hawthorn (another vicar's daughter). In 1871, Jenyns inherited 140 acres of land in
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as a condition of the inheritance. He died in Bath on 1 September 1893 and was buried at Landsdown Cemetery, Bath.
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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832–1836
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in Cambridgeshire in December 1827. He married Jane Daubeny, (a vicar's daughter and niece of Professor
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but turned down the offer due to ill health and parish duties. His diary entry for 1831 records
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By 1812, Jenyns began to study natural history encouraged by his great uncle. He went to
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in 1818 and during his second year, his interest in natural history was noticed by
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In 1825 Jenyns gave his first paper on the "Ornithology of Cambridgeshire" to the
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of Bottisham Hall, Cambridgeshire, a magistrate, landowner and a prebendary of
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observations of the times of year at which events in natural history occurred.
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Jenyns was the original choice for the naturalist on the second voyage of
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in 1835. In 1892 he was honoured with a congratulatory letter by the
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to receive an inheritance. He is chiefly remembered for his detailed
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due to her ill-health. In 1852, he became vicar of the parishes of
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Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution: Leonard Jenyns
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as his replacement, and they maintained a correspondence.
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Archives at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology
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He was ordained in May 1823, becoming the curate of
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His father had inherited the 49: 449: 447: 445: 443: 1486:Fellows of the Linnean Society of London 677: 531: 505: 287: 553:Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow 453: 414:Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow 212:. 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He was forced to take on the name 230:Jenyns was a founder member of the 24: 1413:scholar and academic administrator 560: 474: 351:Society of Entomologists of London 171:Jenyns was born in 1800 at No. 85 25: 1507: 622: 629:Works by or about Leonard Jenyns 521:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 517:Dictionary of National Biography 495: 166: 1496:People educated at Eton College 328:Cambridge Philosophical Society 322:Membership of Learned Societies 1147:priest, botanist and geologist 591: 574: 543: 525: 13: 1: 1165:priest, author and naturalist 533:"Jenyns , Leonard (JNNS817L)" 434: 355:Geological Society of London 343:Zoological Society of London 221:St. John's College Cambridge 108:St John's College, Cambridge 7: 537:A Cambridge Alumni Database 422: 209:Natural History of Selborne 10: 1512: 1010:Elizabeth Catherine Miller 539:. University of Cambridge. 506:Seccombe, Thomas (1901). " 454:Vaughan, Roger F. (2012). 276:from his father's cousin, 29: 1437: 1428: 1335: 1333: 1331: 1323: 1321: 1319: 1313: 1311: 1309: 1299: 1297: 1285: 1281: 1275: 1259: 1255: 1253: 1251: 1249: 1247: 1241: 1203:Susannah Catherine Buller 1200: 1180: 1151: 1130: 1128: 1126: 1112: 1110: 1094: 1092: 1080: 1076: 1070: 1025: 1007: 989: 960: 958: 956: 946: 944: 928: 924: 918: 882: 880: 878: 876: 874: 872: 855: 853: 851: 849: 847: 845: 843: 832: 798: 796: 794: 792: 790: 788: 786: 784: 782: 780: 778: 762: 758: 756: 754: 752: 750: 744: 742: 740: 738: 736: 707: 683: 142: 132: 125: 113: 103: 95: 76: 57: 48: 41: 550:Jenyns, Leonard (1862). 411:Jenyns, Leonard (1862). 393:Jenyns, Leonard (1831). 389:Jenyns's works include: 384: 1410:Charles Buller Heberden 1349:Frances Harriet Henslow 1188:Archdeacon of Rochester 312: 1481:English entomologists 1363:botanical illustrator 982:George Leonard Jenyns 301: 288:Jenyns and HMS Beagle 177:George Leonard Jenyns 1144:John Stevens Henslow 985:priest and landowner 678:Heberden family tree 225:John Stevens Henslow 1439:Family tree of the 508:Blomefield, Leonard 1491:Parson-naturalists 556:. John Van Voorst. 417:. John Van Voorst. 278:Francis Blomefield 157:Leonard Blomefield 32:Leonard Bloomfield 18:Leonard Blomefield 1448: 1447: 1423: 1422: 1398:Bishop of Lincoln 580:Published by the 462:on 3 January 2015 456:"Jenyns' Century" 314:Jenyns suggested 236:parson-naturalist 173:Pall Mall, London 146: 145: 127:Scientific career 16:(Redirected from 1503: 1196:William Heberden 1000:William Heberden 858:Elizabeth Martin 836:William Heberden 710:Elizabeth Cooper 703:Richard Heberden 686: 685: 672: 665: 658: 649: 648: 633:Internet Archive 610: 609: 607: 605: 595: 589: 578: 572: 571: 564: 558: 557: 547: 541: 540: 529: 523: 522: 519:(1st supplement) 499: 498: 493: 472: 471: 469: 467: 458:. Archived from 451: 418: 353:in 1834 and the 345:. He joined the 310: 247:Swaffham Bulbeck 185:William Heberden 83: 80:1 September 1893 67: 65: 53: 39: 38: 21: 1511: 1510: 1506: 1505: 1504: 1502: 1501: 1500: 1451: 1450: 1449: 1444: 1433: 1424: 1414: 1412: 1399: 1397: 1388: 1386: 1375: 1373: 1364: 1362: 1353: 1351: 1204: 1197: 1190: 1186: 1177: 1166: 1164: 1155: 1148: 1146: 1029: 1022: 1020: 1018:Thomas Heberden 1011: 1004: 1002: 993: 986: 984: 859: 840: 838: 829: 814: 812:Thomas Heberden 711: 704: 679: 676: 625: 613: 603: 601: 597: 596: 592: 579: 575: 566: 565: 561: 548: 544: 530: 526: 496: 494: 475: 465: 463: 452: 441: 437: 425: 387: 367: 359:Linnean Society 324: 311: 308: 290: 251:Charles Daubeny 219:Jenyns went to 169: 137:Natural history 104:Alma mater 91: 85: 81: 72: 71:London, England 69: 63: 61: 44: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1509: 1499: 1498: 1493: 1488: 1483: 1478: 1476:Charles Darwin 1473: 1468: 1463: 1446: 1445: 1438: 1435: 1434: 1429: 1426: 1425: 1421: 1419: 1418: 1416: 1407: 1405: 1403: 1401: 1392: 1390: 1383: 1381: 1379: 1377: 1371:George Henslow 1368: 1366: 1357: 1355: 1346: 1344: 1342: 1339: 1338: 1336: 1334: 1332: 1330: 1328: 1326: 1324: 1322: 1320: 1318: 1316: 1314: 1312: 1310: 1308: 1306: 1303: 1302: 1300: 1298: 1296: 1294: 1292: 1290: 1288: 1286: 1284: 1282: 1280: 1278: 1276: 1274: 1272: 1270: 1268: 1266: 1264: 1262: 1260: 1258: 1256: 1254: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1242: 1240: 1238: 1236: 1234: 1232: 1230: 1227: 1226: 1224: 1222: 1220: 1218: 1216: 1213: 1212: 1210: 1208: 1206: 1201: 1199: 1194: 1192: 1181: 1179: 1174: 1172: 1170: 1168: 1162:Leonard Jenyns 1159: 1157: 1154:Harriet Jenyns 1152: 1150: 1141: 1139: 1137: 1134: 1133: 1131: 1129: 1127: 1125: 1123: 1120: 1119: 1117: 1115: 1113: 1111: 1109: 1107: 1105: 1103: 1101: 1099: 1097: 1095: 1093: 1091: 1089: 1087: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1079: 1077: 1075: 1073: 1071: 1069: 1067: 1065: 1063: 1061: 1059: 1057: 1055: 1053: 1051: 1048: 1047: 1045: 1043: 1041: 1039: 1037: 1034: 1033: 1031: 1026: 1024: 1015: 1013: 1008: 1006: 997: 995: 990: 988: 979: 977: 975: 973: 971: 969: 967: 964: 963: 961: 959: 957: 955: 953: 950: 949: 947: 945: 943: 941: 939: 937: 935: 933: 931: 929: 927: 925: 923: 921: 919: 917: 915: 913: 911: 909: 907: 905: 903: 901: 899: 897: 895: 893: 891: 888: 887: 885: 883: 881: 879: 877: 875: 873: 871: 869: 866: 865: 863: 861: 856: 854: 852: 850: 848: 846: 844: 842: 833: 831: 828:Mary Wollaston 826: 824: 822: 820: 818: 816: 809: 807: 805: 802: 801: 799: 797: 795: 793: 791: 789: 787: 785: 783: 781: 779: 777: 775: 772: 771: 769: 767: 765: 763: 761: 759: 757: 755: 753: 751: 749: 747: 745: 743: 741: 739: 737: 735: 733: 731: 729: 727: 725: 722: 721: 719: 716: 715: 713: 708: 706: 701: 699: 697: 695: 693: 691: 689: 684: 681: 680: 675: 674: 667: 660: 652: 646: 645: 640: 635: 624: 623:External links 621: 620: 619: 612: 611: 590: 573: 559: 542: 524: 473: 438: 436: 433: 432: 431: 424: 421: 420: 419: 408: 401: 386: 383: 375:Cambridgeshire 366: 363: 323: 320: 316:Charles Darwin 309:Leonard Jenyns 306: 289: 286: 240:Charles Darwin 189:Bottisham Hall 168: 165: 149:Leonard Jenyns 144: 143: 140: 139: 134: 130: 129: 123: 122: 115: 114:Known for 111: 110: 105: 101: 100: 97: 93: 92: 86: 84:(aged 93) 78: 74: 73: 70: 59: 55: 54: 46: 45: 43:Leonard Jenyns 42: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1508: 1497: 1494: 1492: 1489: 1487: 1484: 1482: 1479: 1477: 1474: 1472: 1469: 1467: 1464: 1462: 1459: 1458: 1456: 1442: 1436: 1432: 1427: 1420: 1411: 1396: 1372: 1361: 1350: 1340: 1337: 1329: 1327: 1325: 1317: 1315: 1307: 1305: 1304: 1283: 1279: 1277: 1273: 1271: 1257: 1245: 1243: 1239: 1237: 1228: 1225: 1223: 1221: 1219: 1217: 1215: 1214: 1189: 1185: 1176:Anne Heberden 1163: 1145: 1135: 1132: 1124: 1122: 1121: 1078: 1074: 1072: 1068: 1066: 1049: 1046: 1044: 1042: 1040: 1038: 1036: 1035: 1019: 1001: 992:Mary Heberden 983: 965: 962: 954: 952: 951: 926: 922: 920: 916: 914: 889: 886: 884: 870: 868: 867: 837: 813: 803: 800: 776: 774: 773: 760: 748: 746: 734: 732: 723: 720: 718: 717: 687: 682: 673: 668: 666: 661: 659: 654: 653: 650: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 630: 627: 626: 618: 615: 614: 600: 594: 587: 583: 577: 569: 563: 555: 554: 546: 538: 534: 528: 520: 518: 513: 509: 503: 502:public domain 492: 490: 488: 486: 484: 482: 480: 478: 461: 457: 450: 448: 446: 444: 439: 430: 427: 426: 416: 415: 409: 406: 402: 399: 398: 392: 391: 390: 382: 380: 376: 372: 362: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 339: 337: 333: 329: 319: 317: 305: 300: 298: 297: 285: 283: 282:Royal Licence 279: 275: 270: 268: 264: 260: 256: 252: 248: 243: 242:'s – mentor. 241: 237: 233: 228: 226: 222: 217: 215: 211: 210: 205: 204:Gilbert White 201: 196: 195:(1704–1787). 194: 190: 186: 182: 181:Ely Cathedral 178: 174: 167:Personal life 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 141: 138: 135: 131: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 109: 106: 102: 98: 94: 89: 79: 75: 60: 56: 52: 47: 40: 37: 33: 19: 1430: 1360:Anne Henslow 1161: 602:. 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Index

Leonard Blomefield
Leonard Bloomfield

Bath
St John's College, Cambridge
phenology
Natural history
naturalist
phenology
Pall Mall, London
George Leonard Jenyns
Ely Cathedral
William Heberden
Bottisham Hall
Soame Jenyns
Eton
Gilbert White
Natural History of Selborne
Joseph Banks
St. John's College Cambridge
John Stevens Henslow
Ray Society
parson-naturalist
Charles Darwin
Swaffham Bulbeck
Charles Daubeny
Ventnor
Bath
Langridge
Woolley

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