On This Day…
12th June 1819
Charles Kingsley Born
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend, Charles Darwin, when the Origin of Species was published. Wrote ‘The Water-Babies’, 1863, initially for his 4-year old son. This described the miserable life of a child chimney-sweep and its publication contributed to the debate which led to the outlawing of this employment. Died Eversley, Hampshire, where he had been rector.
Cockney Cabbies
One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History
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