Charles Kingsley
/ˌtʃɑːlz ˈkɪŋzli/
/ˌtʃɑːrlz ˈkɪŋzli/
- (1819-75) an English writer and priest. He is best known for the novel Westward Ho!(1855), about Elizabethan England, and the children's book The Water-Babies. He was also the chaplain (= private priest) to Queen Victoria.
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