# Professor Henslow — The Voyage of the Beagle character guide

> Professor Henslow in The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Reverend Professor Henslow, the Reverend Professor Henslow

**First appearance:** 0004-i-st-jago-cape-de-verd-islands

## Who they are

Darwin's mentor and botany professor at Cambridge.

## In the story

### [Chiloe and Chonos Islands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_of_the_beagle_se/chapters/xiii-chiloe-and-chonos-islands)

Examined dried specimens of the wild potato brought back by Darwin.

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