Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was an English clergyman, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. A broad church priest of the Church of England, he is particularly associated with Christian socialism, Anti-Catholicism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He is known for his novels ''Yeast'' (1848), ''Alton Locke'' (1850), ''Hypatia'' (1853), ''Westward Ho!'' (1855), ''The Water-Babies'' (1863), and ''Hereward the Wake'' (1866). Provided by Wikipedia