Kingsley was enthusiastic about many things and in 1848 along with Frederick Denison and J. M. Ludlow he founded the Christian Socialism. Kingsley wrote many articles to support this movement and two novels, Alton Locke in 1850, about the plight of an urban worker and Yeast in 1851, about the ills of the rural poor. Kingsley’s opinions leaned more toward Christian than socialist. Kingsley went on to write two more historical novels, Hypatia in 1853 and Westward Ho! In 1855, after writing these books he grew an interest in biology and wrote Glaucus in 1855, this book was a description of the wonders of the shore. Kingsley was also a poet, in 1863 he wrote Andromeda, this book was a children’s story where he combines his interest of natural science and religion. In 1859 Kingsley was appointed Chaplin to Queen Victoria and in the following year became regius of modern history at Cambridge. Kingsley wasn’t by any means a scholar but his lectures were popular, in 1861 he tutored the Prince of Wales and later Edward VII. In 1864 Kingsley got involved in some controversy with John Henry Newman, the controversy led to an exchange to pamphlets and Kingsley giving a public apology to Newman for misrepresenting him. In 1869 Kingsley resigned his professorship of history and was later appointed canon of Chester; in 1873 he became canon of Westminster. Charles Kingsley sadly died on 23rd January 1875, aged 56.
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