KINGSLEY, CHARLES. - Anglican writer and clergyman, b. at Holne (Devonshire) on 12 June 1819, d. at Eversley (Hampshire) on 23 January 1875. He advocated a form of Christian socialism through his articles in *The Christian Socialist*.
He wrote novels with social and religious themes, the best of which may be considered *Hypatia*, set in Egypt at the dawn of Christianity (1851), and *Westward Ho!* (1855), which extols the seafaring spirit of the Elizabethan age, also with the aim of stimulating English patriotism during the Crimean War. Among his books for children, the most popular is *The Water-Babies* (1863). His name is rather remembered in connection with the famous anti-Catholic controversy he had with Newman, whose words he misunderstood and used to assert that Catholics did not consider truth necessary. Newman easily refuted his opponent in *Apologia Pro Vita Sua* (1864), which is still regarded as one of the masterpieces of English apologetic prose.