Darwin’s mentor, who obtained a position on H.M.S

Beagle for Darwin, was
a. Alfred Wallace.
b. John Henslow.
c. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
d. Georges Cuvier.
e. Charles Lyell.


Answer: b

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