Thomas Huxley. Doctor and British naturalist born in Middlesex (England) on May 4, 1825 and died in Sussex on June 29, 1895. Youngest son of a Professor of mathematics and Assistant Director of a school in Ealing, which Huxley was attended by two years, from small became interested in the study of Sciences and drawing, art that was useful later for his work in zoology.
Dubbed “Darwin’s bulldog” for his combative role in controversies over evolution, Huxley was a leading Victorian zoologist, science popularizer, and education reformer. He was born in Ealing, a small village west of London, in 1825. With only two years of formal education, he apprenticed in medicine and then entered the navy, serving as assistant surgeon on H.M.S. Rattlesnake in the.
Thomas Huxley was a key figure in Victorian scientific life. He worked tirelessly to improve scientific education and served on many Royal Commissions on education and public health. Huxley made important discoveries in several branches of biology and was a vigorous champion of the evolutionary theories of Darwin but tended to antagonise moderate opinion with his aggressive style of argument.
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Drawings by T H Huxley, April 1890 'Sketches in the Pyrenees by Thomas Henry Huxley'. A volume so labelled, 28 x 36 cm, containing 30 sketches, mostly water-colours, of landscapes and natives. Some of the drawings are dated April 1890. Various sizes, mostly about 18 x 26 cm. Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry Control 72.
Thomas Henry Huxley born May 4th, 1825, and died the 29th of June, 1895 in Eastbourne, was an English biologist, known for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a scientific revolutionary moment in the wider acceptance of evolution, and in his own career.