Thomas Henry Huxley

British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)

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About

Thomas Henry Huxley, born on 4 May 1825 in Ealing and died on 29 June 1895 in Eastbourne, was a British biologist and comparative anatomist. Largely self-taught, he studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital in London and earned his degree in 1845. He took part in a scientific expedition to Australia and New Guinea aboard HMS Rattlesnake (1846–1850), where he conducted pioneering research on marine invertebrates. Appointed Professor of Natural History at the Royal School of Mines in 1854, he became famous as a fierce defender of Darwin's theory of evolution, earning the nickname 'Darwin's Bulldog'. He authored major works on human evolution and the relationship between humans and apes.

* 1825-05-04 — † 1895-06-28

Major works

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863)scientific book
Collected Essays (1893)essay collection

Key milestones

1851Elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
1860Debated Bishop Samuel Wilberforce at Oxford on evolution.
1883President of the Royal Society (1883-1885).

Themes

EvolutionAgnosticismScience educationComparative anatomyHuman-animal relationship

Sources: britannica.com · darwinproject.ac.uk

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.”

— Thomas Henry HuxleyTheme · Education

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“The great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”

— Thomas Henry HuxleyTheme · Science

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“The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land.”

— Thomas Henry HuxleyTheme · Philosophy

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“The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.”

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“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”

— Thomas Henry HuxleyTheme · Knowledge

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