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Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS HonFRSE FLS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution .
Jun 25, 2024 · Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism (he coined the word). Huxley was a vocal supporter of Charles Darwin’s evolutionary naturalism, and his organizational efforts, public lectures, and writing helped elevate the place of science in modern society.
Nov 26, 2013 · In nineteenth century Great Britain, Thomas Henry Huxley proposed connections between the development of organisms and their evolutionary histories, critiqued previously held concepts of homology, and promoted Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Many called him Darwin’s Bulldog.
T. H. Huxley, (born May 4, 1825, Ealing, Middlesex, Eng.—died June 29, 1895, Eastbourne, Sussex), British biologist. The son of a schoolmaster, he earned a medical degree.
c.1860: English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley © Huxley was a pioneering biologist and educator, best known for his strong support for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Thomas Henry...
Jun 25, 2024 · Thomas Henry Huxley - Darwin's Bulldog, Evolutionary Biology, Naturalist: Charles Darwin, about to start writing his On the Origin of Species (1859), saw Huxley’s star rising.
May 23, 2018 · England, 29 June 1895) Zoology, evolution, paleontology, ethnology. Thomas Henry Huxley was the seventh and youngest surviving child of George and Rachel Huxley. His father taught mathematics and was assistant headmaster at a school in Ealing which Thomas Henry attended for a brief period.
