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Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS [1] (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was a British evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern synthesis.
Jun 18, 2024 · Julian Huxley was a biologist whose work included a synthesis of evolutionary theories and the creation of groups devoted to conservation.
Sep 22, 2022 · As a precocious four-year-old in 1892, Julian Huxley was puzzled by a cartoon depicting his grandfather, renowned anatomist Thomas Henry Huxley, examining a bottle of liquid containing a naked ...
Nov 21, 2022 · The eldest child of Huxley’s son Leonard—himself a notable writer and magazine editor—Julian enjoyed not one but two illustrious bloodlines. His mother, Julia, came from the Arnold family, a ...
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (June 22, 1887 – February 14, 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, author, humanist, and internationalist, known for his popularizations of science in books and lectures.
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May 23, 2018 · The English biologist and author Julian Huxley (1887-1975) helped establish the modern synthetic theory of evolution by natural selection and served as first director of the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
On the one hand, this issue focuses attention on Unesco's early years and its first Director-General, Julian Huxley, who died on 14 February 1975. On the other hand it presents a Unesco perspective on some of the major problems of the world today.
Nov 7, 2022 · Julian Huxley, grandson of naturalist Thomas Henry Huxley, was instrumental in developing the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1940s. Credit: PAP/Alamy
Born in 1887 to the biographer Leonard Huxley and the humanist educationalist Julia Huxley, the young Julian acquired his keen interest in the natural world from his grandfather, the leading biologist and advocate of Darwin’s theory of evolution T.H. Huxley.
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Nov 1, 2012 · The life and ideas of Julian Sorrell Huxley (1887-1975) represent not only considerable contributions to evolutionary theory but also to eugenic thought and social planning. Huxley’s career history was complex and disjointed making him an international and very much a public figure.
