Thomas Henry Huxley

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agnostic biologist comparative anatomist essayist fellow of the Royal Society human public intellectual science educator zoologist

Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th-century English biologist and public intellectual known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his vigorous advocacy of evolutionary theory and his contributions to comparative anatomy and science education.

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notableFor advocacy of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection →
contributions to comparative anatomy →
promotion of science education →
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Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews →
Lessons in Elementary Physiology →
Science and Culture, and Other Essays →
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zoologist →
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President of the Geological Society of London →
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