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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instanceOf	agnostic ⓘ biologist ⓘ comparative anatomist ⓘ essayist ⓘ fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ human ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ science educator ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
birthDate	1825-05-04 ⓘ
birthPlace	Ealing, London ⓘ surface form: Ealing England ⓘ Middlesex, England ⓘ surface form: Middlesex
burialPlace	St Marylebone Cemetery ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	19th century ⓘ
child	Jessie Oriana Huxley ⓘ Leonard Huxley ⓘ
coinedTerm	agnosticism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1895-06-29 ⓘ
deathPlace	Eastbourne ⓘ England ⓘ East Sussex ⓘ surface form: Sussex
educatedAt	Charing Cross Hospital Medical School ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Julian Huxley ⓘ surface form: Huxley
fieldOfWork	comparative anatomy ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ science education ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ Thomas ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix	FRS ⓘ
influenced	Aldous Huxley ⓘ Julian Huxley ⓘ modern evolutionary thought ⓘ
influencedBy	Charles Darwin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ X Club ⓘ
name	Thomas Henry Huxley self-link ⓘ
nickname	Darwin’s Bulldog ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection ⓘ contributions to comparative anatomy ⓘ promotion of science education ⓘ
notableWork	Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature ⓘ Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews ⓘ Lessons in Elementary Physiology ⓘ Science and Culture, and Other Essays ⓘ
occupation	anatomist ⓘ biologist ⓘ educator ⓘ essayist ⓘ lecturer ⓘ science popularizer ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
opposedView	creationism ⓘ
positionHeld	Inspector of Schools ⓘ President of the Geological Society of London ⓘ President of the Royal Society ⓘ
relative	Aldous Huxley ⓘ Julian Huxley ⓘ
religiousView	agnosticism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Henrietta Anne Heathorn ⓘ
supportedTheory	evolution by natural selection ⓘ

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