Julian Huxley

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British person biologist essayist evolutionary biologist human humanist public intellectual science writer

Julian Huxley was a prominent British evolutionary biologist, humanist, and public intellectual who played a key role in popularizing modern evolutionary theory and promoting international scientific and cultural cooperation.

Aliases (2)

Huxley ×2
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → biologist → essayist → evolutionary biologist → human → humanist → public intellectual → science writer →
almaMater	University of Oxford NERFINISHED →
awardReceived	Knight Bachelor →
birthCountry	United Kingdom →
birthDate	1887-06-22 →
birthPlace	London →
citizenship	United Kingdom →
coAuthor	G. P. Wells → H. G. Wells →
deathDate	1975-02-14 →
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED → Eton College →
employer	King’s College London → Rice Institute → UNESCO → Zoological Society of London →
familyName	Huxley →
fieldOfWork	ethology → evolutionary biology → humanism → science popularization → zoology →
fullName	Sir Julian Sorell Huxley →
givenName	Julian →
grandparent	Thomas Henry Huxley →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
knownFor	advocacy of secular humanism → contributions to the modern evolutionary synthesis → popularizing modern evolutionary theory → promoting international scientific and cultural cooperation → public science communication →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	British Humanist Association → Eugenics Society → Royal Society →
movement	modern evolutionary synthesis → secular humanism →
nationality	British →
notableWork	Essays of a Biologist → Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → Religion Without Revelation → The Science of Life → UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy →
positionHeld	First Director-General of UNESCO → President of the British Humanist Association → President of the Eugenics Society → Professor of Zoology at King’s College London → Research Fellow at Rice Institute → Secretary of the Zoological Society of London →
relative	Aldous Huxley → Andrew Huxley → Thomas Henry Huxley →
sibling	Aldous Huxley → Andrew Huxley →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Julian Huxley ("Huxley") → Thomas Henry Huxley ("Huxley") →	familyName
Aldous Huxley → Thomas Henry Huxley →	relative
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis →	author
Leonard Huxley →	child
George Philip Wells →	coAuthor
Director-General of UNESCO →	firstHolder
World Wildlife Fund →	founder
Julian Huxley ("Sir Julian Sorell Huxley") →	fullName
Thomas Henry Huxley →	influenced
modern evolutionary synthesis →	influencedBy
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis →	writtenBy