Thomas

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Thomas is the given name of the 19th-century English biologist and fierce defender of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, Thomas Henry Huxley, famously nicknamed “Darwin’s Bulldog.”

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instanceOf human
child Leonard Huxley
coinedTerm agnosticism
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1825-05-04
dateOfDeath 1895-06-29
describedAs Darwin’s Bulldog
fierce defender of Darwin’s theory of evolution
era 19th century
ethnicity English
familyName Huxley
fieldOfWork biology
comparative anatomy
paleontology
science education
fullName Thomas Henry Huxley
givenName Thomas
influenced Aldous Huxley
Julian Huxley
modern evolutionary thought
influencedBy Charles Darwin
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
movement agnosticism
evolutionary biology
nickname Darwin’s Bulldog
notableFor defending Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection
popularizing science in Victorian Britain
public debates on evolution and religion
occupation biologist
educator
essayist
naturalist
zoologist
placeOfBirth Ealing NERFINISHED
England
County of Middlesex
surface form: Middlesex
placeOfDeath Eastbourne
England
Sussex
positionHeld President of the Royal Society
relative Aldous Huxley
Julian Huxley
religiousView agnostic
spouse Henrietta Anne Heathorn
studentOf Charles Darwin

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