Darwin’s Bulldog
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Darwin’s Bulldog was the nickname of biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, famed for his vigorous public defense and promotion of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in the 19th century.
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nickname
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Thomas Henry Huxley
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Charles Darwin
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Victorian scientific debates on evolution → the theory of evolution by natural selection → |
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United Kingdom
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| fieldOfWork |
comparative anatomy
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evolutionary biology → science education → |
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T. H. Huxley
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Huxley
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Thomas
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Henry
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leading advocate of Darwinism
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prominent defender of scientific naturalism → |
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popular writings on evolution
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public lectures defending Darwinism → |
| hasOccupation |
biologist
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comparative anatomist → educator → naturalist → public intellectual → |
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aggressive debater in defense of evolution
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key public defender of Charles Darwin → |
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public acceptance of evolutionary theory in Victorian Britain
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Charles Darwin
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the publication of On the Origin of Species → |
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English
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Darwinism
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scientific naturalism → |
| notableFor |
promotion of evolutionary theory in the 19th century
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vigorous public defense of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution → |
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Thomas Henry Huxley
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19th century
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Victorian intellectual history
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discussions of evolution and religion → history of science → |
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Thomas Henry Huxley
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nickname |