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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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname
appliedTo Thomas Henry Huxley
associatedWith Charles Darwin
Victorian scientific debates on evolution
the theory of evolution by natural selection
countryOfActivity United Kingdom NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork comparative anatomy
evolutionary biology
science education
hasAlternativeName T. H. Huxley
hasFamilyNameOf Huxley
hasGivenNameOf Thomas
hasMiddleNameOf Henry
hasNotableRole leading advocate of Darwinism
prominent defender of scientific naturalism
hasNotableWork popular writings on evolution
public lectures defending Darwinism
hasOccupation biologist
comparative anatomist
educator
naturalist
public intellectual
hasReputation aggressive debater in defense of evolution
key public defender of Charles Darwin
influenced public acceptance of evolutionary theory in Victorian Britain
influencedBy Charles Darwin
the publication of On the Origin of Species
languageOfActivity English
movement Darwinism
scientific naturalism
notableFor promotion of evolutionary theory in the 19th century
vigorous public defense of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
refersTo Thomas Henry Huxley
timePeriod 19th century
usedInContext Victorian intellectual history
discussions of evolution and religion
history of science

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Thomas Henry Huxley
nickname

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