Thomas Henry Huxley
(1825-1895), Biologist and science educationistSitter in 48 portraits
Biologist and comparative anatomist, a key figure in Victorian scientific life. A vigorous supporter of Darwin's theory of evolution, particularly during the famous 1860 Oxford debate with Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. He was the youngest biologist to receive the Royal Medal of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-six. He became its President in 1883-5. He served on many Royal Commissions on education and public health, and worked tirelessly to improve scientific education in Britain.
by Thomas Hamilton Crawford, published by Museum Galleries, after John Collier
mezzotint printed in colours, published 1922 (1883)
NPG D36430
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published May 1889
NPG Ax9138
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x11998
Related People
- Sir Laurence Collier (grandson)
- Marian Collier (née Huxley) (daughter)
- Peter Pendleton Eckersley (grandson)
- Thomas Lydwell Eckersley (grandson)
- Aldous Huxley (grandson)
- Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (grandson)
- Sir Julian Huxley (grandson)
- Leonard Huxley (son)
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john Andrewartha
24 February 2019, 16:54
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), Biologist and science educationist
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