Sir Julian Huxley
(1887-1975), Biologist and writerSitter in 58 portraits
Zoologist, philosopher and public servant; Huxley, brother of the novelist Aldous Huxley, was a pioneer in the scientific field-study of animal behaviour, a key contributor to the understanding of evolution, an early advocate of conservation and an influential popularizer of science. His critically acclaimed book Evolution: the Modern Synthesis was published in 1942. He went on to become the first Director-General of UNESCO (1946) and a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund.
by Robin Craig Guthrie
pen and ink and crayon, 1930s?
NPG 6509
Group including Sir Julian and Juliette Huxley and Julian Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 18 May 1920
NPG Ax140795
Group of visitors at Garsington
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1921
NPG Ax141211
Philip Edward Morrell; Sir Julian Huxley
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141500
Juliette (née Baillot), Lady Huxley; Sir Julian Huxley
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
NPG Ax142025
'Aunt Birdie Julian Huxley, Juliette, me and Christopher'
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, June 1926
NPG Ax142562
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 1 December 1926
NPG x37039
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 1 December 1926
NPG x37040
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1929
NPG Ax143212
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1931
NPG x84302
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, November 1931
NPG x84303
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 November 1931
NPG x81164
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 November 1931
NPG x81165
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 November 1931
NPG x81166
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 November 1931
NPG x81167
Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Sir Julian Huxley; Philip Edward Morrell and an unknown woman
possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144085
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21130
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21132
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21133
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21135
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21137
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21138
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21139
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 July 1939
NPG x81342
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 July 1939
NPG x81343
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 July 1939
NPG x81344
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 July 1939
NPG x81345
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1943
NPG x32633
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1943
NPG x32634
Sir Julian Huxley; Juliette (née Baillot), Lady Huxley
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, mid 1940s
NPG x200744
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1946
NPG x21134
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1946
NPG x21136
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1956
NPG x32635
Sir Julian Huxley; Aldous Huxley
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, October 1958
NPG x12105
Aldous Huxley; Sir Julian Huxley
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x131075
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, March 1961
NPG x12102
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, March 1961
NPG x12103
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, March 1961
NPG x12104
Juliette (née Baillot), Lady Huxley; Sir Julian Huxley
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, circa 1961
NPG x200745
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by Pamela Chandler
modern bromide print from original negative, 20 July 1961
NPG x88828
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 1965
NPG x20110
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 22 November 1967
NPG x12108
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1970
NPG x14115
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13572
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13573
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13613
Juliette (née Baillot), Lady Huxley; Sir Julian Huxley
by Virginia Surtees
vintage snapshot print, 1959?
NPG x136229
Juliette (née Baillot), Lady Huxley; Aldous Huxley; Sir Julian Huxley
by Unknown photographer
bromide print
NPG x20682
Related People
- Marian Collier (née Huxley) (aunt)
- Aldous Huxley (brother)
- Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (brother)
- Anthony Julian Huxley (son)
- Francis Huxley (son)
- Juliette (née Baillot), Lady Huxley (wife)
- Leonard Huxley (father)
- Matthew Huxley (nephew)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (grandfather)
- Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold) (aunt)
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