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 Mark Gertler
oil on canvas, 1927
NPG 6534
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
print, 1939
NPG x2162
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x21130
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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