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Thomas Henry Huxley

Also known as T. H. Huxley, Huxley, Prof. Huxley

British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)

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Thomas Henry Huxley was a British biologist and comparative anatomist who lived from 1825 to 1895 and became one of the most influential scientists of his era. He is remembered for his major contributions to understanding animal anatomy and his role as a prominent public advocate for Darwin's theory of evolution.

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Thomas Henry Huxley appears in Vinony's Copley Medal collection — one of 280 entries. It also appears in Fellows of the Royal Society.

Vinony's link graph records 1,171 inbound references to Thomas Henry Huxley, and connects out to agnosticism, Joseph Lister and Fellow of the Royal Society.

It is catalogued under topics including 1825 births, 1895 deaths and 19th-century British anthropologists.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Henry
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Ealing
Place of death: Eastbourne
Occupation: evolutionary biologist
Position held: rector
Employer: Imperial College London
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: agnosticism
Doctoral student: Michael Foster
Field of work: evolution
Image: T.H.Huxley(Woodburytype).jpg
Residence: London

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Commons category: Thomas Henry Huxley
date of birth: 1825-01-01
date of death: 1895-01-01
Commons Creator page: Thomas Henry Huxley
author citation (zoology): Huxley
name in native language: Thomas Henry Huxley
archives at: National Library of Wales
influenced by: Charles Darwin
writing language: English language
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P6944: Thomas Henry Huxley
interested in: zoology
nickname: Darwin’s Bulldog
contributed to creative work: Popular Science
P8168: Williams FJ33
P12749: Viktor Lutze
place of burial: East Finchley Cemetery
has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

The stories regarding Huxley's famous 1860 Oxford evolution debate with Samuel Wilberforce were a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution and in his own career, although some historians think that aspects of the surviving story of the debate are a later fabrication. Huxley had been planning to leave Oxford on the previous day, but, after an encounter with Robert Chambers, the author of Vestiges, he changed his mind and decided to join the debate. Wilberforce was coached by Richard Owen, against whom Huxley also debated about whether humans were closely related to apes.

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