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Thomas Henry Huxley

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May 04, 1825 in Ealing, The United Kingdom

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December 13, 1901

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Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution, and in his own career. Wilberforce was coached by Richard Owen, against whom Huxley also debated on whether man was closely related to apes. Huxley was slow to accept some of Darwin's ideas, such as gradualism, and was undecided about natural selection, but despite this he was wholehearted in his public support of Darwin. He was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain, and fought against the more extreme versions of religious tradition.

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Average rating: 4.11 · 70 ratings · 5 reviews · 147 distinct works

	Man's Place in Nature by Thomas Henry Huxley, Biology 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1871 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Evolution and Ethics and Science and 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Collected Essays of Th Huxley 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Agnosticism and Christianity: And Other Essays 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	On a Piece of Chalk 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mr. Gladstone and Genesis 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	YEAST 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1874 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Evolution and Ethics by Thomas Henry Huxley, Sherrie Lyons (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1893 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Science and Education (Collected Essays, Volume 3) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1896 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, whether you like it or not.”
― Thomas Henry Huxley

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“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.”
― Thomas Henry Huxley

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“The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”
― Thomas Henry Huxley

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