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Thomas Henry Huxley

1825 - 1895

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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 the surviving story of the debate is 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Henry Huxley is the 27th most popular biologist (down from 17th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 188th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Biologist.

Thomas Henry Huxley is most famous for his work as a biologist and a supporter of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

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Among biologists, Thomas Henry Huxley ranks 27 out of 1,097. Before him are Thomas Hunt Morgan, Jules Bordet, Edward Tatum, Yoshinori Ohsumi, John Boyd Orr, and Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot. After him are John Sulston, Richard Dawkins, Luc Montagnier, Maria Sibylla Merian, Albrecht Kossel, and Conrad Gessner.

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Among people born in 1825, Thomas Henry Huxley ranks 3. Before him are Johann Strauss II, and Pedro II of Brazil. After him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Ferdinand Lassalle, Jean-Martin Charcot, Johann Jakob Balmer, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Charles Garnier, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Kruger, and Henry Walter Bates. Among people deceased in 1895, Thomas Henry Huxley ranks 5. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Friedrich Engels, Alexandre Dumas fils, and Berthe Morisot. After him are Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, José Martí, Franz von Suppé, Empress Myeongseong, Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, and Adam Opel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Henry Huxley ranks 287 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Frederick Soddy (1877), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Judi Dench (1934), David Gilmour (1946), and Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341). After him are Thomas Young (1773), Jane Goodall (1934), Jason Statham (1967), Henry I of England (1068), James Black (1924), and Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Henry Huxley ranks 8. Before him are Alexander Fleming (1881), Rosalind Franklin (1920), Robert Edwards (1925), Robert Brown (1773), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), and John Boyd Orr (1880). After him are John Sulston (1942), Francis Crick (1916), John Edward Gray (1800), Christian de Duve (1917), Richard Henderson (1945), and Gregory Winter (1951).

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