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Biography of Thomas Henry Huxley
1,455 words, approx. 5 pages
The English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) is most famous as "Darwin's bulldog," that is, as the man who led the fight for the acceptance of Darwin's theory of evolution. On May 4, 1825, T. H. Huxley was born at Ealing, the seventh child of...
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Biography of Thomas Henry Huxley
903 words, approx. 3 pages
Thomas Henry Huxley conducted research in comparative anatomy and biology. His efforts to identify physiological and biological links between vertebrates and invertebrates pioneered the field of evolutionary biology. Although a prolific publisher of...
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Biography of T(homas) H(enry) Huxley
6,562 words, approx. 22 pages
"I will leave my mark somewhere, and it shall be clear and distinct," wrote Thomas Henry Huxley to his sister in 1850, shortly after the twenty-five-year-old scientist had returned from four years of travels as assistant surgeon on H.M.S. Rattlesnake...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Thomas Henry Huxley Summary
753 words, approx. 3 pages
1825-1895 British Anatomist, Paleontologist and Zoologist T. H. Huxley was a major figure behind the propagation of Darwin's theory of evolution and a noted advocate of science education. Huxley contributed to the growing study of the...


News and Journals
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greatreporter.com
Woolf Sleuth? a VirginiaWoolf Quiz
10/8/2007: 333 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10: Virginia Woolf was the daughter of which 19th century philosopher, critic and biographer?a) John Ruskin (0)b) Thomas Huxley (0)c) Leslie Stephen (1)d) Thomas Carlyle (0)Question 2 of 10:At what age did Woolf first start contributing work to the Times Literary Supplement?a)...
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The New York Observer
Pounded, Barbecued, on Tapioca\'d1 Mollusks on Manhattan\'d5s Menus
1/8/2006: 906 words, approx. 3 pages
The waitress set a plate down in front of me. In the center was a shiny, four-inch, perfect gray square. It looked like a tile made of glazed marble. I touched the tile with the prongs of my fork. It jiggled. When I lifted my...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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James G. Paradis
30,185 words, approx. 101 pages
In the following excerpts, Paradis examines Huxley's early, romantic scientific view and his later view that man's hope lies in his moral objection to natural determinism. Paradis also explores Huxley's conception of the role of the scientist in understanding humankind's existential condition, comparing it specifically with Matthew Arnold's view as expressed in Culture and Anarchy.
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Critical Essay by James Paradis
20,924 words, approx. 70 pages
In this essay, Paradis discusses the social and political implications of Huxley's "Prolegomena" and "Evolution and Ethics."
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Critical Essay by Ed Block, Jr.
10,340 words, approx. 35 pages
In this essay, Block explores Huxley's rhetorical style and the extent to which he shaped modern scientific writing.
 


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