Synonyms:
Huxley, Thomas_Huxley, Thomas_Henry_Huxley
Meaning: English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
Synonyms:
Huxley, Aldous_Huxley, Aldous_Leonard_Huxley
Meaning: English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
Synonyms:
Huxley, Andrew_Huxley, Andrew_Fielding_Huxley
Meaning: English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
Usage examples
I told him I had spent some years at the Royal College of Science, and had done some researches in biology under Huxley.
In this maelstrom, the human species, as Thomas Huxley said--'plashed and floundered amid the general stream of evolution, keeping its head above water as best it might, and thinking neither of whence nor whither.' Many volumes have been written to give a purposive interpretation of the rise and evolutionary ramifications of living forms.