Thomas Henry Huxley
PC,
FRS (
4 May 1825 Ealing –
29 June 1895 Eastbourne,
Sussex) 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 the Lord Bishop of Oxford,
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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(n. pl.)
A division of the Caucasian races, comprising the lighter-colored members.
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