Anthony Julian Huxley (2 December 1920 – 26 December 1992) was a British

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. He edited ''

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'' from 1967 to 1971, and was vice-president of the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...

in 1991. He was the son of

Julian Huxley Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern synthesis. ...

. He was educated at

Dauntsey's School Dauntsey's School is a public school (independent boarding and day school) for pupils aged 11–18 in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England. The school was founded in 1542, in accordance with the will of William Dauntesey, a mast ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

Bibliography

* ''Indoor plants.'' Collingridge, 1957 * Anthony Huxley, Oleg Polunin: ''Flowers of the Mediterranean.'' 1965 ** ''Blumen am Mittelmeer. Ein Bestimmungsbuch.'' 1981, * ''Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Mountains.'' 1968 * ''Gebirgsflora in Farben. 1275 Pflanzen der Gebirge Europas.'' 1969 * ''Garden Perennials and Water Plants.'' Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1971, * ''Standard encyclopedia of the world's oceans and islands.'' 1971 * ''Garden Terms Simplified.'' David & Charles, 1971, * ''Kew's new country extension: Wakehurst Place, Sussex.'' 1972 * ''Flowers in Greece: an outline of flora.'' 1972 * ''House Plants, Cacti and Succulents.'' Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972, * ''Plant and Planet.'' 1975, ** ''Das phantastische Leben der Pflanzen.'' 1977 * ''Garden planning and planting.'' 1976 * Alyson Huxley, Anthony Huxley: ''Huxley's house of plants.'' Paddington Press, 1978, * Anthony Huxley, William Taylor: ''Flowers of Greece and the Aegean.'' 1977 * ''An illustrated history of gardening.'' Paddington Press, New York, London, 1978 * ''Success with house plants.'' Reader's Digest Association, 1979, * Anthony Huxley, Paul Davies, Jenne Davies: ''Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe.'' 1983, * ''Green Inheritance: Saving the Plants of the World.'' 1984, ** ''Unser grünes Erbe. Die Bedeutung der Pflanzen für das Leben auf der Erde.'' 1985 * ''Painted Garden.'' Windward, 1988,

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British botanists 1920 births 1992 deaths People educated at Dauntsey's School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge

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