Huxley is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

surname, originally given to people from Huxley, Cheshire. Notable people with the surname include: *The British

Huxley family The Huxley family is a British family; several of its members have excelled in science, medicine, arts and literature. The family also includes members who occupied senior positions in the public service of the United Kingdom. The patriarch of ...

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Thomas Henry Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The stori ...

(1825–1895), British biologist, supporter of Charles Darwin and inventor of the term 'agnosticism' ** Leonard Huxley (writer) (1860–1933), British writer and editor, son of Thomas Henry **

Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxle ...

(1894–1963), British writer, son of Leonard and author of ''Brave New World'' **Sir Julian Huxley (1887–1975), British biologist and author, son of Leonard **Sir

Andrew Huxley Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (22 November 191730 May 2012) was an English physiologist and biophysicist. He was born into the prominent Huxley family. After leaving Westminster School in central London, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge ...

(1917–2012), British physiologist and biophysicist, son of Leonard **

Elspeth Huxley Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyric ...

(1907–1997), British writer, granddaughter-in-law of Thomas **Sir Leonard Huxley (physicist) (1902–1988), Australian physicist, second cousin once-removed of Thomas Huxley **

Anthony Julian Huxley Anthony Julian Huxley (2 December 1920 – 26 December 1992) was a British botanist. He edited '' Amateur Gardening'' from 1967 to 1971, and was vice-president of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1991. He was the son of Julian Huxley. He w ...

(1920–1992), British botanist with the standard author abbreviation "Huxley"

Others

Hugh Huxley Hugh Esmor Huxley MBE FRS (25 February 1924 – 25 July 2013) was a British molecular biologist who made important discoveries in the physiology of muscle. He was a graduate in physics from Christ's College, Cambridge. However, his education ...

(1924–2013), British biologist, and Professor of Biology at Brandeis University * Jonathan Huxley (born 1965), British artist * Julian Huxley (rugby union) (born 1979), Australian rugby union footballer *

Martin Huxley Martin Neil Huxley (born in 1944) is a British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1970, the year after his supervisor Harold Davenport had died. He is a profess ...

(born 1944), British mathematician *

Rick Huxley Richard Huxley (5 August 1940 – 11 February 2013) was an English musician who was the bassist for the Dave Clark Five, a group that was part of the British Invasion. Biography Born at Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent, he joined t ...

(1940–2013), English musician

Fictional

* Lenina Huxley, a character in the 1993 film ''Demolition Man''

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