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Huxley wanted to see science brought together with industry and used to solve human problems such as overpopulation and hunger. He was also interested in elementary education, and was elected to the London School Board, where he worked to give ordinary people a decent education. He began the first proper training courses for science teachers.
Additional Physical Format: Online version: Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. Science and education. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1899 (OCoLC)798501595.
Thomas Henry Huxley - Thomas Henry Huxley - “Darwin’s bulldog”: Charles Darwin, about to start writing his On the Origin of Species (1859), saw Huxley’s star rising. A visit to Darwin’s Down House in 1856 laid the foundation for a long relationship between the two men and their families (Nettie recuperated at Down after the death of her firstborn, Noel, in 1860; she and Emma Darwin.
Papers of Thomas Henry Huxley, 1839-1931, comprising scientific and general correspondence, 1846-1911; Huxley family letters, 1842-1931; personal papers, 1839-1891; working papers, 1846-1900, largely comprising notes, drawings, lectures and unfinished essays, relating to anthropology and ethnology, 1866-1890, biology, 1846-1900, including voyage of HMS RATTLESNAKE, 1846-1850, education, 1861.
Known as 'Darwin's Bulldog', the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley was a tireless supporter of the evolutionary theories of his friend Charles Darwin. Huxley also made his own significant scientific contributions, and he was influential in the development of science education despite having had only two years of formal schooling.
Author of Science and education, Evidence as to man's place in nature, Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews, Hume, Evolution and ethics, The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, Darwiniana, Science and Hebrew tradition.
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