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Definition of Huxley
1. Noun. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917).
2. Noun. English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963).
3. Noun. English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895).
Generic synonyms: Biologist, Life Scientist
Derivative terms: Huxleian, Huxleyan
Definition of Huxley
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Old English dot=) from a place in Cheshire. ¹
2. Proper noun. Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist. ¹
3. Proper noun. Aldous Leonard Huxley, English writer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Huxley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"Huxley (Rt. lion. TH) On our knowledge of the Causes of the Phenomena of Organic
Nature. ... Huxley (Rt. Hon. TH) Illustrations of the structure of the ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Huxley classifies mankind on a somat¡co-anthropological basis. ... Huxley wrongly
considered this type as almost without exception dolichocephalic. ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Convinced by its arguments, Huxley threw himself heart and soul into their support,
adducing much telling corroboration from his own investigations. ..."
4. Problems and Persons by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1903)
"If this be so, it may be worth while for those who knew Mr. Huxley in later ...
But what Huxley was to all his acquaintance can only be learnt by knowing ..."
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