Huxley family
The Huxley family is an English family. Members of the family had top careers in science, medicine, art, and literature. Some family members were also high level public servants in the United Kingdom .
Thomas Henry Huxley (THH) was the oldest male in the family. He was a zoologist and comparative anatomist . He was one of Charles Darwin 's main supporters.
Thomas had several grandsons including Aldous, Julian, and Andrew. Aldous Huxley wrote the books Brave New World and Doors of Perception . Julian Huxley studied evolution , wrote Evolution: the New Synthesis , and was the first director of UNESCO . Andrew Huxley was a Nobel prize winning physiologist and was appointed to the Order of Merit . Thomas and Andrew both served as President of the Royal Society , a century apart.
Many of their relatives succeeded in other walks of life.
Family tree
Huxley family tree
George Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-1895
Ann Heathorn 1825-1915
Julia Arnold 1862-1908
Leonard Huxley 1860-1933
Rosalind Bruce 1890-1994
Jessie Huxley 1856-1927
Henry Huxley 1865-1946
Marian Huxley 1859-1887
John Collier 1850-1934
Ethel Huxley 1866-1941
Julian Huxley 1887-1975
Aldous Huxley 1894-1963
David Bruce Huxley 1915-1992
Andrew Huxley 1917-2012
Richenda Pease 1925-2003
Oriana Huxley Waller
Gervas Huxley 1894-1971
Elspeth Grant 1907-1997
Laurence Collier 1890-1976
Angela Huxley
George Pember Darwin 1928-2001
Renée Haynes
Crispin Tickell born 1930
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