Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And WorkMitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers), Sir
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Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work
Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers), Sir
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
Huxley, birth, 2;
parents, 2, 3;
school, 4;
apprenticed to medicine, 5;
enters Charing Cross Hospital, 8;
first original paper, 9;
graduates at London University, 10;
becomes M.R.C.S., 11;
appointed to Haslar Hospital, 11;
appointed to _Rattlesnake_, 12;
meets his future wife at Sydney, 19;
first paper to Royal Society, 33;
Royal medals, 34;
becomes F.R.S., 47;
leaves naval service, 48;
appointed to Geological Survey and School of Mines, 63;
becomes Fullerian Professor, 64;
marriage, 64;
examiner, 65;
Croonian lecturer, 66;
visits America, 70;
becomes Secretary and President of Geological Society, 78;
accepts Darwinism, 101;
receives Darwin medal, 108;
becomes Hunterian Professor,129;
starts laboratory courses at South Kensington, 180;
becomes candidate for London School Board, 189;
serves on Royal Commissions,196, 204;
becomes member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, 205;
marriage, 274;
ill-health and retirement, 276;
death, 277;
personal appearance, 277
Huxley's layer in root-sheath of hairs, 10
Hydra, 50
Hypothesis as to History of Nature, 248, 249
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Ichthyopsida, 143
Idealism, 220, 224
Ideals and culture, 186
Indian speculation, 269
Individuality of animals, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55
Infallibility, 123, 236
Inspiration, 246, 247, 253, 254
Instincts, 154
Intellect, 243
Intermediate and linear types, 87
_International Scientific Series_, 173
_Invertebrata, Manual of_, 175
Ionia, 169
Israel, 245
J
Jermyn Street lectures to working men, 207
Johnson, Samuel, 219
Judaism and science, 246
Justice, 265, 269, 271, 273
K
Kant, 84, 242, 262
Karma, 269
Kelvin, Lord, 84
Knowledge and authority, 104, 105
Kölliker, 49, 59
Kowalevsky, 57
L
Laboratory work, 177, 179, 180
Labyrinthodonts, 69
Lamarck, 90, 91, 97
Lamarckism and Darwinism, 94, 97
Languages, modern, 6, 7
Lankester, Professor E. Ray, 57, 60, 94, 180, 277, 282
Larvæ, 158
Latin, 186, 213
Law-courts and evidence, 231
Lawrence, Sir W., 144
Lectures at the School of Mines, 180
Lemurs, 163
Leutemann, 153
Leverrier, 209
Leviticus, 245
Liberal education, 228
Life, origin of, 227, 228
Limbs of Man and Gorilla, 162
Linear and intermediate types, 87
Linnæan Society of London, 33, 49, 115, 138, 145
Linnæus, 38, 234
Literary culture, 186
_Literary Gazette_, 48
Literary style, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
Literature, the Bible as, 254
Liverpool, 169
Living bodies, nature of, 228
Locke, 224
Lockyer, Sir Norman, 211
London, medical education in, 181
London, school board of, 189
Loyola, 262
Loxomma, 69
Lucas, Mr., 113
Luther, 262
Lyell, Sir Charles, 81, 91, 98, 144, 234, 249
Lyonet, 173
M
MacGillivray, John, 16, 17, 282
MacGillivray, William, 16, 100
Macmillan and Co., 171
Magna Charta, the Bible as, 245
Mammalia, classification of, 142
Man and the Apes, 155
Man, classification of, 146
Man and Gorilla, 161
Man, origin of, 144
_Man and the Apes_, 165
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