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Writing tagged: ‘thomas henry huxley’

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’

Poking around in flowers’ private parts.

Published 18-Jan-2023
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin, Evolution, History of Science Tags: asa gray, darwin correspondence, glen roy, henry walter bates, john stevens henslow, mimicry, orchids, pollination, reviews, richard owen, thomas henry huxley
Darwin’s study at Down House
Darwin’s study at Down House

Charles Darwin’s note-making system

An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.

Published 12-Oct-2022
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, charles lyell, francis darwin, note-making, origin of species, thomas henry huxley
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Newsletter No. 11: ‘Give that man a medal!’

A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘

Published 05-Nov-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: adam sedgwick, alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, human evolution, mammals, pollination, snakes, thomas henry huxley
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Newsletter No. 7: ‘Stirring up the mud’

160 years after Darwin ‘stirred up the mud’, the ‘controversy’ over evolution by means of natural selection was settled long ago, as far as the scientific community is concerned.

Published 03-Jul-2020
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alexander von humboldt, asa gray, charles darwin, charles lyell, emma darwin (née Wedgwood), joseph dalton hooker, samuel wilberforce, thomas henry huxley
‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

Book review: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

A long-overdue biography of the Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual.

Published 20-Mar-2018
Filed under: Mini Biographies, Reviews Genres: History of Science, People Tags: books, john tyndall, mountains, reviews, thomas archer hirst, thomas henry huxley
Charles Darwin (1879)

19-Apr-1882: The death of a hero

After decades of mysterious ailments, and a short, final illness, Charles Darwin died at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of Wednesday 19th April 1882, at Down House, Downe, in Kent.

Published 19-Apr-2013
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, charles darwin, natural history museum, thomas henry huxley

Are you calling Neanderthal Man an idiot?

Thomas Henry Huxley on Neanderthal Man.

Published 17-Jan-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: flores man, homo floresiensis, microcephaly, neanderthals, thomas henry huxley

Young Huxley

A Daguerreotype of Thomas Henry Huxley taken in 1846.

Published 27-Jul-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: rattlesnake (ship), thomas henry huxley

HMS Rattlesnake Figurehead

Photo of the figurehead from Huxley's ship.

Published 17-Jul-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: rattlesnake (ship), thomas henry huxley

Archetypes and sterotypes

Brian Switek, FCD, on the Richard Owen (villain) v Thomas Henry Huxley (hero) stereotype.

Published 21-Mar-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: members, richard owen, thomas henry huxley

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