Hux·ley (h ks l ), Aldous Leonard 1894-1963. British writer. His best-known work, Brave New World (1932), paints a grim picture of a scientifically organized utopia. |
| Huxley, Andrew Fielding Born 1917. British physiologist. He shared a 1963 Nobel Prize for research on nerve cells. |
| Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825-1895. British biologist who became known as "Darwin's bulldog" for championing Darwin's theory of evolution. His works include Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863). |
Huxley [ˈhʌkslɪ]
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1. (Biographies / Huxley, Aldous (Leonard) (1894-1963) M, British, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: essayist) Aldous (Leonard) (ˈɔːldəs). 1894-1963, British novelist and essayist, noted particularly for his novel Brave New World (1932), depicting a scientifically controlled civilization of human robots
2. (Biographies / Huxley, Sir Andrew Fielding (1917 M, English, SCIENCE: biologist) his half-brother, Sir Andrew Fielding, born 1917, English biologist: noted for his research into nerve cells and the mechanism by which nerve impulses are transmitted; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with Alan Hodgkin and John Eccles 1963; president of the Royal Society (1980-85)
3. (Biographies / Huxley, Sir Julian (Sorrel) (1887-1975) M, English, SCIENCE: biologist) brother of Aldous, Sir Julian (Sorrel). 1887-1975, English biologist; first director-general of UNESCO (1946-48). His works include Essays of a Biologist (1923) and Evolution: the Modern Synthesis (1942)
4. (Biographies / Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895) M, English, SCIENCE: biologist) their grandfather, Thomas Henry. 1825-95, English biologist, the leading British exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution; his works include Man's Place in Nature (1863) and Evolution and Ethics (1893)
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| Noun | 1. |  Huxley - 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. | Huxley - English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963) | |
| 3. |  Huxley - English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895) |
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