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Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

Auteur van Man's Place in Nature

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T. H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley, an English biologist born in London in 1825, was regarded as one of the leading scientists in England by the age of 26. His fame arose primarily from his support of Charles Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's book Man's Place in Nature, published in 1873, toon meer added an anthropological perspective to Darwin's theory; in fact, this book was the first to advocate the idea that anthropoid apes are the closest relatives to humans. Huxley's other scientific interests included comparative anatomy and paleontology. His writings were extensive. On the topic of biology he wrote both from the scientific view and to popularize the subject. Huxley's other books were on education, philosophy, ethics, and theology. His grandson, Aldous Huxley, would later make significant contributions to English literature as well. T.H. Huxley died in 1895. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Thomas Henry Huxley

Man's Place in Nature (1863) 247 exemplaren
Hume (1879) 47 exemplaren
Science and Education (1893) 45 exemplaren
Science and Christian tradition (1894) 42 exemplaren
On a piece of chalk (1967) 35 exemplaren
Method and Results (1896) 34 exemplaren
Darwiniana (1893) 28 exemplaren
On the Origin of Species (1968) 28 exemplaren
Autobiography and Selected Essays (1909) 25 exemplaren
Lectures and Lay Sermons (1913) 22 exemplaren
Lectures and Essays (1767) 22 exemplaren
Collected Essays of T. H. Huxley (2001) 13 exemplaren
The Darwinian Hypothesis (2001) 10 exemplaren
Critiques and addresses (2012) 7 exemplaren
Reading From Huxley (1901) 7 exemplaren
Essays (1932) 6 exemplaren
Aphorisms and Reflections (2008) 6 exemplaren
Touchstone for Ethics (1947) 4 exemplaren
Time and Life (2010) 3 exemplaren
Coral and Coral Reefs (2012) 3 exemplaren
A Liberal Education (1924) 3 exemplaren
Yeast (2010) 3 exemplaren
Methods and Results 3 exemplaren
Introductory (Science primers) (1887) 2 exemplaren
On Some Fossil Remains of Man (2009) 2 exemplaren
Lectures on Evolution (2012) 2 exemplaren
Mr.Gladstone and Genesis (2009) 2 exemplaren
Hasisadra's Adventure (2009) 2 exemplaren
Agnosticism and Christianity (2016) 1 exemplaar
Thomas Huxley 1 exemplaar
On Descartes (2017) 1 exemplaar
Physical geography (1875) 1 exemplaar
William Harvey 1 exemplaar
On the Study of Zoology (2012) 1 exemplaar
Voyage sur le Rattlesnake (2012) 1 exemplaar
On Descartes 1 exemplaar
Du singe à l'homme 1 exemplaar
Works of Thomas Henry Huxley (2014) 1 exemplaar
On the Method of Zadig (2012) 1 exemplaar

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Contents: The Darwinian Hypothesis (1859), The Origin of Species (1860), Criticisms of "The Origin of Species" (1864), The Genealogy of Animals (1869), Mr. Darwin's Critics (1871), Evolution in Biology (1878), The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species (1880), Charles Darwin (1882), The Darwin Memorial (1885), Obituary (1888), Six Lectures...on the Phenomena of Organic Nature (1863). Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” was first published in 1859. The most influential and controversial biological book written in the 19th century, Darwin theorized that natural selection caused evolutionary change rather than the hand of God.… (meer)
 
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RedeemedRareBooks | Nov 19, 2023 |
Individual essays individually reviewed:

1. Joseph Priestley (1874)
This is an address given on the occasion of a statue of Priestley being set up in Birmingham. It is hilarious. I don't think any modern could be so incisive yet humorous about Priestley's scientific errors as well as his scientific accomplishments and theological preoccupations.

2. Emancipation - Black and White (1865)
This is probably the essay for which Huxley is being cancelled in 2021. In this essay, a brief one celebrating the end of the Civil War and the emancipation of the former slaves in the southern United Stetes, he moves rather quickly to a call for increased rights and better education for women. What is getting him cancelled is that he states a belief that women and what he calls "negros" are inferior, while denying that that is justification for denying the people in these two groups equal rights. On the _most_ important point he was correct, at a time when many were wrong.

Overview: T. H. Huxley just couldn't resist snarking, in a Victorian way. Some of that has worn really well, like his remarks on Priestley. Some of it, like his remarks on "negroes" and women has worn less well. But it's important to remember that in his "Emancipation" speech he was not setting out to offend, _except_ by his anti-slavery stance and his support of womens' rights. As regards the rest, almost all of his hearers were probably not the least bit offended by his other remarks. You can't cancel the non-entities of the past, though, as they are already forgotten, only those of the present.
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themulhern | Dec 19, 2021 |
The essays are instructive and it is good as a historical record. Reviews of individual essays below.

1. The Darwininan Hypothesis (1859)
Essentially a review of Darwin's book, which had come out but recently. Hopeful but not dogmatic.

2. The Origin of Species (1860)
Long form explanation of the idea of "species" with reference to Darwin's "Origin of Species". Many excursions into records of odd reproductive facts and long quotations from original sources.

10. Obituary (1888)
A 50 page obituary of Charles Darwin, written for the Royal Society obituaries. A quite good capsule biography, by a contemporary.
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themulhern | Nov 27, 2021 |
A very important and famous book on evolution.
 
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hcubic | Mar 26, 2020 |

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