Huxley, Thomas Henry
Huxley, Thomas Henry
(1825-1895) Was a renowned English scientist who devoted his mastery of expository and argumentative prose to the defense of evolutionism. An example of his scintillating style can be found in his famous essay on “A Piece of Chalk.” His works touched frequently on ethical problems and bore much of the brunt of the raging controversy between religion and science. He is credited with having invented the word “agnosticism”, adopted by Herbert Spencer. See Evolutionism. — L.E.D.
Cf. H. Peterson, Thomas Huxlty, for biography and bibliography.