Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 eBook

Leonard Huxley
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 521 pages of information about Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 eBook

Leonard Huxley
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 521 pages of information about Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3.

Huxley, Mrs. George, jun.

Huxley, H., letter to, on his engagement.

Huxley, James Edmund.

Huxley, Jessie O. See also Waller, Mrs.

Huxley, L. —­letters to:  —­on winning a scholarship.  —­Fishery appointment. —­on Mastership of University College, Oxford. —­assassination of Lord F. Cavendish. —­pagan and papal Rome. —­teaching of history:  Siena. —­system at Eton:  Lake District Defence Society. —­hon. committee of French teachers. —­will not write on politics.  —­Salvation Army:  Mr. Sidgwick’s rebuke to the “Speaker”. —­on building a house. —­on his twenty-first birthday.

Huxley, Noel, death of.

Huxley, Samuel.

Huxley, Mrs. T.H. (see also H.A.  Heathorn). —­his chief critic.  —­Letters to:  —­draws the sword. —­his lodgings. —­help from Burnett. —­successes. —­an unequal struggle. —­resolves to stay in London.  —­British Association at Ipswich. —­jealousy of his rise.  —­Royal Medal. —­succeeds Forbes. —­post at School of Mines.  —­Coast Survey and Edinburgh chair. —­his future career.  —­Aberdeen address. —­on British Association, Belfast.  —­Lord Shaftesbury.  —­Edinburgh lectures. —­second summer in Edinburgh.  —­American trip.  —­Scottish University Commission. —­spring in Edinburgh. —­article in the “Echo”.  —­Bright’s speeches. —­greatness of Reaumur:  speech on Darwin’s LL.D.  —­Professor Marsh’s arrival.  —­Fishery duties.  —­International Medical Congress. —­proposed resignation. —­his stay at Ilkley. —­publication of “Science and Morals”. —­effect of Ilkley. —­from Savernake. —­from the Canaries. —­ceremony of kissing hands, as P.C. —­good health in 1893.

Huxley, Thomas, grandfather of T.H.  Huxley.

Huxley, T. H., incident at his birth. —­his mother, likeness to. —­devotion to. —­his childhood. —­faculty for drawing. —­school-days. —­early studies. —­blood-poisoning. —­learns German. —­boyish journal. —­at Rotherhithe. —­impressed by social problems. —­studies botany. —­wins a medal. —­at Charing Cross Hospital. —­his first discovery. —­interview with Faraday. —­career determined by Fayrer and Ransom. —­enters the Navy. —­joins the “Rattlesnake”. —­his life on the “Rattlesnake”. —­crossing the line. —­at Madeira.  —­Rio. —­the first fruits of the voyage. —­at the Cape.  —­Mauritius.  —­Sydney. —­engaged to be married. —­importance of his work on the Medusae. —­among the Australian aborigines. —­with Kennedy. —­writes “Science at Sea”. —­leaves Australia. —­impression of missionaries in New Zealand. —­at the Falklands. —­position in Navy. —­returns home. —­scientific recognition of. —­early friends in London. —­difficulties. —­elected F.R.S. —­misses the Royal Medal. —­dealings of the Government with, about his “Rattlesnake” work. —­leaves the Navy. —­list of early papers. —­stands for various professorships. —­writes for the “Westminster Review”. —­delivers the Fullerian Lectures. —­succeeds Forbes. —­describes the scientific world

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