Thomas Henry Huxley
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Who was Thomas Henry Huxley? Evolutionist.

Date and Place of Birth: 4th May 1825, Ealing, Middlesex, England.

Family Background: Seventh of eight children of a schoolmaster.

Education: Ealing School. Taught between the ages of 8 and 12 at Charing Cross Medical School.

Chronology:

Grandson was the writer Aldous Huxley.

Marriage: 1855: Henrietta Anne Heathorn.

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Date and Place of Death: 29th June 1895, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

Age at Death: 70.

Site of Grave: Finchley Cemetery, Finchley, London.