Early life Julian Huxley

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huxley born on 22 june 1887, @ london house of aunt, novelist mary augusta ward, while father attending jubilee celebrations of queen victoria. huxley grew @ family home in surrey, england, showed interest in nature, given lessons grandfather, thomas henry huxley. when heard grandfather talking @ dinner lack of parental care in fish, julian piped stickleback, gran pater? also, according julian himself, grandfather took him visit j. d. hooker @ kew.

t. h. huxley julian in 1893

at age of thirteen huxley attended eton college king s scholar, , continued develop scientific interests; grandfather had influenced school build science laboratories earlier. @ eton developed interest in ornithology, guided science master w. d. piggy hill. piggy genius teacher… have been grateful him. in 1905 huxley won scholarship in zoology balliol college, oxford.

in 1906, after summer in germany, huxley took place in oxford, developed particular interest in embryology , protozoa. in autumn term of final year, 1908, mother died cancer @ 46: terrible blow husband, 3 sons, , eight-year-old daughter margaret. same year won newdigate prize poem holyrood . in 1909 graduated first class honours, , spent july @ international gathering centenary of darwin s birth, held @ university of cambridge. also, fiftieth anniversary of publication of origin of species.