Huxley

[ huhks-lee ]

noun

1. Al·dous (Leonard) [awl, -d, uh, s], 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic.
2. Sir Andrew Fielding, 1918–2012, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell).
3. Sir Julian Sor·ell [sor, -, uh, l], 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous).
4. Thomas Henry, 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley).

Huxley

/ ˈhʌkslɪ /

noun

1. HuxleyAldous (Leonard)18941963MBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: essayist Aldous ( Leonard ) (ˈɔːldəs). 1894–1963, British novelist and essayist, noted particularly for his novel Brave New World (1932), depicting a scientifically controlled civilization of human robots
2. HuxleySir Andrew Fielding19172012MEnglishSCIENCE: biologist his half-brother, Sir Andrew Fielding, 1917–2012, English biologist: noted for his research into nerve cells and the mechanism by which nerve impulses are transmitted; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with Alan Hodgkin and John Eccles 1963; president of the Royal Society (1980–85)
3. HuxleySir Julian (Sorrel)18871975MEnglishSCIENCE: biologist brother of Aldous, Sir Julian ( Sorrel ). 1887–1975, English biologist; first director-general of UNESCO (1946–48). His works include Essays of a Biologist (1923) and Evolution: the Modern Synthesis (1942)
4. HuxleyThomas Henry18251895MEnglishSCIENCE: biologist their grandfather, Thomas Henry. 1825–95, English biologist, the leading British exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution; his works include Man's Place in Nature (1863) and Evolution and Ethics (1893)

Example Sentences

Huxley himself was curious about how accurate his prophesies were.

From Science News

Huxley’s influence is evident in the final reports from both commissions.

From Nautilus

It is interesting to note that even Huxley had not taken the demotion of man to completion.

From Nautilus

The year these words were published, 1863, Huxley was appointed by the British government to be one of three royal commissioners investigating the state of marine fisheries.

From Nautilus

Now Huxley was borrowing it back, taking ecological insights about other species and applying them to humans.

From Nautilus

The work of Ortega, Huxley, and the Frankfurt School philosophers gave voice to this fear of homegrown fascism.

From The Daily Beast

In a turn that vindicates Aldous Huxley, one in ten Americans ingests their daily Soma supplement in the form of antidepressants.

From The Daily Beast

The deaths of Lewis and Huxley were mute, private events, only reported in The Times three days later.

From The Daily Beast

Julia Huxley left her son with a deathbed letter he kept all his life: ‘Judge not too much and love more.’

From The Daily Beast

Notwithstanding his own loftier goals, it is questionable whether mescaline and LSD gave Huxley the enlightenment he craved.

From The Daily Beast

Huxley quotes with satirical gusto Dr. Wace's declaration as to the word "Infidel."

From Project Gutenberg

Then my luck changed and I found myself under one of the very greatest teachers of his time, Professor Huxley.

From Project Gutenberg

But since Huxley wrote those words more evidence has been produced.

From Project Gutenberg

His criticism of Huxley's statement is based on two grounds.

From Project Gutenberg

I have quoted Lord Macaulay and Huxley as ridiculing those who entertained such an idea.

From Project Gutenberg