Huxley

Speech parts

1. Huxley - Noun

2. Huxley - Proper noun

Meaning

English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)

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According to his cousin and contemporary, Gervas Huxley, he had an early interest in drawing. Source: Internet

According to her account of his death citation in This Timeless Moment, she obliged with an injection at 11:20 a.m. and a second dose an hour later; Huxley died aged 69, at 5:20 p.m. (Los Angeles time), on 22 November 1963. Source: Internet

Aldous Huxley described these self-transforming amorphous shapes as like animated stained glass illuminated from light coming through the eyelids. Source: Internet

Aldous Huxley, who died in 1963, would no doubt feel deeply dismayed but also vindicated by much about today’s world — and that might include what television has done to his greatest creation. Source: Internet

All take on significant roles in bringing to fruition the revolutionary plot, John as an aide to the commander, General Huxley. Source: Internet

"All's well that ends Wells", wrote Huxley in his letters, criticising Wells for anthropological assumptions Huxley found unrealistic. Source: Internet

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