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<html> <head> <title>Julian Huxley</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/009/000100706/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Julian Huxley<img src="julian-huxley-1-sized.jpg" height=295 width=232 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Julian Huxley">AKA Julian Sorell HuxleyBorn: <a href="/lists/691/000106373/" class=proflink>22-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/886/000105571/" class=proflink>1887</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/881/000069674/" class=proflink>London, England</a> Died: <a href="/lists/928/000106610/" class=proflink>14-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/485/000106167/" class=proflink>1975</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/881/000069674/" class=proflink>London, England</a> Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Cremated, Golders Green Crematorium, London, UK Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/288/000092012/" class=proflink>Agnostic</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/642/000096354/" class=proflink>Biologist</a>, AuthorNationality: England Executive summary: Evolutionary biologistMilitary service: British Army (WWI)British biologist and philosopher Julian Huxley studied hormones, ornithology, and ethology, and conducted respected research into the physiology and ecology of numerous species, which helped advance the scientific acceptance of <a href="/people/569/000024497/">Charles Darwin</a>'s theory of evolution. He is known for his explanations of advanced science to the lay audience, including The Science of Life, one of the bestselling books on popular science in the early 20th century, which he co-authored with <a href="/people/737/000043608/">H. G. Wells</a>. Huxley's work introduced the scientific terms clade, cline, and ethology. He also wrote extensively on the application of science to address social problems, and authored a book refuting <a href="/people/197/000025122/">Adolf Hitler</a>'s ideas on racial superiority, pointing out that most scientific evidence suggests that environment and cultural surroundings play a much larger role in human development than heredity. He was the first Director-General of the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO). His grandfather was zoologist <a href="/people/570/000024498/">Thomas Henry Huxley</a>, his brother was novelist <a href="/people/262/000059085/">Aldous Huxley</a>, and his half-brother was physiologist <a href="/people/046/000129656/">Andrew F. Huxley</a>. His first wife was a niece of the poet <a href="/people/061/000084806/">Matthew Arnold</a>.Father: Leonard Huxley (biographer, b. 11-Dec-1860, d. 2-May-1933) Mother: Julia Frances Arnold Huxley (b. 1862, m. circa 1885, d. 1908 cancer) Brother: Noel Trevenen Huxley (b. 1889, d. Aug-1914 suicide) Brother: <a href="/people/262/000059085/">Aldous Huxley</a> (author, b. 26-Jul-1894, d. 22-Nov-1963) Sister: Margaret Huxley (b. 1899, d. 1908) Mother: Rosalind Bruce Huxley (stepmother, b. 1890, d. 1994) Brother: David Bruce Huxley (half-brother, financier, b. 1915, d. 2001) Brother: <a href="/people/046/000129656/">Andrew F. Huxley</a> (half-brother, physiologist, b. 22-Nov-1917) Wife: Marie Juliette Baillot (b. 1896, m. 1919, d. 1994, two sons) Son: Anthony Julian Huxley (botanist, b. 1920, d. 1992) Son: Francis Huxley (anthropologist, b. 1923)     High School: <a href="/edu/163/000088896/">Eton College (1905)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">BS Zoology, Balliol College, Oxford University (1909)</a>     Scholar: Sponge research, Naples Zoological Station (1909-10)     Lecturer: <a href="/edu/566/000068362/">Biology, Rice University (1910-16)</a>     Lecturer: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">Sr. Lecturer in Zoology, New College, Oxford University (1919-25)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/520/000111187/">Zoology, King's College London (1925-27)</a>     <a href="/gov/576/000116228/">UN Official</a> Director-General of UNESCO (1946-48)     <a href="/honors/028/000111692/">Darwin Medal</a> 1956     <a href="/honors/853/000052697/">Knight of the British Empire</a> 1958     <a href="/honors/151/000165653/">Humanist of the Year</a> 1962     <a href="/org/397/000118043/">British Humanist Association</a> President     <a href="/org/733/000202127/">London Zoo</a>     <a href="/org/793/000055628/">Royal Society</a>     <a href="/org/442/000050292/">World Wildlife Fund</a> Author of books: The Individual in the Animal Kingdom (<tt>1912</tt>) Essays of a Biologist (<tt>1923</tt>) Animal Biology (<tt>1927</tt>, with <a href="/people/003/000100700/">J. B. S. Haldane</a>) Religion Without Revelation (<tt>1927</tt>) The Science of Life (<tt>1931</tt>, with <a href="/people/737/000043608/">H. G. Wells</a>) Principles of Experimental Embryology (<tt>1934</tt>, with Gavin de Beer) Problems of Relative Growth (<tt>1932</tt>) Scientific Research and Social Needs (<tt>1934</tt>) We Europeans (<tt>1936</tt>, with A. C. Haddon) The Living Thoughts of Darwin (<tt>1939</tt>) The New Systematics (<tt>1940</tt>) Evolution: The Modern Synthesis (<tt>1942</tt>) Evolutionary Ethics (<tt>1943</tt>) Touchstone for Ethics (<tt>1947</tt>) Man in the Modern World (<tt>1947</tt>) Heredity, East and West (<tt>1949</tt>) Biological Aspects of Cancer (<tt>1957</tt>) Towards a New Humanism (<tt>1957</tt>) New Bottles for New Wine (<tt>1958</tt>) The Humanist Frame (<tt>1962</tt>) Essays of a Humanist (<tt>1964</tt>) From an Antique Land (<tt>1966</tt>) The Courtship Habits of the Great Grebe (<tt>1968</tt>) Memories (<tt>1971-74</tt>, memoir, 2 vols.) <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=100706"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=100706">Julian Huxley</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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