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ALL meanings of huxley

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  • noun huxley Aldous (Leonard) [awl-duh s] /ˈɔl dəs/ (Show IPA), 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic. 1
  • noun huxley Sir Andrew Fielding, 1918–2012, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell). 1
  • noun huxley Sir Julian Sorell [sor-uh l] /ˈsɒr əl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous). 1
  • noun huxley Thomas Henry, 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley). 1
  • noun huxley 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 0
  • noun huxley 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) 0
  • noun huxley 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) 0
  • noun huxley 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) 0
  • noun huxley ˈAldous (Leonard) (ˈɔldəs ) ; ôlˈdəs) 1894-1963; Eng. novelist & essayist, in the U.S. after c. 1935 0
  • noun huxley Sir Andrew Fielding1917- ; Brit. biophysicist: half-brother of Aldous & Julian 0
  • noun huxley Sir Julian (Sorrell)1887-1975; Eng. biologist & writer: brother of Aldous 0
  • noun huxley Thomas Henry1825-95; Eng. biologist & writer: grandfather of Aldous, Julian, & Andrew 0
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