San Antonio College Library

Thomas Henry Huxley was one of the few men in all history who successfully combined the careers of a man of letters and a man of science. Although he was trained as a physician, and made his living as a teacher of science, Huxley became one of the most influential essayists of nineteenth-century England. He is also remembered for being the grandfather of Aldous Huxley, the novelist, and Julian Huxley, the biologist. Over the course of his career,...