Thomas Henry Huxley ( 1825 - 1895 )

Birth: Ealing, Middlesex, England (04 May 1825) Death: Eastbourne, Sussex (29 June 1895) Burial: Finchley, Middlesex Profession: Surgeon Research Field: Zoology, evolution, palaeontology, ethnology Career: Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy; served aboard HMS Rattlesnake on surveying voyage to Australia and the Great Barrier Reef Relocation of Imperial College where he worked for 40 years to South Kensington Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/06/1851 Medals/Prizes: Royal Medal 1852; Copley Medal 1888; Darwin Medal 1894 Lectures: Croonian 1858 Council: Sec 1872-1881; PRS 1883-1885; VP 1881-1882, 1885-1886.