Biographical Materials
- Coins the words Agnosticism and Agnostic
- Works
- Review of Darwin's The origin of Species in the Westminster Review
- Man's Place in Nature (1863)
- Member of the Athenaeum Club
- Member, with Tyndall, of the famous X Club
- Vice-President of the Zoological Society
Cultural Contexts
- Huxley and the Arts
Intellectual Relations
- Influenced by Comte
- Ruskin responds to Huxley on evolution
- Discussed in relation to "the science of homologies" by George Campbell, the Duke of Argyll's The Reign of Law.
- Matthew Arnold on Huxley
- Arnold responds to Huxley's attack on classical studies in "Science and Culture" (1880)
- Agrees with Newman that Oxford literary humanism depends on theological values
- As editor of Economist, Herbert Spencer successfuly solicits Huxley's contributions
- Believes Owen tried to steal credit for Darwin's discoveries
- Huxley convinces Darwin not to respond to Samuel Butler
Last modified 10 December 2008