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Hux⋅ley

[huhks-lee]
–noun
1. Al⋅dous (Leonard) [awl-duhs] , 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic.
2. Sir Andrew Fielding, born 1918, English physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell).
3. Sir Julian Sor⋅ell [sor-uhl] , 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous).
4. Thomas Henry, 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley).
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Hux·ley   (hŭks'lē)   
British writer. His best-known work, Brave New World (1932), paints a grim picture of a scientifically organized utopia.
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Huxley , Thomas Henry. 1825-1895.

British biologist who championed Darwin's theory of evolution. His works include Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863) and Science and Culture (1881).

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