What is Huxley family?
The '''Huxley family''' is an English family. Members of the family had top careers in science, medicine, art, and literature. Some family members were also high level public servants in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Thomas Henry Huxley]] (THH) was the oldest male in the family. He was a [[zoology|zoologist]] and [[comparative anatomy|comparative anatomist]]. He was one of [[Charles Darwin]]'s main supporters. Thomas had several grandsons including Aldous, Julian, and Andrew. [[Aldous Huxley]] wrote the books ''[[Brave New World]]'' and ''[[Doors of Perception]]''. [[Julian Huxley]] studied [[evolution]], wrote ''Evolution: the New Synthesis'', and was the first director of [[UNESCO]]. [[Andrew Huxley]] was a [[Nobel prize]] winning [[physiologist]] and was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]]. Thomas and Andrew both served as [[President of the Royal Society]], a century apart. Many of their relatives succeeded in other walks of life. ==Family tree== <center> {{navbox |name = Huxley Family |title = Huxley family tree |state = collapsed |list1 = {{familytree/start|style=margin:0pt auto; background-color:transparent;}} {{familytree | | | | | | | GH | GH=George Huxley}} {{familytree | | | | | | | |!}} {{familytree | | | | | | | THH |y| AH | | THH=[[Thomas Henry Huxley]] <br>1825-1895|AH=Ann Heathorn <br>1825-1915}} {{familytree | | | | | |,|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|.}} {{familytree | JA |y| LH |y| RB | | | | | | | | | | JOH | | HH | | MH |~| JC |y| EH |FW=Frederick Waller|JOH=Jessie Huxley <br>1856-1927|LH=[[Leonard Huxley (writer)|Leonard Huxley]] <br>1860-1933|JA=Julia Arnold <br>1862-1908|RB=Rosalind Bruce <br>1890-1994|HH=Henry Huxley <br>1865-1946|MH=Marian Huxley <br>1859-1887|JC=[[John Collier (artist)|John Collier]] <br>1850-1934|EH=Ethel Huxley <br>1866-1941}} {{familytree | |,|-|^|-|.| |`|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | |!| | | |!| | | | | | | | | |!}} {{familytree | JH | | AH | | DBH | | AFH |~| RP | | OH | | GH |~| EG | | | | LC |OH=Oriana Huxley Waller|JH=