What is Thomas Henry Huxley?
[[Image:Young Huxley RN.jpg|thumb|250px|<center>Huxley, aged 21</center>]] '''Thomas Henry Huxley''' [[PC]] [[PRS]] (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an [[English people|English]] [[biologist]] who specialised in [[comparative anatomy]]. He was born in [[Ealing]], [[Middlesex]]. He was a friend and supporter of Charles Darwin, and had a public career. He was a member of ten [[Royal Commission]]s. Today he is sometimes called ''Darwin's Bulldog'' for his support of [[Charles Darwin]]'s theory of [[evolution]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Encyclopædia Britannica Online|2006}}</ref> However, this term was not used during his lifetime.<ref>van Wyhe, John 2019. Why there was no 'Darwin's Bulldog'. Linnaean Society '''35''', 1. [https://www.linnean.org/news/2019/07/01/1st-july-2019-why-there-was-no-darwins-bulldog]</ref> Huxley was slow to accept some of Darwin's ideas, but he was wholehearted in his public support of Darwin. Huxley's 1860 [[debate]] with the English [[Bishop]] [[Samuel Wilberforce]] was a famous public event. The debate was about evolution, and it was widely reported in the press. Many thought Huxley won that debate, which helped Huxley's career, and the theory of [[evolution]]. Huxley also developed scientific [[education]] in Britain, and fought against the more extreme forms of [[religion]]. These activities had a big effect on the way people in [[Britain]] and elsewhere thought about the world. Huxley used the term ''[[agnostic]]'' to say that he did not know if there is a god or not. We continue to use the term ''agnostic'' today. Huxley was for many years a close friend of the [[Irish people|Irish]] [[physicist]] [[John Tyndall]]. Huxley had little schooling, and taught himself almost everything he knew. Remarkably, he became a great [[Comparative anatomy|anatomist]] and [[zoologist]]. Later, he discussed the evolution of man and the [[ape]]s. Another of his ideas was that [[birds]] evolved from small [[carnivore|carnivorous]] [[Theropoda|dinosaurs]], which is now known to be true.<ref>Foster, Michael