The Death of Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley, the eminent English naturalist, died June 29, aged 70 years. He was in his twenty-first year when he took his M. B. degree at the University of London, after having studied three years at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School; he took second honor in anatomy and physiology. In 1846 he joined the medical branch of the Royal Navy, serving first at the Haslar Hospital, and afterward as assistant surgeon on H. M. S., Rattlesnake, during its four years ’ voyage to the South Pacific. In 1853 he resigned from the Navy, to become the professor of natural history in the Royal School of Mines. From that point in his life, when not quite 30 years of age, his course as a scientific investigator and teacher, especially in the field of zoölogy, became f ixed.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research