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Category: Evolution
Posted on: June 29, 2009 1:01 AM, by Greg Laden
On this day in 1885, Thomas Henry Huxley died at the age of 70. He is most famous for his sideburns, but in addition he was also involved with the study of evolution and the defense of Darwinism.
He also invented the term Agnostic. Which he was.
T.H. Huxley, Darwin's Bulldog
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Comments
Also inventor of the time machine :-)
Better make that 1895
Posted by: dominich | June 29, 2009 1:45 AM
I think you mean 1895, not 1985!
Posted by: Richard Carter, FCD | June 29, 2009 1:47 AM
He lived a long and fruitful life. Really really long.
Posted by: 386sx | June 29, 2009 3:23 AM
...and Huxley, not Husley!
Posted by: Carl Troein | June 29, 2009 3:42 AM
Uh...cant tweet due to that year error! Make that 1895 quick! :)
Posted by: Prashanth | June 29, 2009 3:44 AM
Give 'im a break! It's one o'clock in the morning! (Whew, I thought I'd gone bonkers when I read 1985!)Greg...don't post at 1 in the morning, you are definitely NOT at your best!!
Posted by: gwen | June 29, 2009 4:42 AM
No, he means 1985, and Huxley died at 160. Those sideburns are the result of over a century of growth.
Posted by: Jason Thibeault | June 29, 2009 8:20 AM
Uffda. OK, fixed. Probably.
Posted by: Greg Laden | June 29, 2009 9:36 AM
I don't know about that, I seem to recall "Dr." Kennedy waxing poetic about how he defended Darwin because he was an extreme hedonist...So I would say he was really more famous for hedonism, then sideburns and finally Darwinism...
Posted by: DuWayne | June 29, 2009 11:12 AM
OK, fixed. Probably.
Er, not quite. But I doubt ol' TH would've minded that extra decade.
Posted by: Pierce R. Butler | June 29, 2009 2:10 PM
Oops - make that, I think ol' TH would've really missed that last decade...
Posted by: Pierce R. Butler | June 29, 2009 2:12 PM