Thomas Henry Huxley
Darwin's most ferocious public defender, known as 'Darwin's Bulldog,' Huxley won the famous Oxford debate against Bishop Wilberforce. He coined the word 'agnostic.' His essays on science and culture helped establish science as a respectable intellectual pursuit.
Works
- Man's Place in NatureEssay establishing humanity's place within nature through evolutionary biology
- Lay SermonsEssays examining science, religion, morality and natural philosophy
- Essays upon Some Controverted QuestionsEssays addressing scientific controversies of the Victorian era
- Evolution and EthicsArgues that ethics evolved from natural causes but transcends biological origins
- Science and EducationEssays promoting science education and its value to human civilization
- Evidence as to Man's Place in NatureScientific demonstration of humanity's evolutionary relationship to primates
- Lay Sermons, Addresses and ReviewsEssays on science, religion, morality and natural philosophy for general readers
- Collected EssaysComprehensive collection of Huxley's essays on science and natural history