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Julian Sorell Huxley

1887 - 1975

Born

22 June 1887

61 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom

Died

14 February 1975

His home, 31 Pond Street, Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
17/03/1938
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
51
Occupation
Zoologist
Relationships
Parents: Leonard Huxley (1860–1933), schoolmaster at Charterhouse, and Julia Frances Arnold (1862–1908), schoolteacher. Grandfather: Thomas Henry Huxley (FRS 1851) Siblings: Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) Half-brother: Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (FRS 1955) Spouse: (m. 29 March 1919) Juliette Huxley (1896–1994), daughter of Alphonse Baillot, solicitor of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Children: Anthony Julian Huxley (1920–1992), botanist, and Francis Huxley (b. 1923), anthropologist.