Thomas Huxley b. 4 May 1825

Also known as Thomas Henry Huxley
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Thomas Henry Huxley was a sketcher, amateur photographer, biologist, anthropologist, philosopher and scientific publicist. Appointed assistant surgeon and naturalist to HMS 'Rattlesnake' he was part of the mission to survey Australia's north-eastern waters and chart the Great Barrier Reef.
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Citations

  • Bibby, C. (1972), 'Scientist Extraordinary – The Life and Scientific Work of Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895’, Oxford, England.

  • (1935), 'Thomas Henry Huxley’s Diary of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake’, Huxley, J., ed., London, United Kingdom.

  • Marshall, A. (1970), 'Darwin and Huxley in Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Moyal, A. (1986), 'A Bright and Savage Land – Scientists in Colonial Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Pingree, J. (1968), 'Thomas Henry Huxley – A list of his scientific notebooks drawings and other papers preserved in the College Archives’, London, UK.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England, UK (collected in)