Person Huxley; Sir; Julian Sorell (1887 - 1975); zoologist; philosopher; eugenicist Huxley Julian Sorell Sir zoologist; philosopher; eugenicist 1887 - 1975 British Male 61 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom 22 June 1887 18870622 His home, 31 Pond Street, Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom 14 February 1975 19750214 Marriage: St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, United Kingdom. Burial: Compton Chapel, Puttenham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

31 Pond Street, Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom (1975)

Zoologist Eugenics Embryology Conservation Evolutionary Genetics Biology Education: Eton; Balliol College, Oxford; Career: Naples Zoological Station (1909); lecturer and demonstrator at the department of zoology and comparative anatomyat Balliol College, Oxford; assistant professorship, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1913); returned to England and joined the Army Service Corps intelligence (1916); appointed a fellow of New College, Oxford, and made senior demonstrator in zoology (1919); chair of zoology at King's College, London (1925). Honours: Kt 1958 Awards/Medals: Kalinga Prize 1953 Darwin–Wallace Medal 1958 Lasker Award 1959 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. Distinguished for observations on, and new interpretations of, courtship and sexual life of birds, and for contributions in Experimental Zoology and Genetics. These include papers on Regeneration in Sponges, on Dedifferentiation in Aurelia, Obelia, Echinus, Perophora, Clavellina, on modification of development by temperature gradients, on factors affecting Metamorphosis in Amphibia and Echinus, on Inheritance and Linkage in Gammarus, containing important new results. Medals and prizes: Darwin Medal 1956 Fellow 17/03/1938 51 Martin Alister Campbell Hinton Edward Heron-Allen John Burdon Sanderson Haldane D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson William Kingdon Cresswell Shearer John Ashworth Ratcliffe Peter Chalmers Mitchell David Meredith Seares Watson David Keilin James Gray John Stanley Gardiner Edward Bagnall Poulton Reginald Crundall Punnett Edwin Stephen Goodrich Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1976 vol 22 pp 207-238, plate, by J R Baker References: Quentin Bone, 'Spokesman for Science', review of C K Waters and A Van Helden, eds, Julian Huxley: Biologist and Statesman of Science in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 350-352, plate John Postgate, review of Milo Keynes and G Ainsworth Harrison, eds, Evolutionary Studies, A Centenary Celebration of the Life of Julian Huxley in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 193-196 Krishna R Dronamraju, 'On Some Aspects of the Life and Work of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, FRS, in India' in NR 1986-87 vol 41 pp 211-237 Sir Andrew Huxley, 'Grandfather and Grandson' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 147-151 J Cairs @Julian Huxley, general biology and the London Zoo, 1935-42' NR, 2010, vol 64, pp 359-378 Notes: Birthplace from The Times, 22 June 2001 Huxley J S, GA AR 6756.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1976.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Huxley%2C+Julian+Sorell RCN 11065 RCN 19340 RCN 19341 RCN 19342 RCN 19115 RCN 19116 RCN 19117 RCN 19118 RCN 19119 RCN 19120 RCN 19123 RCN 19124 RCN 19125 RCN 19126 RCN 19128 RCN 12206 RCN 8730 RCN 19113 RCN 19114 RCN 19121 RCN 19122 RCN 19343 RCN 19129 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH4444 22 Jun 1887 - 14 Feb 1975 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 01/07/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7127 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 26/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/39451154 74b7d014-60db-4257-ab1a-d5f510b6f711