Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
PROF. HUXLEY DEAD.
ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST
SCIENTISTS.

ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST ,
SCIENTISTS.
CO.WOrker With Charles Darwin
He has Left his Name stamped
lndelibIy Oh the Pages of Scien.
tifiC Research.
Prof. Thomas Henry Huxley, the
eminent scientist died in London, on
saturday, the 10Th ult., in the list
year OF his aye. His end was like
the gathering shadows Of night after
the tervid heat Of the day-calm and
peaceful. His declining years had
been passed in retirement. His task
was done, and he took little active in
terest in passing events, except to
visit the flower shows Of the neighbor-
hood to bring himself in closer COM
munion with the mysteries OF nature
which he had made his l.e-study.
He became broken in health last
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chitis, followed by influenza. The
lungs and kidneys became afflicted,
and u few weeks ago it became evident
that his final rest was near at hand.
Prof. Huxley was born at Ealing,
near London, May 4th, 1925. His ed
ucation was chiefly derieved from his
father who was one of the teachers in
the school of his native place. His
range of studies included medicine
and German scientific literature. AZ
ter few years spent in the practice
of his profession in Charing Cross
Hospital he, in 1915, received his de-
gree from the University of London,
having already shown a remarkable
talent for investigation upon scientific
subjects. 1t was in the medical ser.
vice of the navy, which he afterwards
entered affording opportunity for orig
inal investigation by decentralization
Vi ebC SiOuC, thdI Cuaulcu ultu W eCalo
the heights of an ordinary ambition
almost 1t bound.
Among his first works on natural
history appeared his Oceanic Hydro
zoa," which greatly extended the
knowledge then existing of zoophytes.
He was elected fellow OF the Royal
Society in 1851. After he left the sea
he filled several professorships of diff
ferent branches of science in the lead
ing colleges. In 1860 he published
Evidence of Mans Place in Nature"
in which he maintained the idea set
forth by Darwin, that the ancestry of
mankind originated with the anthro-
poid apes. In 1862 he published in
book form a course of lectures he had
delivered, on "Our knowledge OF the
Causes of the Phenomena of Organic
Nature" and another volume on
Classification OF Animals" From
1863 to 1869, HUI xley filled . chair in
the Royal Collegs of Surgeons and
was made president of the British AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science, which met in Liverpool in
1870. After several years service on
the London school board, Huxley was
elected lord rector of Aberdeen Uni
versity for three years in December,
1872, and installed February q, 1874.
In 1873 he was elected Secretary of
the Royal Society, and in the sum-
mers of 1885 and 1876 was acting pro-
lessor of natural science at the Uni
versity of Edinburgh during Prof.
Thompson's absence with the ChaI-
lenger expedition. In June, 1879, he
was elected corresponding member of
of the French Academy of Sciences in
the sections of anatomy and zoology,
in the place of the Russian naturalist
Baer. In 1881 he was made inspector
OF fisheries to succeed Frank Buck
land, and in July, 1883. he was chosen
President OF the Royal Society. In
the same year he was elected foreign
member of the American National
Academy, and delivered the Rede lee
ture at Cambridge on "The Origin of
the Existing Forms of Life Construc-
ton or Evolution"
| Huxley's visit to the United States
in 1876, created quite a sensation in
the new world. He was, at that day,
the first zoologist among his country
men, and had a reputation unsur-
passed by that Of any living scientist
throughout the civilized world.
Among his works appear his Man
ual of the Anatomy of Vertebrate An
imals," his " Anatomy of Invertebrate
Animals" his "Physiography, an In
PRODUCTION to the Study of Nature"
his "Lay Sermons" his "Critiques
and Addresses" his Lectures to
Workmen," his d" Lessons in Elemen.
tary Physiology" Gan Introduction
to the Classification of Animals"
Crayfish, an Introduction to the
Study of Zoology" Science, Culture
and other Essays" He was likewise
author of many valuable contributions
to science read before the contempo-
raneous geological aud geological
societies, some of which were given to
the public through leading periodicals.
In his controversial reply to Mr.. Glad
stone, on the creation of animals az
given in Genesis, his ability as q liter
ary combatant was strikingly mani
tested.
| A few years ago Prof. Huxley re-
ceived the title of " Right Honorable"
as member of the Queens privy
council, the first to attain that honor
without previously holding some po-
litical appointment.
LIKE the dog and the wolf in the
chase, it has been nip and tuck, this
year, between Seattle and Tacoma az
to which city should present the most
attractive Fourth of july inducements