The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-30

He resigned from the navy In i6a. and
in the next yea was appointed professor
OF natural history In the royal school OF
mines. He also received the appointment
OF naturalist on the geological survey
OF Great Britain. After thai period ne
lived mainly In london, engaged In IN
cessant scientific Ia oors. To bis regular
lectures at the school OF mines. and his
persistent investigations he added many
popular lectures and diled a variety OK
important positions. In 100 he was ap-
pointed FuE1erian professor OF pnyHoiogy
to the royal Institution. ana examiner
In physiology and comparative anatomy
to the University Of London. In 1ss he
delivered the Cr5omian lecture 20 1.-The
Royal Society, taking for ms subject the
ssTheory OF fnp Vertebrate Skull" o prob
lem which ne handled with great ability.
After the publication OF Darwtn's work
on Natural seiection.' Huxley became
an ardent supporter OF the theory. and
was the first 20 apply II to the problem
of the evolution OF the human race In
his lectures 70 workingmen, at the mu-
scum Of practical geology. IN 1850. he
dealt with the Relations OF Man 10 the
Lower Animals" These lectures gave
rise TO warm controversy IN the British
Association IN that ara subsequent years
The whole matter was summed up in his
Evidence Of Mans Place In Nature"
IN which he e1deavored TO trace the
ancestry OF man TO the anthro-
poid apes. This work attracted
strong interest and garc rfSe % ma1rsh
discussion. He continued 20 lecture I'd
rf1e workfnRvneB on Darvsn'S VIEWS tn
1872 and rrrbhshet srfs lectures under me
sstae "On Orr knowledge OF che Causes
OF the Pheaoruena OF Organic Mature"
He delivered texture courses also on tho
Elements of Comparative Anatomy" the
CLASSIFICATION OF Animals" etc. From
1853 80 1859 ne was Huntersan pe,ofessor in
the Royal College Of Surgeons. was made
president OF the geological survey sn 1853.
and in 1870 was president Of me British
Association for the Advancement OF
Science "a fts melting al Liverpool After
the education act of 1s70 went into Hor,ce.
Prof Huxley served on she london echool
board Cor two years. and was chairman
of the conyntttee which drew UP the
scheme OF education adopted In the board
schools. He took an active part In the
discussion Of educational syvterne. and
was conspicuous for his opposition TO de-
non1fnardonaa teaching. and for his vfgor-
Gus derlTnicsafson OF the doctrines OF the
Roman Catholic church He was elected
lord rector OF Aberdeen University for
three years In December. 7sT2, and IN
~ tailed February q. 1874. In lS73 he was
elerted secretary OF the Royal Society,
and in the summers of 1915 and 1876 was
acting professor OF natural science AT the
University OF Edinburgh during Prof.
.hompson's absence with the Challenger
expedition. In June, 1873, he was elected
corresponding member OF the French
Academy OF Science in the sections OF an
aronry and zoology, In the place OF the
Russian naturalist Baer. In 1881 he was
made inspector of fisheries 20 succeed
Frank BuclSland and in July, 1888 he 5yaS
chosen president OF the Royal Society.
In the Same year me was elected a foreign
mamber of the American National Acad-
emy. and delivered the Redo lecture at
Caapbridge on THE Origin of the Exist
ing Forms of IAfe-Constr uction or Eyolu-
ton
In 1879 he visited the United States.
where he delivered a series OF popular
lectures. since published Prof. Huxley
had for years been the first zoologlst
among his countrymen, and had world
wide reputation. unsurpassed by that OF
any other living scientist. His reputation
Is due TO the breadth OF the field which
his researches covered, the word zoology
with him embracing the whole field OF
animal biology, his extensive knowledge.
his clear, inclsive. brilliant style of writ
ing. his quick perception OF scientific
principles. and in particular to his out
spoken advocacy of certain radical and
startling doctrines. which have brought
his name into notice in all ranks of so
ciety. One of these doctrines. already
mentioned. is that in which he advocat-
ed the descent OF man from the apes An
other was his theory OF the physical
basis OF life." which formed one OF his
lay sermons" In this he combatted the
prevailing idea that life Is a principle dis
tinct from organization. and holds that IL
is but the outcome or the qualities of pro-
toplasu. a substance found in every part