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Also Known As T. H. Huxley
Born May 4, 1825 • Ealing • England
Died June 29, 1895 (aged 70) • Eastbourne • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1888)
Subjects Of Study Darwinism • evolution • taxonomy • agnosticism • religion

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