| Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Family
Name: |
Huxley |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Thomas Henry |
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| DOB |
4 May 1825
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DOD |
29 June 1895 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Ealing, Middlesex, England
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Place
of Death: |
Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| Age
at Death: |
70
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MB London 1845
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Speciality:
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Naval medicine |
| Other
Occupations: |
Botanist
Zoologist
Naturalist
Anthropologist
Writer
Philosopher |
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| Spouse:
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Henrietta Heathorn m.1855 |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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HMS "Rattlesnake" from Mauritius via Hobart Town arr. Sydney 16 July 1847
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| Came
out as: |
Navy Surgeon |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1847
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1847-1850 (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN 1846 (Navy List)
Surgeon and naturalist on HMS "Rattlesnake"
President of the Royal Society |
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| Notes:
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| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld |
| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Navy list 1847 [Thomas H. Huxley Assistant Surgeon 15 March 1846]
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Pearn J. Around the rim : the role of surgeons in discovery and research in the Pacific rim. Parts 1 and 2. Aust N Z J Surg 1994;64:38-44, 121-4
Navy lists
HMS "Rattlesnake". Sydney Chronicle 7 July 1847 [arr. Hobart 25 June, Thoms Huxley Assistant Surgeon]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Chronicle 17 July 1847 [arrival of HMS "Rattlesnake"] |
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