Huxley

Words with a similar base: Aldous_Huxley, Aldous_Leonard_Huxley, Andrew_Fielding_Huxley, Andrew_Huxley, Huxley, Thomas_Henry_Huxley, Thomas_Huxley

'Huxley'

[huxley.n.01] as in: English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

'Huxley'

[huxley.n.02] as in: English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

'Huxley'

[huxley.n.03] as in: English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)