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Thomas Huxley

Thomas Huxley was a 19th-century British scientist known as "Darwin’s Bulldog" for defending and promoting Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. He was a prominent biologist who studied and explained how species change over time through natural selection. Huxley also contributed to anatomy and paleontology, and he was a skilled communicator who made complex scientific ideas accessible to the public. His work helped establish the acceptance of evolutionary science in society, and he played an influential role in shaping modern biology.