Physiography: An Introduction to the Study of Nature

Nice clean copy in red cloth bonding. Three foldout maps. An important work in which Huxley explains the general aspects of nature. Thomas Huxley was born into somewhat strained family circumstances in Ealing near London on May 4, 1825. He was not given much formal education but picked up much knowledge of languages and science through his own efforts. In his very early teens, became involved with a brother-in-law's irregular medical practice firstly in the English midlands and then in London where he subsequently became apprenticed to a doctor who practiced in an area featuring many poverty stricken tenements. Thomas Huxley was remarkable for his early and active support for this theory of Evolution, and even referred to himself as "Darwin's Bulldog." Thomas Henry Huxley died on June 29, 1895.