A.N. Wilson

The mad, bad and dangerous theories of Thomas Henry Huxley

The anthropologist known as ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ believed unquestioningly in European superiority and racial purity – ideas also embraced by his grandson, Julian

Thomas Henry Huxley with his grandson Julian. Engraving after a photograph, 1895 [Alamy]
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