iiuxley is a professor in several scientific 

 schools of England. He was born at Mid 

 dlesex in 1825, and studied medicine. In 

 1846 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the 

 s British navy, which he remained ti.l 1850. 

 He became professor in the bchool of Mines 

 in 1854. His name became prominent when 

 he was elected to the London School Board 

 in 1870 He opposed denominational teach 

 ings and fiercely denounced the Roman 

 Catholic Church in 1871. He retired from 

 the board in 1872, and has given his atten 

 tion to writing on natural sciences since. 

 His theory is, in brief, that of Darwin, that 

 all the species of animal lite originated from 

 a single germ. His protoplasm is the lowest 

 form of Hie, the fundamental livin* sub 

 stance, from which all life is evolved. Cos 

 mic gas is the primordial gas from which 

 everything, it is claimed, is made. 



