Chronology 



1825. Born at Ealing (4th May). 



1 84 1. Assistant to doctor at Rotherhithe. 



1842. Student at Charming Cross Hospital Medical School. 

 1845. M. B. and Gold Medallist for Anatomy and Physiology at 



University of London. 



1845. Discovered membrane of human hair known as " Huxley's 



layer." 



1846. Entered Naval Medical Service. 



1846. Appointed assistant-surgeon of the surveying ship Rattle- 

 snake. 



1849. Published memoir on the Family of the Medusa. 



1850. Returned to England: granted leave ashore to workout re- 



sults of voyage. 



185 1. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society. 



1852. Received Gold Medal of Royal Society. 



1853. Further leave ashore refused: struck off the Navy List. 



1853. Published article on the Cell Theory. 



1854. Appointed Professor of Natural History and Palaeontology 



in Royal School of Mines, and Curator of Fossils in 

 Museum of Practical Geology. 



1855. Married Henrietta Anne Heathorn, of Sydney. 



1856. Visited Switzerland with Tyndall. 



1857. Published paper on The Structure and Motion of Glaciers. 

 1857. Appointed Examiner in Physiology and Comparative Anat- 

 omy in University of London. 



1857. Appointed Fullerian Professor of Comparative Anatomy at 



the Royal Institution. 



1858. Appointed Croonian Lecturer. 



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