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and of the maps, and maintained it, thus leaving his mark on every 

 branch of the snrvey, at the same time he is remembered with 

 affectionate regret, and his loss is deeply felt by the officers who had 

 the hononr of serving nnder him, as well as by a large circle of friends 

 and acquaintances. 



C. R. M. 



Thomas Henry Huxley was born at about eight o'clock of the 

 morning of the 4th of May, 1825, at Ealing, then a quiet little 

 country village, now a part of the suburbs of London. He was the 

 seventh child of George Huxley, himself a seventh child, and his 

 mother's maiden name was Rachel Withers. In many instances, the 

 striking qualities of a distinguished man have seemed to be derived 

 from the mother, and Huxley has spoken of himself as completely 

 the son of his mother who was " a slender brunette, of emotional and 

 energetic temperament, excellent mental capacity and distinguishing 

 rapidity of thought." 



His father, of whom he could find in himself hardly a trace, was 

 second master at the school of Dr. Nicholson, in Ealing, then an 

 establishment of very high repute, at which Cardinal Newman, and 

 other distinguished men found part of their education, and to which 

 the young Thomas Henry was for a while sent ; but his stay there 

 was brief. Nor was he sent to any other school ; the greater part of 

 his education he got for himself, reading desultorily and fitfully, but 

 closely and to good purpose, whatever books came to his hand. 



From an early age he took a great interest in mechanical problems ; 

 and had he been able to follow his own wishes would probably have 

 adopted the profession of engineering. But circumstances were 

 against this choice, and the fact of two brothers-in-law being doctors 

 seems to have, in part at least, determined his entering the medical 

 profession. He began his professional studies at an early age, under 

 the care of his brother-in-law, Dr. Salt, at that time practising in 

 London, to whom he became, according to the then practice, " an 

 apprentice." 



It was probably in the beginning of this apprenticeship, when he 

 was as yet only 13 or 14 years old, that he attended his first post 

 mortem examination ; and to this his ardent curiosity led him to pay 

 such prolonged and close attention that he became in some way or 

 other poisoned, falling into so bad a state of health that he had to be 

 sent into the country, into Warwickshire, to recruit. Returning after 

 some months to London, restored in health, he resumed his duties as 

 apprentice to his brother-in-law, taking in so much of the learning of 

 the profession as the opportunities of his situation offered, and at the 

 same time storing and strengthening his mind with varied reading, 

 not only of science but also of literature. Among other things he 



