Biographical entry: Huxley Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Various Collections.

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An important event in Thomas Huxley's emergence as one of the most eminent scientists of the nineteenth century, was his appointment to the survey vessel H.M.S. Rattlesnake, to carry out scientific investigations along the Australian coastline and the Great Barrier Reef from 1846-1850. The papers of Thomas Huxley are held in the Archives of the Imperial College of Science and Technology in South Kensington, London. They have recently been copied by the National Library of Australia under the Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm. National Library of Australia MFM. M876-916.

Additional manuscripts relating to the voyage of the Rattlesnake are as follows:

Letters from Owen Stanley on board H.M.S. Rattlesnake. National Library of Australia MS.264.

Diary of G.H. Inskip, second master on board H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 1849-1850. National Library of Australia MS.3784.

Log of H.M.S. Rattlesnake kept by J.T. Stanton, 1849-1850, 1850-1851. National Library of Australia MS.4029.

Stanley Family Papers, 1832-1850. National Library of Australia G.743.

The National Library Pictorial Collection includes four water colours by Thomas Huxley of Torres Strait Island people, ca.1849. National Library of Australia Pict. 6017-6020.

Two pencil sketches of Huxley by Owen Stanley are also held. National Library of Australia Pict. 1111, 1112.

A number of photographs of Thomas Huxley are also on file.