SIR JULIAN S. HUXLEY - STAMP(S) SIGNED 8/1953 - HFSID 264519
Sale Price $150.00
Reg. $180.00
JULIAN HUXLEY
Stamps signed: "Julian S Huxley/Aug 1953", 5x4½ block of fifteen U.S.
3-cent stamps honoring Thomas Edison. Signed in blank area. Sir Julian Huxley
(1887-1975) was the grandson of scientist and evolution advocate T.H. Huxley
("Darwin's bulldog") and the older brother of author Aldous Huxley (Brave New
World). Sir Julian was best known as a biologist and ecologist. His
early interests were in development and growth, genetics and embryology. Later
he made important studies of bird behavior and of evolution, and wrote many
popular scientific books, including Essays of a Biologist, Essays
in Popular Science, The Individual in the Animal Kingdom, Religion
Without Revelation and The Stream of Life. In his writings and as the
first Director-General (1946-1948) of the UN Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Huxley was actively concerned with the
interrelated problems of global poverty, population growth and resource
conservation. Ink note (unknown hand) at lower left. ¼-inch of top right corners
missing from two stamps in top row. Overall, fine condition.
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