Background
Huxley, Andrew Fielding was born on November 22, 1917 in London, England. Son of Leonard and Rosalind (Bruce) Huxley.
Huxley, Andrew Fielding was born on November 22, 1917 in London, England. Son of Leonard and Rosalind (Bruce) Huxley.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1938. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1941. Doctor of Science (honorary), Cambridge University, England, 1978.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Saar, 1964. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Marseille University, 1979. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Humboldt University, Berlin, 1985.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Ulm University, 1993. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Charles University, Prague, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Sheffield, England, 1964.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Leicester, England, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), London University, 1973. Doctor of Science (honorary), University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1974.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Aston, Birmingham, England, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Western Australia, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), Oxford University, 1983.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1984. Doctor of Science (honorary), Harvard University, 1984. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Keele, 1985.
Doctor of Science (honorary), East Anglia University, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maryland, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brunel University, 1988.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Hyderabad, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), Glasgow University, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), Witwatersrand University, 1998.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Birmingham, 1979. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dundee University, 1984. Dr (honorary), York University, 1981.
Dr (honorary), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 1995. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York University, 1982.
Member research staff Anti-Aircraft Command, 1940-1942, Admiralty, 1942-1945. Fellow Trinity College, Cambridge, 1941-1960, 90—, honorary fellow, 1967-1990, master, 1984-1990, director studies, 1952-1960, Tarner lecturer, 1988. Demonstrator department physiology Cambridge University, 1946—1950, assistant director research department physiology, 1951—1959, reader experimental biophysics, 1959—1960.
Jodrell professor physiology University College London, 1960—1969, Royal Society research professor, 1969—1983. Emeritus professor London University, since 1983, honorary fellow, since 1980. Fellow Royal Society London, since 1955, Croonian lecturer, 1967, member council, 1960—1962, 1977—1979, president, 1980—1985.
Herter lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1959. Jesup lecturer Columbia University, 1964. Forbes lecturer, 66; Florey lecturer, 82.
Blackett Memorial lecturer, 84. Fullerian professor Royal Institute, London, 1967—1973. Hans Hecht lecturer, Chicago, 1975.
Sherrington lectr Liverpool University, 1976—1977. Centenary Colloquium lecturer Berlin Institute Physiology, 1977. Cecil H. and Ida Green visiting professor University British Columbia, 1980.
6th annual Darwin lecturer, 82. Romanes lecturer Oxford University, 1983. Tarner lecturers Trinity College, Cambridge, 1988.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Memorial lecturer, New Delhi, 91. C.G. Bernhard lecturer Stockholm, 1993. Davson lecturer American Physiological Society, 1998.
Wartenweiler lecturer International Society Biomechanics, Calgary, 1999.
Trustee British Museum (Natural History), 1981-1990, Science Museum, 1984-1988. Member Agricultural Research Council, 1977-1980, Nature Conservancy Council, 1985-1988, Animal Procedures Committee, 1987-1995. Fellow Royal Academy Engineering (honorary), Institute Biology (honorary), Royal Society of Canada (honorary), Royal Society Edinburgh (honorary), Royal College Physicians (honorary), Academy Medical Science (honorary), Indian National Science Academy (foreign).
Member Physiological Society (honorary, review lecturer on muscular contraction 1973), International Union Physiological Sciences (president 1986-1993), British Biophysics Society, Foundation for Science and Technology, Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts Belgium (associate), Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (chairman medical research committee 1974-1981, vice president, since 1981), Royal Institution Great Britain (honorary), Anatomical Society Great Britain and Ireland (honorary), American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary), American Philosophical Society (Penrose lecturer 1986), British Association for the Advancement of Science (president 1976-1977), Leopoldina Academy (honorary), National Academy of Sciences (United States) (foreign associate), Royal Academy Medicine Belgium (associate), Dutch Society Sciences (foreign), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences (honorary), American Society Zoologists (honorary), Royal Irish Academy (honorary), Japan Academy (honorary).
Married Jocelyn Richenda Gammell Pease, July 5, 1947 (deceased March 2003). Children: Janet Rachel, Stewart Leonard, Camilla Rosalind, Eleanor Bruce, Henrietta Catherine, Clare Marjory Pease.