Talk:Thomas Huxley

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Contents 1 Add external link 2 Rt Hon 3 External links display 4 Cleaned up Racial Listing

[edit] Add external link

Please add a link to <http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/>, which is editing and publishing all of the correspondence of Charles Darwin. Thomas Huxley was a significant correspondent of Darwin. Eadp 15:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rt Hon

OK if TH was not a Privy Counciller he is not entitled to a Rt Hon, unless he is the son of a Duke, which he wasn't. I have no idea, and don't have a biography handy. Anyone who can clarify please do.--Michael Johnson 00:55, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Title of Right Honourable is only used for those MPs who are PCs. This is because all forms of address in the House of Commons are prescribed: members are Honourable Members; if they are also PCs they are Rt Hon; and if they are also QCs then they are Rt Hon and Learned (!!) It is an historical practice to control abuse and conflict in the House. In modern times at least the title Rt Hon is not used in general life in Britain, but it is proper to place the initials PC after your name. Macdonald-Ross, 31st March 2007.

[edit] External links display

There seems to be a display issue with the first two lines of External links, but I don't know enough about templates to fix it.--Hatch68 18:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleaned up Racial Listing

The breakdown of Huxley's races was jumbled and difficult. I cleaned it up, no content changed. Now it reads from the largest groups first, not putting it in the middle. Saint yondo 12:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I see much work has gone into this, but it has thrown the balance of the Huxley entry somewhat out of kilter by its length and detail. The topic is not one of the most important in Huxley's life, and none of his biographers has ever suggested it was. Also, the source was not a book, but a journal paper. One of the things we should aim for is to achieve a balance, which is hard to do! However, I think this section is rather overcooked. Macdonald-ross 20:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)