Francis Huxley
Francis Huxley (born August 28, 1923 - October 29, 2016 ) was a British botanist , anthropologist and writer. He was the son of the biologist Julian Sorell Huxley , nephew of the writer Aldous Huxley and the great-nephew of the neuroscientist Andrew Fielding Huxley .
His scientific spectrum was extraordinarily broad. Among other things, he dealt with the Urubu Indians in Brazil and the Voodoo deities in Haiti . An illustrated story of rites, symbols, taboos and the like is his book The Way Of The Sacred .
Fonts
- Affable Savages: An Anthropologist Among the Urubu Indians of Brazil. Viking, New York, 1957, ISBN 978-1879215276
- The Invisibles: Voodoo Gods in Haiti. Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1966
- The Way Of The Sacred. Doubleday, New York, 1974
Web links
- Short biography and catalog raisonné (English)
- Francis Huxley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ A. David Napier: Francis Huxley obituary ( English ) In: The Guardian . December 20, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Huxley, Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British botanist, anthropologist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 2016 |