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X Club

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The X Club was a dining club of nine men who supported the theories of natural selection and academic liberalism in late 19th-century England. [1]

24 relations: Albemarle Street, Alfred Newton, Charles Darwin, Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions, Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms, Darwin from Orchids to Variation, Dining club, Ethnological Society of London, George Busk, George Rolleston, Great Hippocampus Question, Herbert Spencer, History of evolutionary thought, Huxley family, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, John Tyndall, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Lies, damned lies, and statistics, Nature (journal), Objections to evolution, On the Origin of Species, Richard Carter (land agent), Thomas Archer Hirst, Thomas Henry Huxley.

Albemarle Street

Albemarle Street is a street in Mayfair in central London, off Piccadilly.

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Alfred Newton

Alfred Newton FRS HFRSE (11 June 18297 June 1907) was an English zoologist and ornithologist.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin, (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

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Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions

Between 1868 and 1872, the life and work of Charles '''Darwin''' from Descent of Man to Emotions continued with aspects of his intended "Big Book" on evolution through natural selection.

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Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms

Between 1873 and 1882, the life and work of Charles '''Darwin''' from Insectivorous Plants to Worms continued with investigations into carnivorous and climbing plants that had begun with his previous work.

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Darwin from Orchids to Variation

Between 1860 and 1868, the life and work of Charles '''Darwin''' from Orchids to Variation continued with research and experimentation on evolution, carrying out tedious work to provide evidence of the extent of natural variation enabling artificial selection.

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Dining club

A dining club is a social group, usually requiring membership (which may, or may not be available only to certain people), which meets for dinners and discussion on a regular basis.

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Ethnological Society of London

The Ethnological Society of London (ESL) was a learned society founded in 1843 as an offshoot of the Aborigines' Protection Society (APS).

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George Busk

George Busk RN FRS (12 August 1807 – 10 August 1886) was a British naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist.

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George Rolleston

George Rolleston MA MD FRCP FRS (30 July 1829 – 16 June 1881) was an English physician and zoologist.

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Great Hippocampus Question

The Great Hippocampus Question was a 19th-century scientific controversy about the anatomy of apes and human uniqueness.

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Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.

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History of evolutionary thought

Evolutionary thought, the conception that species change over time, has roots in antiquity – in the ideas of the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese as well as in medieval Islamic science.

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Huxley family

The Huxley family is a British family of which several members have excelled in science, medicine, arts, and literature.

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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, (30 April 183428 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath.

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John Tyndall

John Tyndall FRS (2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century physicist.

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Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.

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Objections to evolution

Objections to evolution have been raised since evolutionary ideas came to prominence in the 19th century.

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On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species (or more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life),The book's full original title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

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Richard Carter (land agent)

Richard Carter was a land agent and surveyor in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

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Thomas Archer Hirst

Thomas Archer Hirst FRS (22 April 1830 – 16 February 1892) was a 19th-century mathematician, specialising in geometry.

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Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist specialising in comparative anatomy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Club

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