Sir Leonard George Holden Huxley KBE (29 May 1902 – 4 September 1988) was an Australian physicist. Huxley was born in London, the eldest son of George Hamborough and Lilian Huxley. He was a second-cousin once removed of Thomas Huxley. His family migrated from England to Australia in 1905 when he was three, and settled in Tasmania, where Huxley showed great academic and sporting promise.

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  • Sir Leonard George Holden Huxley KBE (29 May 1902 – 4 September 1988) was an Australian physicist. Huxley was born in London, the eldest son of George Hamborough and Lilian Huxley. He was a second-cousin once removed of Thomas Huxley. His family migrated from England to Australia in 1905 when he was three, and settled in Tasmania, where Huxley showed great academic and sporting promise. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to New College, Oxford while in his second year at the University of Tasmania and obtained a D. Phil from Oxford in 1928. He died in London at the age of 86.
  • Huxley è nato a Londra, figlio di George Hamborough e Lilian Huxley. Fu un cugino di secondo grado di Thomas Henry Huxley. La sua famiglia migrò dall'Inghilterra in Australia nel 1905, precisamente in Tasmania, dove Huxley ha mostrato grande promesse accademiche e sportive. Ha vinto una borsa di studio al New College di Oxford, mentre nel suo secondo anno presso l'Università della Tasmania ottenne un dottorato sempre da Oxford nel 1928. Morì a Londra all'età di 86 anni.
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  • Sir Leonard George Holden Huxley KBE (29 May 1902 – 4 September 1988) was an Australian physicist. Huxley was born in London, the eldest son of George Hamborough and Lilian Huxley. He was a second-cousin once removed of Thomas Huxley. His family migrated from England to Australia in 1905 when he was three, and settled in Tasmania, where Huxley showed great academic and sporting promise.
  • Huxley è nato a Londra, figlio di George Hamborough e Lilian Huxley. Fu un cugino di secondo grado di Thomas Henry Huxley. La sua famiglia migrò dall'Inghilterra in Australia nel 1905, precisamente in Tasmania, dove Huxley ha mostrato grande promesse accademiche e sportive. Ha vinto una borsa di studio al New College di Oxford, mentre nel suo secondo anno presso l'Università della Tasmania ottenne un dottorato sempre da Oxford nel 1928. Morì a Londra all'età di 86 anni.
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  • Leonard Huxley (physicist)
  • Leonard Huxley (fisico)
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