Francis Huxley

Francis Huxley
Born(1923-08-28)28 August 1923
Holywell, Oxford, England
Died29 October 2016(2016-10-29) (aged 93)
Sebastopol, California, US
EducationDauntsey's School
Alma materOxford University
Known forFounding Survival International
Parents
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, anthropology
InstitutionsSt Catherine’s College, Oxford

Francis John Heathorn Huxley (28 August 1923 – 29 October 2016) was a British zoologist, anthropologist and author. With a short professional career at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, he is best known for his several anthropological expeditions to The Gambia, the Amazon, and Haiti, among other places, from which he wrote several notable books.

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