Guide to the papers of Julian Huxley

This collection contains an index to the Julian Sorrell Huxley papers. Included are summaries of the collection series and a biographical timeline of Huxley’s life.

Julian Sorell Huxley was born on June 22, 1887 in London England. Two years after graduating from Oxford, Huxley accepted a position at the Rice Institute and by 1913 had become an Assistant Professor of Biology. He left Rice in 1916 to serve in World War I and held other academic positions until 1929. Huxley spent most of his later years as a writer on science and its relationship to contemporary social issues. He became a member of the commission formed to plan what would become UNESCO, and in 1946 he became UNESCO's first Director-General. During his lifetime he contributed to the fields of ethology, ecology, and cancer research. Huxley died at the age of 87 on February 14, 1975. 

The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the Julian Sorell Huxley papers, MS 050.