Huxley
hux·ley
noun
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
Origin
From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husc (“insult, scorn, mockery”).
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