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This is a great work for those who are looking for a primer on the history of evolutionary thought both before and after Charles Darwin. Bowler's work offers a wealth of references for those who wish to further pursue the topic.
5. ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201959879/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0201959879&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0ce30c7f739854c170e47a1ee748154c Huxley: From Devil’s Disciple to Evolutions High Priest]'' by Adrian Desmond. (Helix Books, 1999.)
Thomas Henry Huxley was known as “Darwin’s bulldog”. Huxley is perhaps most well known for coining the term “agnostic” in 1869. While Darwin adhered to a more genteel version of his theory of evolution, Huxley debated anyone he could as to the theory's truths.