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Nettie Huxley (1863–1889)
Nettie Roller (1889–1940)

1863–1940

Singer and illustrator. Daughter of Henrietta Anne and Thomas Henry Huxley. Married Harold Roller, joint owner of a firm of picture restorers, in 1889, but spent most of her time travelling in Europe with her daughter, supporting herself as a singer.

Sources

Bibby 1959, pp. 15, 275, 283

R. W. Clark 1968, pp. 111, 252, and passim.

Bibliography

Bibby, Cyril. 1959. T. H. Huxley. Scientist, humanist and educator. London: Watts.

Clark, Ronald W. 1968. The Huxleys. London: Heinemann.

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