Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death in 1963. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts.

Aldous Huxley was a humanist and pacifist, and he was latterly interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. He is also well known for advocating and taking psychedelics.

By the end of his life Huxley was considered, in some academic circles, a leader of modern thought and an intellectual of the highest rank, and highly regarded as one of the most prominent explorers of visual communication and sight-related theories as well.

Biography

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-07-26 – 1963-11-22) was a British author, most famous for his novel Brave New World. He was the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and younger brother of Julian Huxley.

See also: Brave New World

Contents

• 1 Sourced
  • 1.1 Music at Night and Other Essays (1931)
  • 1.2 Brave New World (1932)
  • 1.3 Words and Their Meanings (1940)
  • 1.4 Introduction to the Bhagavad-Gita (1944)
  • 1.5 The Doors of Perception (1954)
• 2 Misattributed
• 3 Quotes about Huxley
• 4 External links