Life and Works of Aldous Huxley
Daisy Juarez
Ms. Kim
English II Honors
21 December 2012
Aldous Huxley
Figure 1 Young Aldous Huxley. (“Aldous Huxley”).
Widely known author Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Goldalming in the Surrey County in South England. Huxley’s family members were somewhat famous as well. Brothers Julian and Andrew Huxley became biologists following the footsteps of the family’s previous generation. Huxley’s grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley, was a famous biologist that was nicknamed “Darwin’s Bulldog” (“Aldous Huxley – Biography”). Huxley’s grandfather was famous for helping in the development of theory of evolution. Huxley also had an interest in becoming a biologist himself; however, his life as a youth took a serious turn. His mother, novelist, died of cancer when Huxley was merely 14, followed by one of his brother’s suicide in 1914 (“Aldous Huxley – Biography – The Author and his Times”). Despite this, Huxley also suffered a staphylococci infection leaving him completely blind for over a year. During this time, Huxley taught himself how to read Braille and how to play piano. Although Huxley regained a quarter of his normal eyesight, his future in biology was discontinued. Huxley did, however, receive a scholarship to Balliol College for English language and literature. After Balliol, Huxley then attended Oxford, where he would meet John Middleton Murry that would then introduce him to writers. Near Oxford, Huxley grew close to Philip and Ottoline Morrell. In the Morrell home, the development of the Bloomsbury group, a group of intellectuals including Huxley, sparked. It was during Huxley’s college life where he would first be introduced to actual writers and inspiration to record his already active intellectual thoughts (“Aldous Huxley”).
In his early twenties, Huxley had many writing jobs, excluding being a novelist because he would begin to write novels later in his life. Some jobs Huxley had obtained as a young twenty year old included a
Ms. Kim
English II Honors
21 December 2012
Aldous Huxley
Figure 1 Young Aldous Huxley. (“Aldous Huxley”).
Widely known author Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Goldalming in the Surrey County in South England. Huxley’s family members were somewhat famous as well. Brothers Julian and Andrew Huxley became biologists following the footsteps of the family’s previous generation. Huxley’s grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley, was a famous biologist that was nicknamed “Darwin’s Bulldog” (“Aldous Huxley – Biography”). Huxley’s grandfather was famous for helping in the development of theory of evolution. Huxley also had an interest in becoming a biologist himself; however, his life as a youth took a serious turn. His mother, novelist, died of cancer when Huxley was merely 14, followed by one of his brother’s suicide in 1914 (“Aldous Huxley – Biography – The Author and his Times”). Despite this, Huxley also suffered a staphylococci infection leaving him completely blind for over a year. During this time, Huxley taught himself how to read Braille and how to play piano. Although Huxley regained a quarter of his normal eyesight, his future in biology was discontinued. Huxley did, however, receive a scholarship to Balliol College for English language and literature. After Balliol, Huxley then attended Oxford, where he would meet John Middleton Murry that would then introduce him to writers. Near Oxford, Huxley grew close to Philip and Ottoline Morrell. In the Morrell home, the development of the Bloomsbury group, a group of intellectuals including Huxley, sparked. It was during Huxley’s college life where he would first be introduced to actual writers and inspiration to record his already active intellectual thoughts (“Aldous Huxley”).
In his early twenties, Huxley had many writing jobs, excluding being a novelist because he would begin to write novels later in his life. Some jobs Huxley had obtained as a young twenty year old included a
Cited: "Aldous Huxley." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational, n.d. Web. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm>"Aldous Huxley and Anita Loos in Hollywood." Ilab.org. Bromer Booksellers, 17 Feb. 2012. Web. <http://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/714 aldous_huxley_and_anita_loos_in_hollywood.html>"Aldous Huxley - Biography." Aldous Huxley. The European Graduate School, n.d. Web. <http://www.egs.edu/library/aldous-huxley/biography/>."Aldous Huxley - Biography - The Author and his Times." Somaweb.org. Somaweb, 1995-2011. Web. <http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html> "Crome Yellow." Jandy 's Reading Room. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/crome.html>."Harry Ransom Center." Interview by Mike Wallace. Harry Ransom Center RSS. N.p., 12 Jan. 2012. Web. <http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/huxley_aldous.html>.