Huxley
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Aldous (Leonard) 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic.
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Sir Andrew Fielding, 1918–2012, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell).
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Sir Julian Sorell 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous).
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Thomas Henry, 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley).
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Aldous ( Leonard ) (ˈɔːldəs). 1894–1963, British novelist and essayist, noted particularly for his novel Brave New World (1932), depicting a scientifically controlled civilization of human robots
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his half-brother, Sir Andrew Fielding, 1917–2012, English biologist: noted for his research into nerve cells and the mechanism by which nerve impulses are transmitted; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with Alan Hodgkin and John Eccles 1963; president of the Royal Society (1980–85)
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brother of Aldous, Sir Julian ( Sorrel ). 1887–1975, English biologist; first director-general of UNESCO (1946–48). His works include Essays of a Biologist (1923) and Evolution: the Modern Synthesis (1942)
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their grandfather, Thomas Henry. 1825–95, English biologist, the leading British exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution; his works include Man's Place in Nature (1863) and Evolution and Ethics (1893)
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But it is sharply satirical—not as funny as the early works of Evelyn Waugh, Aldous Huxley or the neglected Honor Tracy, but equally deadly in its critique of materialist society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The human species, Huxley affirms, should embrace transhumanism: “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.”
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
“So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons,” said Aldous Huxley with surpassing insight, “Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.”
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024
"Holding Huxley for the first time, it was such a wonderful feeling," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
“What’s that smell?” asked Mr. Huxley, covering his mouth and nose with a dainty silk handkerchief.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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