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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Aldous Huxley gave it an even higher valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
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
Huxley began with a well-reasoned argument about anatomical structure and how Charles had compiled his theory using such data as had never been used before.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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