Huxley

American  

[huhks-lee] / ˈhʌks li /

noun

1. Aldous (Leonard) 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic.

2. Sir Andrew Fielding, 1918–2012, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell).

3. Sir Julian Sorell 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous).

4. Thomas Henry, 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley).

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Huxley British  

/ ˈhʌkslɪ /

noun

1. 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

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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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Example Sentences

Aldous Huxley gave it an even higher valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Metrollopis,” is what Aldous Huxley called it when he lived here.

From Los Angeles Times

Aldous Huxley, recently widowed and struggling with his grief, came to stay with Matthew and Ellen.

From Salon

With a subtitle that draws comparisons to Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel and Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” the film embraces the sense of a fresh start, director Julius Onah said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth,” Aldous Huxley wrote, describing “the greatest triumphs of propaganda.”

From Salon