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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You are not part of a reality TV show, and have not woken up in an Aldous Huxley or Margaret Atwood novel.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Spectacles were also crucial to Aldous Huxley, who said he became a writer rather than a physician due to his poor vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Transhumanism was coined by the English biologist Julian Huxley in a 1951 lecture, and refined in his 1957 book New Bottles for New Wine.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025
His subjects that evening were Aldous' only son, Matthew Huxley; Matthew's wife, Ellen; and Francis Huxley, Matthew's cousin and the son of biologist Julian Huxley.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
“Ah,” said Mr. Huxley, stroking his chin and studying Grace as if she were a bug on the wall that he didn’t quite know how to squish.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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