Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley was an English writer and philosopher born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England. He was the third son of Leonard Huxley, a writer and schoolmaster, and Julia Arnold, a niece of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold. Huxley was educated at Eton College and then went on to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford. Huxley began his writing career as a journalist and literary critic, writing for publications such as The Athenaeum and The Nation. He published his first novel, Crome Yellow, in 1921, which was followed by Antic Hay (1923) and Those Barren Leaves (1925). These early works were satirical and often mocked the social and intellectual elite of the time. In 1928, Huxley published his most famous work, Brave New World, a dystopian novel set in a future society where people are genetically engineered and conditioned to be content with their lot in life. The novel was a critical and commercial success and has since become a classic of science fiction. Huxley continued to writ