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Aldous Huxley was born in Surray, England on July 26, 1894. He was the third of four children born to Dr.
Leonard Huxley and Julia Arnold. His father taught and later worked for a publishing company. His
mother was the founder of a girl's school. Huxley was sent to various preparatory schools for upper level
children until the age of thirteen when he was accepted to the prestigious school, Eton. At the age of
sixteen, a sudden eye illness made him nearly blind. Luckily, Huxley recovered his vision enough to attend
Oxford University and graduate with honors with a degree in English Literature.
Huxley began his career in journalism and included music. He wrote Point Counter Point in 1928,
which established him as a best-selling author. He followed with the publication of Brave New World while
working as an editor for House and Garden during the 1920's.
Huxley met his first wife, Maria, in college. They married in 1919. The two had one son together,
named Matthew. They moved to the United States in 1937. Maria died in 1955. He received the Award of
Merit for the novel, Brave New World from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1959. Huxley
remarried in 1956 to writer Laura Archera Huxley.
Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963. Huxley was living in California at the time of his
death.
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