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Leonard Huxley (writer)
Leonard Huxley | |
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![]() At a party held by Mary Augusta Ward in 1896 | |
| Born | 11 December 1860 London, England |
| Died | 3 May 1933 (aged 72) Hampstead, London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | University College School |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Notable works | Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI, Thomas Henry Huxley: a character sketch |
| Spouse | Julia Arnold; Rosalind Bruce |
| Children | Six including Julian Huxley, Aldous Huxley and Andrew Huxley |
Leonard Huxley (11 December 1860 – 3 May 1933) was an English schoolteacher, writer and editor.
Biography
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[edit]Huxley's father was the zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley, commonly referred to as 'Darwin's bulldog'. He was educated at University College School, London, the University of St Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford. He first married Julia Arnold who founded a school. She was the daughter of the academic Tom Arnold. She was a sister of the novelist Mrs Humphry Ward, niece of the poet Matthew Arnold, and granddaughter of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School (immortalised as a character in Tom Brown's Schooldays).
Their four children included the biologist Julian Huxley (1887–1975) and the writer Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). Their middle son, Noel Trevenen (born in 1889), committed suicide in 1914. Their daughter, Margaret Arnold Huxley, was born in 1899. Julia Arnold died of cancer in 1908.








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