Aldous huxley biography powerpoint rubric middle school

Aldous Huxley was a twentieth century novelist best known for “Brave New World”.

When and Where was he Born?

26th July 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England.

Family Background:

Aldous Huxley was the grandson of T.H.

Aldous huxley biography powerpoint rubric middle school

Huxley and third child of the writer and biographer Leonard Huxley. His mother was the niece of Mathew Arnold the poet and granddaughter of Thomas Arnold a headmaster at Rugby School. His father was the third son of the writer and schoolmaster Leonard Huxley.

Education:

Hillside School.

Eton College.
Studied literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

Timeline of Aldous Huxley

1887:Birth of his elder brother Julian who was to become a famous biologist.

1891: Birth of his half brother Noel Trevenen who was later to commit suicide due to depression.

1908: Death of Aldous Huxley’s mother.

1910: Huxley suffers an illness, keratitis punctata, which makes his eyesight so bad he needed to learn braille.

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