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Huxley, Aldous L.


United Kingdom, Literary Person    (1894-07-26 to 1963-11-22)
• British writer and counter-culture figure. Brother of Julian Huxley, first director of UNESCO. (See: Online-Literature)
• Biography and other reference materials (See: SomaWeb bio)
• 1932 : Published "Brave New World", a novel about a futuristic collectivist system and their methods of control. Predicted many current events. (See: Text online)
• 1937 : Moved to Los Angeles, California. Began writing screenplays for Hollywood.
• 1954 : Published "Doors of Perception", a study of conciousness expansion through drug use.
• 1958 : Published "Brave New World Revisited" (See: Text online)
• 1962 : Speech at U.C. Berkeley on the "scientific dictatorship"
• 2002-04 : Profile of Aldous Huxley (See: J.G. Ballard article)
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1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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Lawrence, David H.   (Associate of, 1920 to 1930) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Lived together in Italy during the 1920s
• 1932 : Published "The Letters of D.H. Lawrence"
Nation and Athenaeum   (Employee of, 1919 to 1920) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Writer for the Athenaeum
The Bloomsbury Group   (Associate of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Balliol College, Oxford   (Student of, 1913 to 1916) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• B.A. English
Eton College   (Student of, 1908 to 1913) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Huxley, Leonard   (Son of, 1894-07-26) -- Duck | Google | Bing