- Aldous Huxley was born in a family of renowned scientists, his two brothers and grandfather. He was born on July 26, 1984 and died on November 22, 1963.
- His grandfather was a naturalist, famously nicknamed as "Darwin's Bulldog."
- He was mostly known as his novelist (his 5th novel "Brave New World") but he also wrote short stories, poetry, travelogues, and film scripts.
- An interesting fact: Disney had rejected Huxley's screenplay of "Alice in Wonderland."
- He was the kind of author, concerned about the potential harm of scientific discoveries and progress on mankind.
- At the age of 20, he became an art critic, an official novelist, and publisher of poetry, and a journalist.
- He finished "Brave New World" in four months; Hitler not a ruler at that time period.
- Dies the same day as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- "New Age" schools would quote him and his "mystical writings and studies" and continues to do so.
http://www.egs.edu/library/aldous-huxley/biography/
http://www.quirkbooks.com/post/happy-birthday-aldous-huxley-some-interesting-facts-about-his-life
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