About The Author
ALDOUS HUXLEY (1894-1963)
Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Godalming, England to a well-educated, prominent family. He went to a preparatory school for his basic education, and then later earned his degree from Balliol College in Oxford.
At a young age he contracted an eye disease which left his vision severely impaired. This, according to Huxley himself, was the single most important event in his life. It intensified his appreciation of knowledge and gave him the desire to "see" the world by acquiring as much information about it aspossible.
In 1921 Mr. Huxley's first novel, Chrome Yellow, was published, and his literary career was launched. Known equally as well for his essays as for his novels, Mr. Huxley was a prolific writer. He was published in a wide variety of publications, and wrote on a wide variety of topics. Four of Mr. Huxley's most well-known novels are Point Counter Point (1928), Brave New World (1932), Eyeless in Gaza (1936), and After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (1939).
-- Courtesy of Compton’s Learning Company
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