Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 in Godalming. An English writer and philosopher, Huxley belonged to a distinguished intellectual family, and was a grandson of the biologist T. H. Huxley. He is best known for the dystopian novel Brave New World, which imagines a society controlled by genetic engineering, conditioning and pleasure. He wrote numerous other novels and essays, including Point Counter Point and The Doors of Perception, which described his experiments with mescaline. He moved to California in 1937, where he explored mysticism and Eastern philosophy, and wrote screenplays. Poor eyesight affected him all his life.
Before and after
- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- 23 June 1894Birth of Edward VIII
- 30 June 1894Construction of Tower Bridge
- 13 July 1894Birth of Gavrilo Princip
- 26 July 1894Birth of Aldous Huxley
- from 1 August 1894 to 17 April 1895First Sino-Japanese War
- December 1894Construction of Reichstag
- from December 1894 to September 1895Second Madagascar expedition
- from 15 December 1894 to 23 October 1896First Italo-Ethiopian War
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- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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