Leonard Huxley (Author)

Leonard Huxley (born December 11, 1860 in London , † May 3, 1933 in Hampstead , London) was a British teacher, author and editor .

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Leonard Huxley was the second son of Thomas Henry Huxley and his wife Henrietta Ann. He was taught at University College School , the University of St Andrews, and Balliol College , and received his degree as Literae Humaniores in 1883 . In 1884 he began teaching at the Charterhouse School . In 1900 Macmillan Verlag published the biography he wrote about his father. 1901 Huxley began operations from the publisher Smith, Elder & Co. on. There he assisted Reginald John Smith (1857-1916) with the publication of Cornhill Magazine . After the death of his friend Smith and the takeover of the publishing house by John Murray , Huxley became the sole editor of Cornhill Magazine . Two years later he published his biography on Joseph Dalton Hooker and in 1920 his volume of poetry Anniversaries .

On April 16, 1885, he married Julia Frances Arnold (1862–1908), a daughter of Thomas Arnold (1823–1900). With her he had four children: Julian Huxley , Noel Trevenen Huxley (1889-1914), Aldous Huxley and Margaret Arnold Huxley (1899-1981). After the death of his first wife, Huxley married Rosalind Bruce on February 23, 1912. From this marriage come the two sons David Bruce Huxley (1915-1992) and Andrew Huxley .

Huxley is the namesake for Mount Huxley in East Antarctic Victoria Land .

Fonts (selection)

• Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley . 2 volumes, Macmillan, London 1900 ( volume 1 , volume 2 ).
• Thoughts on education chosen from the writings of Matthew Arnold . Smith, Elder & Co., London 1912 ( online ). - as editor
• Scott's last expedition . 2 volumes, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1913. - as editor
• Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker . 2 volumes, John Murray, London 1918 ( Volume 1 , Volume 2. )
• Anniversaries . John Murray, London 1920 ( online ).
• Thomas Henry Huxley: a character sketch . Watts & Co., London 1920 ( online ).
• Charles Darwin . Watts & Co., London 1921 ( online ).
• Jane Welsh Carlyle : letters to her family 1839–1863 . John Murray, London 1924 - as editor
• Progress and the unfit . Watts & Co., London 1926.
• Sheaves from the Cornhill . John Murray, London 1926.
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning: letters to her sister 1846-1859 . John Murray, London 1929 - as editor

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• John Murray, rev. M. Clare Loughlin-Chow: Huxley, Leonard (1860-1933). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Volume 29: Hutchins-Jennens. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861379-2 , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), As of 2004, accessed September 18, 2012.