…force in the world of letters. Aldous Leonard Huxley was born in Surrey, England, the grandson of the eminent biologist T. H. Huxley and the grand-nephew of the celebrated poet and critic Matthew Arnold. His education at Eton was interrupted when an…

…Huxley. It's easy to start off by talking about his relationship with English literature, his family background as the grandson of T. H. Huxley, the great popularizer of Darwin, or the great grandson of the great master of rugby, Dr. Arnold. Or one can…