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Leonard Huxley LLD (1860 - 1933)

Leonard Huxley LLD
Born in London, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 72 in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

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Leonard Huxley was born at 9:45pm on 11 December 1860.[1] He was the son of zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley and Henrietta Anne Heathorn. He was father of writer Aldous Leonard Huxley.

He lived with his parents and siblings in Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England in 1871.

He was an English schoolteacher, writer and editor.

He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.).

Leonard married Julia Arnold (daughter of Thomas Arnold and Julia Sorrell) circa1880 in Canada.

They had four children:

Julian Sorell (1887–1975)
Noel Trevenen (1889-1914)
Aldous Leonard (1894–1963)
Margaret Arnold (b. 1899)

UK Census Date 31 March 1901: Living with his wife, three children, a Governess, one visitor and three servants in Godalming, Surrey, England. Aged 40.

Occupation: SCHOOLMASTER & AUTHOR

His wife Julia passed away in 1908 at the age of 45.

UK Census Date 1911: Recorded in Paddington, Paddington W, London, England. Aged 50 and a widower. Also in the household were two servants.

Occupation: PUBLISHERS LITERARY ADVISER

He married, secondly, Rosalind Bruce in 1912 at Kensington, London, England.[2]

Leonard passed away in 1933 at the age of 72.[3]

Burial

Compton Village Cemetery, Compton, Guildford Borough, Surrey, England. PLOT: Huxley plot[4]

Sources

  1. Desmond, Adrian. Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997, p289.
  2. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26CD-751 : 22 May 2014), Leonard Huxley and null, 1912; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1912, quarter 1, vol. 1A, p. 338, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
  3. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHF-ML38 : 4 September 2014), Leonard Huxley, 1933; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,"
  4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39438119

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Acknowledgments

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His wife needs attention.

She is "Rosalind Bruce" here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huxley-528

She is "Julia Francés Arnold" here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huxley-518

OK, my bad, hurrying, that's wife 2 (Bruce) and 1 (Arnold) respectively, per Wikipedia

posted by John Mueller
edited by John Mueller

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