(1894–1963), English novelist and essayist; full name Aldous Leonard Huxley. After writing Antic Hay (1923) and Brave New World (1932), in 1937 he moved to California, where in 1953 he experimented with psychedelic drugs, writing of his experiences in The Doors of Perception (1954).
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Huxley, Aldous
proper nounˈhəkslē
(1894–1963), English novelist and essayist; full name Aldous Leonard Huxley. After writing Antic Hay (1923) and Brave New World (1932), he moved to California in 1937, where he experimented with psychedelic drugs in 1953 and wrote of his experiences in The Doors of Perception (1954).