Elspeth Huxley

Author

1907 – 1997

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Who was Elspeth Huxley?

Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE was a polymath, writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government advisor. She wrote 30 books; but she is best known for her lyrical books The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard which were based on her experiences growing up in a coffee farm in Colonial Kenya. Her husband, Gervas Huxley, was a grandson of Thomas Huxley and a cousin of Aldous Huxley.

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Born
Jul 23, 1907
London
Also known as
  • Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley
Nationality
  • Kenya
Profession
Education
  • Cornell University
  • University of Reading
Died
Jan 10, 1997

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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