Elspeth Huxley

Elspeth Huxley

CBE
BornElspeth Grant
(1907-07-23)23 July 1907
London[1]
Died10 January 1997(1997-01-10) (aged 89)
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser
NationalityBritish
Alma materReading University, Cornell University
SubjectSettler life in British Kenya
Notable worksThe Flame Trees of Thika, The Mottled Lizard
SpouseGervas Huxley
RelativesHuxley family

Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997)[1] was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser.[2] She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyrical books, The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard, based on her youth in a coffee farm in British Kenya. Her husband, Gervas Huxley, was a grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and a cousin of Aldous Huxley.[3]

  1. ^ a b Fitzgerald, Mary Anne (13 January 1997). "Obituary: Elspeth Huxley". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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