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Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. 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.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1907-07-23
Deathday1997-01-10 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
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SpouseGervas Huxley
FatherJosceline Grant
MotherEleanor Grosvenor
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Kenya
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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