Aldous Huxley

1894 to 1963 8 documented presences 8 places

Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Aldous Huxley across 8 places, from 1894 to 1963. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA

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Where Aldous Huxley was documented, and when

26 July 1894exact date

Godalmingattested “Huxley was born in Godalming, Surrey, England, on 26 July 1894.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

October 1913month

Balliol College, Oxfordattested “In October 1913, Huxley entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied English literature.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1930year

Provenceattested “Following Lawrence's death in 1930 (he and Maria were present at his death in Provence), Huxley edited Lawrence's letters (1932).” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1937year

Hollywood, Los Angelesattested “In 1937 Huxley moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States, with his wife Maria, son Matthew Huxley, and friend Gerald Heard.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1937year

Taos, New Mexicoattested “Cyril Connolly wrote, of the two intellectuals (Huxley and Heard) in the late 1930s, "all European avenues had been exhausted in the search for a way forward – politics, art, science – pitching them both toward the US in 1937." Huxley li…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1939 to 1963period

United Statesattested “In the late 1930s Huxley and Heard immigrated to the United States, and beginning in 1939 and continuing until his death in 1963, Huxley had an extensive association with the Vedanta Society of Southern California, founded and headed by…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1952year

Hollywoodattested “For example, some ten years after publication of The Art of Seeing, in 1952, Bennett Cerf was present when Huxley spoke at a Hollywood banquet, wearing no glasses and apparently reading his paper from the lectern without difficulty: The…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

4 November 1963exact date

Cedars Sinai Hospitalattested “On 4 November 1963, less than three weeks before Huxley's death, the author Christopher Isherwood, a friend of 25 years, visited him at Cedars Sinai Hospital and wrote his impressions: At home on his deathbed, unable to speak owing to ca…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

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Places Aldous Huxley is documented in

Balliol College, Oxford1 presence · 1913 Hollywood1 presence · 1952 Hollywood, Los Angeles1 presence · 1937 United States1 presence · 1939

Cedars Sinai Hospital1 presence · 1963

Godalming1 presence · 1894

Provence1 presence · 1930

Taos, New Mexico1 presence · 1937

Other places tied to Aldous Huxley in the record

In each of these, a source puts Aldous Huxley and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Aldous Huxley was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1899 to 1955period

Garsingtonmentioned “He accepted immediately, and quickly married the Belgian refugee Maria Nys (1899–1955), also at Garsington.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

10 July 1919exact date

Bellemmentioned “The American popular science author Steven Johnson, in his book Mind Wide Open, quotes Huxley about his difficulties with visual encoding: Huxley was married on 10 July 1919 to Maria Nys (10 September 1899 – 12 February 1955), a Belgian…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

10 July 1919exact date

Aaltermentioned “The American popular science author Steven Johnson, in his book Mind Wide Open, quotes Huxley about his difficulties with visual encoding: Huxley was married on 10 July 1919 to Maria Nys (10 September 1899 – 12 February 1955), a Belgian…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

10 July 1919exact date

Garsingtonmentioned “The American popular science author Steven Johnson, in his book Mind Wide Open, quotes Huxley about his difficulties with visual encoding: Huxley was married on 10 July 1919 to Maria Nys (10 September 1899 – 12 February 1955), a Belgian…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1929year

Londonmentioned “Very early in 1929, in London, Huxley met Gerald Heard, a writer and broadcaster, philosopher and interpreter of contemporary science.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1940year

Hollywoodmentioned “In 1940 Huxley relocated from Hollywood to a ranchito in the high desert hamlet of Llano, California, in northern Los Angeles County.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1942year

New Yorkmentioned “In 1942 The Gospel of Ramakrishna was published by the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center in New York.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1960year

UCSF Medical Centermentioned “Huxley was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 1960; in the years that followed, with his health deteriorating, he wrote the utopian novel Island, and gave lectures on "Human Potentialities" both at the UCSF Medical Center and at the Esal…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1960year

Esalen Institutementioned “Huxley was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 1960; in the years that followed, with his health deteriorating, he wrote the utopian novel Island, and gave lectures on "Human Potentialities" both at the UCSF Medical Center and at the Esal…” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

1961year

University of California, Los Angeles Librarymentioned “The most substantial collection of Huxley's few remaining papers, following the destruction of most in the 1961 Bel Air Fire, is at the Library of the University of California, Los Angeles.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

June 1963month

Somerset Housementioned “The society invited Huxley to appear at a banquet and give a lecture at Somerset House, London, in June 1963.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

December 1963month

Londonmentioned “Huxley's memorial service took place in London in December 1963; it was led by his elder brother Julian.” source: Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

Documented at the same place, the same year

John HustonHollywood, Los Angeles · 1937 Guy Williams (actor)Hollywood · 1952 Edwin HubbleOxford · 1913 J. Paul GettyOxford · 1913 Henry MoseleyOxford · 1913 Tamara de LempickaUnited States · 1939 Marvin GayeUnited States · 1939 Umberto NobileUnited States · 1939 A. J. CroninUnited States · 1939 Alfred TarskiUnited States · 1939 G. W. PabstUnited States · 1939 Edward G. RobinsonUnited States · 1939

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Sources

Wikipedia: Aldous Huxley

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