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Elspeth Huxley

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English author, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser

United KingdomJournalistsLived 1907 to 1997 · aged 89
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Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE 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.

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Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE 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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1997 · aged 89
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11 languages

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