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His father was the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley.

He married firstly Julia Arnold, a sister of the novelist Mrs. Humphrey Ward, niece of the poet Matthew Arnold, and granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School who was immortalised as a character in the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays. Their children were/included the biologist Sir Julian Sorell HuxleySir Julian Sorell Huxley ( June 22, 1887 February 14, 1975) was a British biologist and author. He was a brother of the writer Aldous Huxley, his father was Leonard Huxley, and his paternal grandfather was the biologist T. He was also a friend and mentor and the writer Aldous Leonard HuxleyAldous Leonard Huxley ( July 26, 1894 November 22, 1963) was a British writer. Best known for his novels and wide-ranging output of essays, he also published short stories, poetry and travel writing. Biography Early years Huxley was born in Godalming, Sur.

After the death of his first wife, Leonard married Rosalind Bruce (said to be related in some way to Robert the BruceRobert I, King of Scots usually known as Robert the Bruce ( July 11, 1274 June 7, 1329, reigned 1306 1329), was, according to a modern biographer (Geoffrey Barrow), a great hero who lived in a minor country. In every aspect of his career prior to becoming), and had two further sons. The younger of these was the physiologistPhysiology is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. Physiology has traditionally been divided into plant physiology and animal physiology but the principles of physiology are universal, no matter what partic Andrew Fielding HuxleySir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London, England, UK) is a British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve " action po.