Elspeth huxley biography summary organizers
Elspeth HuxleyEnglish writer, journalist, magistrate, environmentalist and adviserElspeth HuxleyCBEBornElspeth Grant(1907-07-23)23 July 1907London91;193;Died10 January 1997(1997-01-10) (aged160;89)Tetbury, Gloucestershire, EnglandOccupationAuthor, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviserNationalityBritishAlma160;materReading University, Cornell UniversitySubjectSettler life in British KenyaNotable worksThe Flame Trees of Thika, The Mottled LizardSpouseGervas HuxleyRelativesHuxley familyElspeth Joscelin HuxleyCBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907160; 10 January 1997)91;193; was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. 91;293; 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 .