Anthony Huxley

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Anthony Huxley
Born(1920-12-20)20 December 1920
Died26 December 1992(1992-12-26) (aged 72)
Surbiton, England
NationalityBritish
EducationDauntsey's School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forEdited Amateur Gardening from 1967–1971
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Huxley

Anthony Julian Huxley (2 December 1920 – 26 December 1992) was a British botanist. He edited Amateur Gardening from 1967 to 1971, and was vice-president of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1991.[1]

He was the son of Julian Huxley. He was educated at Dauntsey's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] His ashes are buried with his parents and grandparents at the family grave in Watts Cemetery, Compton, Guildford.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Indoor plants. Collingridge, 1957
  • Anthony Huxley, Oleg Polunin: Flowers of the Mediterranean. 1965
    • Blumen am Mittelmeer. Ein Bestimmungsbuch. 1981, ISBN 9783405108182
  • Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Mountains. 1968
  • Gebirgsflora in Farben. 1275 Pflanzen der Gebirge Europas. 1969
  • Garden Perennials and Water Plants. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1971, ISBN 9780006167440
  • Standard encyclopedia of the world's oceans and islands. 1971
  • Garden Terms Simplified. David & Charles, 1971, ISBN 9780715353660
  • Kew's new country extension: Wakehurst Place, Sussex. 1972
  • Flowers in Greece: an outline of flora. 1972
  • House Plants, Cacti and Succulents. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972, ISBN 9780600343721
  • Plant and Planet. 1975, ISBN 978-0670558865
    • Das phantastische Leben der Pflanzen. 1977
  • Garden planning and planting. 1976
  • Alyson Huxley, Anthony Huxley: Huxley's house of plants. Paddington Press, 1978, ISBN 9780448224220
  • Anthony Huxley, William Taylor: Flowers of Greece and the Aegean. 1977
  • An illustrated history of gardening. Paddington Press, New York, London, 1978
  • Success with house plants. Reader's Digest Association, 1979, ISBN 9780895770523
  • Anthony Huxley, Paul Davies, Jenne Davies: Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe. 1983, ISBN 9780701208202
  • Green Inheritance: Saving the Plants of the World. 1984, ISBN 9780002726146
    • Unser grünes Erbe. Die Bedeutung der Pflanzen für das Leben auf der Erde. 1985
  • Painted Garden. Windward, 1988, ISBN 9780711205048

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Wheeler, David (4 January 1993). "Obituary: Anthony Huxley". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Huxley.