Elspeth Huxley

 

Elspeth Huxley

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ụdịekere	nwanyị
mba o sị	Obodoézè Nà Ofú, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kenya
aha enyere	Elsebeth
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	23 Julaị 1907
Ebe ọmụmụ	London
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya	10 Jenụwarị 1997
Ebe ọ nwụrụ	Tetbury
Ńnà	Josceline Grant
Ńné	Eleanor Grosvenor
Dị/nwunye	Gervas Huxley
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka	Bekee
ọrụ ọ na-arụ	onye ntaakụkọ, biographer, odee akwụkwọ
ebe agụmakwụkwọ	Cornell University, University of Reading
Ọrụ ama ama	The Flame Trees of Thika
Ihe nrite	Commander of the Order of the British Empire
nnọchiaha nkeonwe	L484

Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 Julaị 1907 - 10 Jenụwarị 1997) bụ onye odee Bekee, onye nta akụkọ, onye mgbasa ozi, onye ọka iwu, onye na-ahụ maka gburugburu ebe obibi, onye ọrụ ugbo na onye ndụmọdụ gọọmentị. O dere ihe karịrị akwụkwọ 40, gụnyere akwụkwọ egwu egwu ya kacha mara amara, Osisi ọkụ nke Thika na The Mottled Lizard, dabere na ntorobịa ya na ugbo kọfị na British Kenya . Di ya, Gervas Huxley, bụ nwa nwa Thomas Henry Huxley na nwanne nwanne Aldous Huxley .

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ

Nellie na Major Josceline Grant, nne na nna Elspeth, rutere Thika n'ebe bụ British East Africa na 1912, ịmalite ndụ dị ka ndị ọrụ ugbo kọfị na Kenya colonial . Elspeth, dị afọ isii, bịarutere na Disemba 1913, ya na onye ọchịchị na nwa agbọghọ zuru oke. Nzụlite ya enweghị usoro; a "fọrọ nke nta ka a na-emeso ya dị ka ngwugwu, na-ebufe ya site n'aka ruo n'aka". Akwụkwọ Huxley's 1959 The Flame Trees of Thika na-enyocha otú ndị na-ebi na Britain n'oge mbụ si bụrụ ndị na-adịghị njikere maka ndụ ime obodo. Emegharịrị ya ka ọ bụrụ miniseries TV na 1981. Elspeth gụrụ akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ naanị ndị ọcha na Nairobi .

Ọ hapụrụ Africa na 1925, nweta akara ugo mmụta na ọrụ ugbo na Mahadum Reading na England wee gụọ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Cornell dị na New York . Ọ na-alaghachi Africa mgbe ụfọdụ.

Ọrụ

A họpụtara Huxley onye inyeaka onye mgbasa ozi na Board Marketing na 1929. Ọ gbara arụkwaghịm n'ọkwa ya n'afọ 1932 ma mee njem n'ọtụtụ ebe. Huxley malitere ide ihe n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe alụmdi na nwunye ya gasịrị; Akwụkwọ mbụ ya, Obodo White Man's Country: Lord Delamere na ime Kenya banyere onye ọbịa ọcha a ma ama, ka e bipụtara na 1935.

Akwụkwọ Huxley dere na 1939 Red Strangers kọwara ndụ n'etiti Kikuyu nke Kenya n'oge ọbịbịa nke ndị Europe mbụ biri. E bu ụzọ ziga onye nkwusa Macmillan ihe odide ahụ, ma Harold Macmillan, bụ́ onye na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọrụ ezinụlọ, kwetara ka e bipụta ya nanị site na mbelata dị ukwuu, gụnyere nkọwa nkọwa nke ibi úgwù ụmụ nwanyị . Huxley jụrụ, ma Chatto & Windus bipụtara akwụkwọ ahụ. Huxley chetara, sị: "Ọ bụụrụ m ụbọchị obi ụtọ mgbe praịm minista anyị n'ọdịnihu enweghị ike ịnara clitoridectomy ." Penguin Books ebigharịrị akwụkwọ ahụ na 1999 yana ọzọ Penguin Classics na 2000; Richard Dawkins rụrụ ọrụ dị mkpa n'iwepụtaghachi akwụkwọ ahụ, wee dee okwu mmalite maka mbipụta ọhụrụ ahụ.

Ngụkọta ikpeazụ ya nke akwụkwọ 42 gụnyere ọrụ iri nke akụkọ ifo na akwụkwọ 29 na-abụghị akụkọ ifo, yana ọtụtụ puku akwụkwọ nta na akụkọ.

N'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, Huxley bụ onye mgbasa ozi maka BBC.

Na 1960, a họpụtara Huxley ka ọ bụrụ onye nọọrọ onwe ya na Commission Advisory for Review of the Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia na Nyasaland ( Monckton Commission ). Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ na mbụ na-akwado nkwado nke ịchịisi ọchịchị, o mesịrị kpọọ maka nnwere onwe nke mba Africa.

N'afọ ndị 1960, ọ jere ozi dị ka onye na-edekọ akwụkwọ akụkọ National Review .

Huxley bụ enyi Joy Adamson, onye edemede nke Amụrụ n'efu, ma akpọtụrụ ya na akụkọ ndụ Joy na George Adamson nke akpọrọ The Great Safari . Huxley dere okwu mmalite na akụkọ ndụ Joy The Search Spirit .

Ndụ onwe onye

Ọ lụrụ Gervas Huxley, nwa dọkịta Henry Huxley (1865–1946) na 1931. Ha nwere otu nwa nwoke, Charles, onye a mụrụ na February 1944.

Ọnwụ na ihe nketa

A na-enwe nchịkọta nke igbe iri na abụọ nke foto, mbipụta, ihe na-adịghị mma, mbipụta kọntaktị na slides na Bristol Archives na Alaeze Ukwu Britain na mkpokọta Commonwealth . Huxley mere ọtụtụ n'ime foto ndị a, ya na ndị ọzọ chịkọtara. Nchịkọta ahụ kpuchiri ọrụ Huxley dum (1896-1981) na isiokwu gụnyere mpaghara safari Kenya na ndị obodo (kpọmkwem ndị Kikuyu ), ọgba aghara Mau Mau, ndị ọbịa ọcha, Edwardian Mombasa, na ihe odide nke ajụjụ ọnụ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị mmadụ were were. Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Alaeze Ukwu Britain na Commonwealth (Ref. 1995/076). Enwere ike ịchọta mkpokọta ndị ọzọ metụtara Huxley n'ọbá akwụkwọ Bodleian na ngalaba ọba akwụkwọ nke Mahadum Cambridge na ebe nchekwa mahadum.