Henrietta Anne Huxley

Henrietta Anne Huxley (1825-1914) was an English poet.

Life
She was born Henrietta Anne Heathorn, the daughter of a brewer, in Australia. In 1847 she met English scientist Thomas Henry Huxley and the two became engaged. Huxley returned to England in 1850; Henrietta joined him there, and the two were married, in 1855. Their marriage lasted for over 40 years, producing four sons and two daughters.

Henrietta Huxley edited Thomas's 1907 Aphorisms and Reflections, and included three of his poems in her one volume of poetry, published a year before her death.

Publications

 * Poems of Henrietta A. Huxley with Three of Thomas Henry Huxley. London: Duckworth, 1913.