Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Aldous Leonard Huxley ( 26 July 1894 â `` 22 November 1963 ) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family .
Simplified: Aldous Leonard Huxley ( born 26 July 26 1894 , died 22 November 1963 ) was an English writer of the first half of the 20th century .